A 20-year-old driver won the Formula One world championship, becoming the youngest champion in the series
Kimi Antonelli, a 20-year-old driver, won the 2026 Formula 1 world championship in Mexico, becoming the youngest champion in F1 history and ending a 73-year drought for an Italian titleholder.
- Antonelli became the youngest world champion in Formula 1, breaking Sebastian Vettel's record by three years.
- Kimi Antonelli is the 36th driver to win the world title.
- Antonelli finished third and scored 15 points in the Mexican Grand Prix.
- Max Verstappen won the race in Mexico.
- Antonelli qualified fifth for Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.
- Kimi Antonelli achieved the world title at an age of 20 years and 68 days.
- Lewis Hamilton finished second in the race that included a forty-minute interruption.
- Mercedes leads the Constructors' Championship with 630 points.
- Antonelli has won nine grands prix since beginning the season.
- Liam Lawson was disqualified from qualifying due to a technical irregularity.
- Antonelli was in the lead for the first time on lap 29.
- Antonelli's championship lead reached 119 points.
- A crash by Valteri Bottas caused a red flag during the race.
- Antonelli currently leads George Russell by 123 points.
- Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari finished behind Max Verstappen.
- Antonelli won the FIA Karting European Championship and WSK Euro Series in 2020.
- Max Verstappen praises the maturity of the twenty-year-old Italian.
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