Who is Kimi Antonelli, a substitute for Hamilton in Mercedes who reached the youngest post in the history of F1
A star was born in Formula 1. Kimi Antonelli was the surprise of the classification for the sprint by Miami GP this Friday, in which he reached the pole position With only 18 years and in his sixth participation in F1.
The “papaia” should have dominated in the United States, but Antonelli signed an incredible classification to fly to the first place in the classification, leaving the McLaren Already Verstappen behind. “Not bad”, The Mercedes pilot said on the radio that he came out of his car with a shy smile as a child.
Toto Wolff risked replacing a rookie for Lewis Hamiltoneven if it seems that his bet could have been very well and The Italian pilot is a worthy successor in the great circus.
Antonelli less than a year ago has made the age of the majority and has now become the youngest pilot in history to sign a mini pole, He also completed the fastest turning point in Miami. All this is the first time that the young Italian rolled in this circuit.
The little one, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who goes to the institute inside the Metropolitan area of Bologna, seems to come to stay and be successful in F1. With its mini poleAntonelli has reached the pole Soon, although not officially in the classification Because it is a sprint classification. However, I could get it this Saturday or another Grand Prix.
Add to a selected pilot club
To do this, I would have inserted a pilot club selected in the history of Formula 1. In this sense, Sebastian Vettel He directs the list of poly younger, who did his first with 21 years, 2 months and 11 days in the Italian GP in 2008. They follow him Charles Leclercwith 21 years, 5 months and 15 days in 2019 e Fernando AlonsoWith 21 years, 7 months and 23 days.
Antonelli made the leap on this path from the F2 and graduated in the junior program of the Mercedes team, Following the steps of George Russell, This made the jump to F1 in 2019 after a magnificent two -year junior phase with the German team.
At the beginning of the course, the head of Mercedes commented that Antonelli had constantly “talent” and the “speed” necessary to compete on the top of Formula 1. “We know that it will be another big step, But this year he impressed us in his F1 tests And we will support him at every phase of the learning process, “he concluded on his decision to bet on Italian.
