At the age of 19, Kimi Antonelli is driving around the Formula 1 world. The Mercedes teenager is exactly the star the premier class needed, says RTL insider and sport.de columnist Felix Görner, who also says: Ferrari has already cast a fishing rod for the top Italian talent.
Kimi Antonelli is the winner in Star Wars. Formula 1 has a new superstar. We have a “young Max Verstappen” in the driver field. That excites the fans.
Not just because of his driving style, but also because of his courage and the way he doesn’t let anyone say anything on the team radio, but is simply the Formula 1 killer with a child’s face in the cockpit and does things right instinctively is fantastic. This is reminiscent of the young Verstappen. The world can look forward to Verstappen having a car in which he can drive on an equal footing with Antonelli. Then it will rumble!
Antonelli is the one who dances with Wolff
Just the duel with Russell for supremacy among the stars is fantastic. Antonelli is the number 1 star warrior who aims to become the youngest Formula 1 world champion this year. And who also lets Toto Wolff say little or nothing to him in the crucial moments. Antonelli is the one who dances with Wolff.
He plays a game of cat and mouse with Russell and ends up being the young cat that bites. Russell is the big loser in this story. These were high percentage duels over 30 rounds. That’s what Formula 1 needs. It needs new heroes because two old ones, Hamilton and Alonso, are increasingly moving towards retirement. That’s why the Formula 1 world is so eagerly looking for new heroes. She has one in Antonelli.
Ferrari has a clear Antonelli mandate
Italy is also going completely crazy. The Tifosi, who have Ferrari as their main religion, now have a superstar. And that in the World Cup year. For the Italians, this is a balm for their tormented souls.
The dream that Ferrari is also working on: to bring Antonelli to Ferrari as quickly as possible. This will be the big order from Ferrari boss John Elkann. But that will take a while because Toto Wolff will do a damn thing to let him out of the contract in the next few years.
Ferrari will do everything in its power – Charles Leclerc or Hamilton – Antonelli has to go to Ferrari! That is the very clear instruction from above. We’re working on that now.
Star Wars is opened by Antonelli and he shows the skills of Luke Skywalker – that’s what it has to say. He’s a hit and the power of the Formula 1 world is with him.
