Amidst talk of his team's aero boss leaving for Ferrari, Mercedes technical director, James Allison has played down the German team's recent loss of high-profile staff.

Mercedes technical boss, James Allison admits to being impressed by Kimi Antonelli, citing his "metronomic pace".

After a nightmare opening day at Imola, world champion Max Verstappen fears that rivals are closing the gap.

Today's team representatives press conference with James Allison, Ayao Komatsu, Enrico Gualtieri and Pierre Wache.

It's been a little bit of a mixed day for us.

Given the tricky conditions, we had to make some compromises in terms of setup, and only partly began evaluating the new bits on our car, which will be the main task for FP3.