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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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…
The 19-year-old won the China Grand Prix, winning in Shanghai in front of Russell and Hamilton
The Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) culminated this Sunday a historic weekend by winning the China Grand Prix, being the second youngest in history to climb to the top of the podium just one day after becoming the earliest ‘poleman’ in Formula 1.
Only 19 years old and already Formula 1 race winner: Kimi Antonelli wins the Grand Prix in China. Father and "Drawing Father" are out of the box, the Italian himself is looking for words. And a series world champion is certain: this is only the beginning.
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