Formula One Leader Kimi Antonelli Plans to Keep Foot on Gas in Title Race
Kimi Antonelli secures his eighth win of the season, extending his championship lead to 81 points and moving closer to becoming the first Italian Formula One champion since 1953.
- On Sunday, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, extending his Formula One championship lead to 81 points with his eighth victory of the season.
- Antonelli benefited from McLaren driver Lando Norris's misfortune during a Virtual Safety Car period; Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said the team pitted Antonelli within three seconds of seeing Stroll's Aston Martin hit the wall.
- Finishing 4.351 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Antonelli secured the win while pole-sitter Norris finished third. He admitted, "There were a few things there that I didn't do well."
- Antonelli aims to become the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953 and would be the youngest ever. He refuted suggestions he might ease off, stating, "That's exactly what I don't want to do."
- Upcoming Formula One races move outside Europe for the remainder of the season. Antonelli expressed enthusiasm, saying, "I'm really looking forward to being back next year here.
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Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli makes Lando Norris admission after 'lucky' Spanish GP victory
Kimi Antonelli now boasts an 81-point advantage in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship after winning the Spanish Grand Prix, the first to be held at the new-for-2026 Madring.
It wasn't supposed to be his Sunday, but it was. Kimi Antonelli wins in Madrid, kissed by luck, but no great champion in magical years has ever missed. Mercedes driver, now more and more master of every situation has recognized him immediately. When his track engineer Peter Bonnigton has opened off [...] L'articolo Kimi Antonelli now holds the title of Formula 1: that advantage on Russell and the dream of a triumphal catwalk comes from Il Fatto …
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Independent EspañolMADRID (AP) — At this point, even Kimi Antonelli’s closest rival admits that the fight for the title of Formula 1 is practically doomed.
Kimi Antonelli continues to expand his World Championship lead in Formula One with the eighth win of the season. His worst chaser is now officially giving up the title fight.
Now he has also brought the next one to despair. George Russell is defeated in the fight for the Formula One World Cup. First Lewis Hamilton, now he: Kimi Antonelli "only has to finish it.
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