“In the last lap, I had to slow down because I had difficulty seeing the track”: in video, the tears of Kimi Antonelli after his world title in F1

“We did it. Thank you very much,” these are the words of Kimi Antonelli, in tears on the radio, after crossing the finish line of the Mexican Grand Prix this Sunday. He only needed a 9th place to be crowned world champion. His podium, behind Verstappen (1st) and Hamilton (2nd), was therefore more than sufficient.

After coming to his senses, the Italian Mercedes driver spoke on Canal+. “To be honest, on the last lap I had to slow down a little because I had difficulty seeing the track. I was already full of emotion, so happy. Happy to have won the title,” he confides. “Thank you to my team, to my family, to my friends who were part of this journey,” adds the youngest world champion in history (20 years old).

“It’s very special, and of course I’m going to print this picture and put it in my house. It’s an incredible moment, receiving so much respect from the two drivers I watched when I was younger. It’s a moment that will last forever,” concludes Antonelli, recalling the sequence of the evening where the Italian was carried in triumph by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton on the podium to celebrate his title.