Wolff says too early to compare Antonelli with Senna

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said it is too soon to compare world champion Kimi Antonelli with Ayrton Senna, describing the Brazilian as a giant of the sport and saying that setting such standards for a 20-year-old driver adds a lot of pressure. Wolff said: "He's Kimi; Senna was Senna."

Antonelli clinched his first Formula One world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix and finished fifth at the São Paulo Grand Prix, helping Mercedes win their ninth constructors' championship. He has adopted the No 12 that Senna used early in his career and says he will keep it next season rather than take the No 1 as reigning champion.

Antonelli visited the Senna family estate and the Brazilian's grave before the São Paulo race. Senna's niece Paula presented him with a sculpture of her uncle, and the family have taken to him, calling him Senninha, or "little Senna", a name Wolff said was sweet to see.