US EditionAntonelli Says 'Big Dream' Came True with First GP Win
Antonelli, youngest pole-sitter in F1 history, led a strong Mercedes performance to win by over five seconds, fulfilling a key career milestone, team principal said.
- On Sunday in Shanghai, Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes driver, won his first race at the Shanghai International Circuit after taking over Lewis Hamilton's old seat at Mercedes.
- Starting from pole, Antonelli praised the team's performance and said, 'Antonelli told reporters', that the car is quick and helped him achieve his big dream.
- Despite a shaky start, Antonelli was briefly overtaken by Ferrari's Hamilton, then regained the lead and controlled the race to beat teammate George Russell.
- Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said Antonelli had repaid his faith in elevating the youngster to the seat formerly held by seven-time world champion Hamilton and added the win may have come earlier than expected.
- Notably, Antonelli is not the youngest race winner; Max Verstappen holds that record after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2016 at 18.
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Kimi Antonelli is often told that he will be Lewis Hamilton’s successor in Formula 1, but since yesterday he can boast something else: being the winner of the Shanghai Grand Prix on his own merit and the second youngest in the category’s history to achieve it. Far from reaching it, Mexican Sergio Checo Pérez closed in 15th place in his Cadillac.
At four lustres from the last triumph of an Italian (Fisichella), Kimi conquered China.Fate materialized when he was 7 years old and Dad Marco, who ran with the Gran Turismo, could not get him into the paddock. No badge, too small. Then he invented an escapism: he stacked a series of tires on a cart, put the child in the hole, imposed him not to blow, put an umbrella open to cover it (necessary to not overheat the tires in the sun) and passed th…
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Antonelli says 'big dream' came true with first GP win
The 2026 China Grand Prix left a historic day on the Shanghai International Circuit. Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli won his first victory in Formula 1 and became the second youngest driver to win a race in the category, only surpassed by Max Verstappen who won his first Formula 1 Grand Prix was 18 years, 7 months and 15 days.Antonelli, 19 years, 6 months and 19 days, confirmed the potential that accompanied him since his arrival at the top catego…
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