Antonelli’s new file – he’s 19 years and 212 days previous – beat the earlier held by Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years and 72 days previous when he took pole on the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
Antonelli mentioned he was “very joyful” however accepted that he may nicely not have taken pole had Russell had a problem-free qualifying.
He mentioned: “George had a difficulty, so in all probability might have been a unique story however joyful to be on pole for the primary time.”
Russell described his second place as “harm limitation” after a litany of issues by qualifying.
The championship chief mentioned: “It was a loopy session. Entrance wing broke on the finish of Q2. The group weren’t certain it had damaged however I used to be certain it had. Then received stranded on monitor and simply made it again out in time. It was extra a case of simply getting a lap executed.
“P2 is best than I used to be anticipating after I began the lap with no battery and tyre temperature. Actually joyful to be right here as a result of I might have been down in tenth.”
Within the first session, Leclerc turned the primary driver to beat Russell in a aggressive session this yr with a time slightly below 0.1secs faster than the Briton.
Then within the second session, Russell ended up third quickest behind Antonelli and Leclerc after he suffered a damaged entrance wing flap.
Heading out for the ultimate session with a brand new wing, Russell’s automobile stopped on monitor on his out lap because the gearbox refused to alter gear.
Antonelli drove previous his team-mate as he set the quickest time on his first flying lap, 0.3secs faster than Leclerc.
After frantic work within the storage, Mercedes managed to repair Russell’s automobile by making use of a sequence of default procedures equivalent to switching the automobile on and off once more and swapping out the steering wheel.
He received simply out in time to set a lap however his rushed preparation meant the automobile was not in its optimum situation as he went for a time.
Nonetheless, Antonelli had his personal issues on his last run – he suffered the identical entrance wing downside has Russell had executed in Q2.
Hamilton, who tussled with Russell for the lead within the opening laps of the dash race earlier on Saturday, was 0.351secs off pole and mentioned he had hopes of difficult the Mercedes once more within the grand prix.
“It was a extremely robust qualifying,” Hamilton mentioned. “A bit more durable with the wind. It’s so gusty right this moment. So difficult.
“Actually joyful and grateful to be up right here with these guys. Engineers did some nice work over the break and managed to get a bit of nearer to those guys.
“It is nonetheless going to be a problem however I’m certain we’ll have some enjoyable. Discovered rather a lot within the dash race and our aim is to interrupt the hole to those guys one way or the other.”
The McLarens have been simply over 0.1secs behind the Ferraris and Norris mentioned: “We’re joyful we’re near them, provides us shot at tomorrow.”
However Verstappen was downcast to be almost a second off the tempo within the Crimson Bull.
“We modify rather a lot on the automobile, and it makes zero distinction,” the four-time world champion mentioned.
“The entire weekend we have been off. The automobile is totally undriveable. I can not even put a little bit of a reference in. Each lap is like survival.”
