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Monaco GP: Kimi Antonelli crowned champion in the Principality!

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Monaco GP: Kimi Antonelli crowned champion in the Principality! © DPPI
WOLFF Toto (aut), Team Principal & CEO of Mercedes AMG F1 Team, portrait KIMI ANTONELLI Andrea (ita), Mercedes AMG F1 Team W16, portrait podium during the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Canada 2026, 6th round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship from June 5 to 7, 2026 on the Circuit de Monaco, in Monte-Carlo, Monaco - Photo Xavier Bonilla / DPPI

Monaco had a prince in Charles Leclerc, and now it has a king! Kimi I brought the Principality to its knees during a weekend where his supremacy was never challenged. In Monte Carlo, more than a Grand Prix, we witnessed a coronation.

He is not yet world champion, and may not be this season despite his 66-point lead, but what we witnessed on the Prince's Rock was nonetheless a triumph. In many ways: a triumph of youth that sweeps everything before it; a triumph of carefree spirit that makes anything possible; a triumph of confidence that makes everything succeed; and above all, a triumph of talent. Andrea Kimi Antonelli's talent is of the purest kind, the kind from which one extracts…

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    vincent moyet
    • 9/06/26

    Wolff thought he had unearthed a gem, but probably not of this caliber. Having lapped virtually everyone on this circuit brings him a little closer to Senna and his quest for perfection.

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    Lucas Paul
    • 9/06/26

    But most importantly, he lapped everyone…except Lewis…what a shame :):) And if I remember correctly, I've never seen that in Monaco, as Jacky also mentioned in his comments :):):)

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    Yves-Henri RANDIER
    • 9/06/26

    Totally deserved, nothing to add… especially since he lapped his teammate on the 53rd or 54th of the 78 laps, at a time when the only leading trio in the Monegasque procession were on the same lap!

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