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Antonelli reveals Mercedes held its breath as he lunged for title at Mexico City
Kimi Antonelli only needed ninth place to seal the 2025 world championship in Mexico City, but the 20-year-old Mercedes driver instead overtook Charles Leclerc with a late-braking move into Turn 1 — and did so with a cracked sump leaking oil in the closing laps.
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Russell admits mental exhaustion after bad luck blights 2026 title bid
George Russell has confessed to feeling mentally drained after a 2026 Formula 1 season plagued by misfortune, revealing that only six of his 20 races were problem-free as team-mate Kimi Antonelli claimed the world championship.
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New F1 champion Antonelli describes Senna family estate visit as 'a day I will remember forever'
Two days after clinching the 2026 Formula 1 title in Mexico, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli visited Fazenda Dois Lagos, the Senna family estate in Brazil, sitting in the Lotus 98T Ayrton Senna raced in 1986 and calling it an unforgettable experience.
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Antonelli becomes F1's youngest champion as Verstappen and Hamilton hoist him on Mexico podium
Andrea Kimi Antonelli clinched the 2026 Formula 1 world championship at 20 years and 68 days old in Mexico City, breaking Sebastian Vettel's age record and ending a 73-year Italian drought. Verstappen and Hamilton then lifted the new champion onto their shoulders in an unscripted podium moment.
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Verstappen fires back at Wolff's claim that ruthless F1 drivers are a dying breed
Max Verstappen has pushed back against Mercedes boss Toto Wolff's suggestion that the era of the ruthless, win-at-all-costs driver is over, defending his own approach and his frequent radio complaints ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Youngest F1 champion Antonelli reveals he repeatedly doubted himself during difficult rookie season
Kimi Antonelli, who sealed the Formula 1 world championship in Mexico to become the sport's youngest-ever champion, has admitted he questioned his own abilities throughout a tough 2025 rookie campaign at Mercedes before his title-winning breakthrough this year.
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New champion Antonelli leads Mercedes to Interlagos as Verstappen hunts more wins
Kimi Antonelli arrives at the Brazil Grand Prix as Formula 1's youngest-ever world champion after clinching his first title in Mexico, with Mercedes carrying a 126-point constructors' lead over Ferrari into the Interlagos weekend.
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Piastri accepts Mexico penalty but calls Turn 1-2 guidelines 'tricky' to enforce
Oscar Piastri accepted his 10-second penalty for the Turn 1-2 collision with Arvid Lindblad in Mexico City, which dropped him from seventh to 13th, but argued that Formula 1's driving standards guidelines are difficult to apply at corners with immediate changes of direction.
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Hamilton admits his outspoken drive for change has complicated Ferrari integration
Lewis Hamilton has acknowledged that his forceful, push-for-everything personality has made it harder to settle at Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc, days after the pair clashed on the opening lap of the Mexican Grand Prix.
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Ralf Schumacher accuses Hamilton of acting like 'Al Capone' after Mexico City radio threats
Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has sharply criticised Lewis Hamilton for threatening Ferrari's pitwall over the radio during the Mexico City Grand Prix, comparing his tone to that of gangster Al Capone and warning that 'the dog is walking the owner' at Maranello.
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Verstappen jokes about antivirus fix as rain looms over Brazilian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen quipped he had 'installed antivirus' in his car ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, referencing the software bug that stranded half the field during the wet formation lap in Malaysia. Rain is forecast for Interlagos this weekend.
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Hamilton confirms Leclerc races him harder than any rival after Mexico collision
Lewis Hamilton has backed observations that Charles Leclerc applies more pressure to him than to drivers from other teams, following their Turn 4 clash at the Mexican Grand Prix that handed Max Verstappen victory and cost Ferrari a potential 1-2 finish.
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Camara embraces 'very surprising' F1 debut on home soil after Ocon's Haas exit
Ferrari junior Rafa Camara will make his Formula 1 debut at Interlagos this weekend after being called up by Haas to replace Esteban Ocon mid-season — several months ahead of his planned 2027 arrival. The 21-year-old Brazilian says he intends to enjoy the occasion rather than be overwhelmed by it.
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Leclerc skips Brazilian GP media day after daughter Bianca's birth, arrives for FP2
Charles Leclerc has been granted an official exemption from Thursday's mandatory media commitments at the Brazilian Grand Prix following the birth of his daughter Bianca. Ferrari confirmed the Monegasque driver will return to track activities from Friday morning.
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Aston Martin knew both cars would retire before Mexico GP even started, Honda reveals MGU-K failures
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has confirmed the squad knew before race day in Mexico City that neither Fernando Alonso nor Lance Stroll would finish. Honda engineer Shintaro Orihara has since explained that high-altitude conditions caused abnormal MGU-K failures in both qualifying and the race.
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Wolff reveals the split-second call that handed Antonelli Hamilton's Mercedes seat
Toto Wolff has described the morning Lewis Hamilton confirmed his move to Ferrari and how, within seconds, the Mercedes boss had already decided teenage prodigy Kimi Antonelli would take his place — a gamble that ended with Antonelli claiming the 2026 World Drivers' Championship.
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Verstappen praises 'huge talent' Antonelli after youngest-ever F1 title record
Max Verstappen has paid tribute to Kimi Antonelli following the Italian's record-breaking world championship at the Mexico Grand Prix, calling the Mercedes driver's achievement 'very impressive' while joking the key difference between them is that 'he speaks Italian'.
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Antonelli's maiden F1 title in Mexico nearly ended by a cracked sump four laps from glory
Kimi Antonelli clinched his first Formula 1 world championship in Mexico City, but Mercedes have revealed his W17 suffered a cracked sump in the closing laps, leaving the Italian on the brink of retirement just as the title was within reach.
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Formula 1's 1980 world champion Alan Jones dies aged 80 after short illness
Alan Jones, Australia's only Formula 1 world champion, died on the Gold Coast on 5 November following a short illness. He was 80. Jones won 12 grands prix and delivered Williams their first Drivers' Championship title in 1980.
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World champion Antonelli to honour Senna with tribute helmet at Brazilian GP
Newly crowned 2026 Formula 1 world champion Kimi Antonelli will wear a special Ayrton Senna tribute helmet at Interlagos, marking 35 years since the Brazilian legend won his home race for the first time.
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