It’s been a challenging summer for Kimi Antonelli . For someone who has only just finished school, it’s hardly easy to feature in one of the world’s biggest sporting events, broadcast live across the globe every second Sunday. Moving countries, facing journalists, being recognised on the street – it’s a lot to take in. And all that might have been slightly easier to handle if things on track had gone better.

Toto Wolff warned everyone in advance: 2025 was supposed to be Antonelli’s learning year – and that almost inevitably involves mistakes. But in Formula 1, no one ever has much patience. Kimi, after all, was the one replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes .

The first few races went fine, but the European season raised a lot of question marks. The young Italian, whose signing alone

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