“Don’t remind me of Monza ’24,” said Toto Wolff at Suzuka as he enjoyed his protege Kimi Antonelli’s second consecutive grand prix victory and his position as leader of the world championship, the youngest-ever at 19.Monza 2024 of course was when Antonelli, as a 17-year-old, made his first appearance in an official Formula 1 session – and binned George Russell’s Mercedes in a high-speed impact with the Parabolica barriers before he’d even completed his second lap.Consider the psychic shock and comedown of that moment for a 17-year-old – from dancing on the high-wire, living an impossible dream, dissecting those legendary Monza turns in an F1 car as if it were child’s …
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Author: Mark Hughes
