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Kimi Antonelli – A Star is born

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KIMI ANTONELLI Andrea (ita), Mercedes AMG F1 Team W16, portrait podium during the Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2026, 2nd round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship from March 13 to 15, 2026 on the Shanghai International Circuit, in Shanghai, China - Photo DPPI

The youngest pole-sitter and second-youngest winner in Formula 1 history, Kimi Antonelli, took center stage at the Chinese Grand Prix. Visibly moved, the young man is a model of precocity and a diamond still to be polished, but he is expected to continue playing a leading role in the months to come.

The photo is perfect. As if, a few hours before the 98e At the Oscars ceremony, Hollywood's top screenwriters gathered to finalize the plan for the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix. The Best Actor Oscar undoubtedly went to Kimi Antonelli, the day's hero, a prodigious winner at just 19 years old. The Best Screenplay Oscar was awarded to Lewis Hamilton who, as a co-producer of the F1 film, is starting to understand the workings of the 7th edition.e art, and found it quite inspired to share his first podium in red (see pages…

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    Ben
    • 17/03/26

    A good pilot certainly, already a prodigy, let's not get carried away.

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    Paul Lucas
    • 17/03/26

    Yes Vincent, I think like you, I've been a F1 fan for 60 years.
    Indeed, we have a little prodigy here, with a super dad…no need to look far, their understanding and his father's presence were included in his contract…they're Italian, not Dutch :):):)

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    vincent moyet
    • 17/03/26

    For the past 50 years, it's not the first time I've thought that F1 has become rubbish and that I'd have better things to do than follow it. But there's always some young prodigy who comes along and whose progress we're eager to follow… What if he became world champion at 20 years old and in only his second F1 season???

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