
At just 20 years and 68 days, the Bolognese driver enters the history of Formula 1 with a series of unprecedented records.
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Kimi Antonelli made his Formula 1 debut in 2025, quickly setting numerous precocity records.
The record of records is in AGE, never so young for the winner of a Formula 1 World Championship: 20 years and 68 days. But this is only the tip of the iceberg of a sporting life which, although still largely to be written, has already placed the Bolognese champion in the Olympus of motors.
FAST LAP: 18 years, 7 months and 11 days is the age at which, during the Japanese GP on 6 April 2025, he set the fastest lap in the race, the youngest ever.
LEADING A GP: in the same race at Suzuka he became the youngest driver to complete a lap in F1 first.
6 VICTORIES AS A TEENAGER: before the age of 20 Antonelli was already the only driver in the history of F1 to have won more than one race before reaching automotive age.
5 CONSECUTIVE: The sequence of victories between the GPs of China, Japan, Miami, Canada and Monaco equaled the historic streaks of legends such as Clark, Mansell and Hamilton.
9 IN ONE YEAR: in Austin he set the record for the highest number of successes in the same season in which a driver achieves his first success in F1, surpassing the 4 debut victories of Hamilton (2007) and Villeneuve (1996).
THE YOUNGEST WINNER in MONACO: on 7 June 2026 Antonelli graduated as the youngest ever to triumph on the winding streets of Monte Carlo.
POINTS RECORD FOR A ROOKIE: in 2025, his first year in F1, Kimi collected 150, making his best debut ever.
FIRST POLE AND FIRST VICTORY: on 14 March 2026, on the Shanghai track, he achieved his first pole in a GP, which made him the youngest poleman ever at 19 years, 6 months and 18 days. The following day he became the youngest to win starting from pole.
TOP OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: one year later, still in Japan, Antonelli became the youngest ever to take command of the world rankings - on 29 March 2026 - at 19 years, 7 months and four days.

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