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Kimi Antonelli, aged 20, becomes youngest F1 champion and ends Italy's wait for a title

Source: BBC Sport · · added 1 hour ago

Kimi Antonelli became the youngest champion in Formula 1 history at twenty years and 68 days old, finishing third at the Mexico City Grand Prix. His success also ended Italy's long wait for a world champion, a gap stretching back to Alberto Ascari in 1953.

BBC Sport's More Than the Score programme discussed the impact of the result on motorsport fans in Italy with former MotoGP race winner Marco Melandri and F1 TV's Davide Valsecchi, the joint hosts of the Chiacchiere da Box podcast. The conversation covered what makes Antonelli special, how much more he could achieve, and whether driving for Ferrari is his destiny.

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