George Russell has vowed to bounce back after Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted his driver was suffering a "catastrophic moment" with team-mate Kimi Antonelli celebrating winning the world championship. Russell, 28, was the heavy pre-season title favourite but Antonelli turned the tables on his experienced colleague to become the youngest champion in F1 history.
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Italy is celebrating its first Formula 1 world champion in 73 years after Kimi Antonelli clinched the title
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MILAN (AP) — In the words of tennis great Jannik Sinner: “Mamma mia Kimi.”Italy woke up on Monday rejoicing at the nation’s first Formula 1 world champion in 73 years.
A tearful Kimi Antonelli became Formula One's youngest world champion at 20 years and 68 days old on Sunday when he finished third for Mercedes in a red-flagged and restarted Mexico City Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
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A world champion and history maker. This is the story of Kimi Antonelli told by the people of his hometown Bologna.
Newly-crowned Formula One world champion Kimi Antonelli said he couldn't see through his tears on the final lap of the Mexican Grand Prix, as he was overcome with emotion shortly before claiming his maiden title. Antonelli finished third behind race winner Max Verstappen of Red Bull and the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton, but that was enough to become the sports' youngest-ever champion.
As Kimi Antonelli becomes F1 world champion, the people of Bologna hail their hometown hero.
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Mercedes team principal hits out at ‘selfish’ drivers Antonelli says he will keep No 12 on his car next season The Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has described his Formula One world champion Kimi Antonelli as a new kind of racing driver who represents the future of the sport, comparing him scathingly to what he called some of the entitled moaners on the grid and declaring “selfless, ruthless” drivers now dead to F1. Antonelli secured his first world championship in Mexico City on Sunday, completing an extraordinary achievement in becoming, at 20 years old, the youngest F1 champion in only his second season in the sport. The Italian’s attitude, enthusiasm and sense of fair play have been notable in what was a revelatory season for a driver so young and Wolff believed he had proved to be a gamechanger in more ways than one. Continue reading...
The Chequered Flag's Harry Benjamin, Marc Priestley and Jennie Gow reflect on the impact of Kimi Antonelli becoming the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history.
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Mercedes driver makes history at 20 years old by exceeding all expectations in only his second season Before the 2026 season had begun there was something of a consensus within Formula One. Mercedes appeared to have the fastest car and George Russell was favourite for the title. Beside him in what was indeed a dominant Mercedes, his teenage teammate, Kimi Antonelli, was the prodigious talent who was expected to require honing after a tricky rookie season. Said consensus lasted one race, by the sixth it had been turned on its head and Antonelli was squarely on his way to being champion. Few had doubted that the then 19-year-old Italian would prove to be strong in a car that for the first two-thirds of the season was the class of the field but for Antonelli to come out of the blocks with such verve, aggressive skill and also the judgment and at times maturity of a veteran was revelatory. As the youngest F1 world champion and Italy’s first since Alberto Ascari in 1953, Antonelli made history this year but it was the way he did it which truly caught the eye. Continue reading...
Kimi Antonelli, F1’s youngest world champion at 20, has become the life and soul of the paddock with his personality.
George Russell skipped media duties after the Mexico City Grand Prix as boss Toto Wolff admitted his driver was suffering a “catastrophic moment” with team-mate Kimi Antonelli celebrating winning the world championship. Russell, 28, was the heavy pre-season title favourite but Antonelli has turned the tables on his experienced team-mate to become the youngest champion in F1 history.
Kimi Antonelli is the youngest F1 world champion in history - but there were six essential races that could have sent him off the track
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli clinched a historic championship in Mexico City in a record-breaking season, becoming the youngest champion F1 has ever seen. The Italian driver…
Toto Wolff says the win-at-all-costs racing driver is finished, and Kimi Antonelli is his proof. The Mercedes team principal made that case on Sunday in…
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