Drivers and team bosses · 22 dispatches
Kimi Antonelli
All dispatches about Kimi Antonelli. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Mercedes upgrades cost tenths at Sepang: Nathan looks for the bug at turn 2
Mercedes brought a major upgrade package for the W17 to Sepang, expected to be worth about three tenths a lap. After qualifying, Toto Wolff believes the team may have gone back by…
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Mercedes drop the cooling vest at Sepang: at post 14, the flask is outside the cost cap
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli will race the Malaysian Grand Prix without a cooling vest: Mercedes chose to invest in the performance of the W17 rather than make the system reliable under…
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Ferrari reaffirm their confidence in Vasseur: the gazebo votes the same, unanimously
Maria Conti, Ferrari’s head of communications, stated on behalf of John Elkann and Benedetto Vigna the team’s “total confidence” in Fred Vasseur, after Christian Horner called the idea of running Ferrari a…
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Sainz loses five places for a yellow flag at Baku: Josiane slows by sector
Ninth in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Williams’ best grid slot of the season, Carlos Sainz was handed a five-place grid penalty for not slowing enough under yellow flags in Q3…
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A top-three finish called ‘a huge result’: the philosophy lands in Philippeville
Lewis Hamilton reckons a top-three finish in the championship, even second ahead of George Russell, would be a huge result for Ferrari, winless in 2025. Fabienne Racing responds from Philippeville.
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Virtual safety car on lap 15: at post 14, the flag is made of cloth
On lap fifteen of the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, Lance Stroll’s retirement brought out the virtual safety car. Starting from pole, Lando Norris pitted a lap after his rivals and his…
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Vasseur promises equal treatment, and Philippeville has it laminated on the gazebo
Fred Vasseur told Autosport that both Ferrari drivers get “equal treatment”, and that the call will be his if one of them drops out of the title fight. Ferrari sit second in…
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Antonelli won’t say the word “championship” in the car: procedure, not superstition
Kimi Antonelli, 20, leads the 2026 world championship after wins at Monza and Madrid. In a long interview with the Italian outlet Automoto Italie, the Mercedes driver says he refuses to speak…
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Vesti knows the Mercedes simulator “better than anyone”: Nathan has applied
Frederik Vesti, 24, Mercedes reserve driver, tells the Danish paper Ekstra Bladet about a job where the simulator takes up much of his week, without ever getting behind the wheel on a…
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Norris told off over a can: a remark isn’t something you can wave a flag at
After the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring, where he finished second behind Kimi Antonelli, Lando Norris was told off by an official as he was about to drink a Coca-Cola in…