
The new F1 world champion tells Sky Sport about his season, between superstitions, the working group and the memory of Ayrton Senna in Brazil
A few days after becoming the youngest F1 world champion, the Bolognese Mercedes driver Antonelli talks about himself in an exclusive interview with Sky Sport, talking about his triumph, past difficulties and meeting the family of his idol Ayrton Senna in Brazil.
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Antonelli has become the youngest Formula 1 world champion and is in Brazil for the Grand Prix.
A few days after becoming the youngest world champion ever in Formula 1, the champion from Bologna told Sky Sport all his emotions of this season in a long exclusive interview: from the many superstitions with which he infected the entire paddock, to the importance of having built a group of trusted people around him, up to the difficulties of the past season, which were decisive for his leap in quality. "It's just the beginning - says the Italian Mercedes driver - I want to continue winning, while the success in Monza was the best".
Then Antonelli assures that he wants to remain humble despite the triumph that launches him into the history of Formula 1: "I want to always remain myself".
As soon as he arrived in Brazil ahead of the GP, Antonelli met his idol's family, climbing aboard the 1986 F1 Lotus. "I went to Ayrton Senna's residence, climbing into his 1986 Lotus, I understood how everything was different and I have even more respect for that era. My helmet dedicated to him? It's already one of my favourites."

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