Is this some kind of "only one left" game? No, but it could still weigh heavily on Kimi Antonelli's future.
Mick Schumacher is Mercedes' official test driver, and was also a former F1 driver not too long ago, so he could be a great point of reference for Antonelli. Although this was supposedly not what this Silverstone event was about, it's hard not to think about the possibility:
"Schumacher was not sent to the track to chase lap times and set a benchmark against Kimi Antonelli in the same conditions. The German was fully fueled and on hard tires to collect data, which was especially necessary due to Mercedes' current problems. He wanted to help the engineers shed light on a few still unclear details," wrote the international press, citing sources close to the team.
Due to this, we don't even know the time results from the test, only that Antonelli used a different strategy, less fuel and soft tires. However, according to the bad language, this could have been a kind of "shootout" that will decide who will have what fate for the future...
