At the last Formula One race in Mexico City, Kimi Antonelli crossed the line in third place, behind Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, in floods of tears. His performance that day may not have been enough to get him to win in Mexico, but it was enough to mathematically confirm that he was World Champion.
In just his second season in Formula One, Kimi Antonelli has won the Driver’s World Championship, becoming the youngest winner ever at just 20 years old. Even more impressively, he’s done it with 4 races to spare. But don’t think just because the World Champion is already confirmed that Formula 1 is no longer worth watching.
The Drivers
The number one spot on the Driver’s World Championship table may now be decided, but there’s plenty of other milestones to be decided. One of the closest battles is in fact the fight for second place.
Throughout the season, it looked like a battle between Mercedes driver George Russell and the two Ferrari drivers in Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. But Red Bull driver and 4-time World Champion Max Verstappen has emerged from nowhere, and after his win in Mexico, he’s taken 2nd place with 261 points, with Lewis Hamilton two points behind (259), an...