Toto Wolff urges F1 rivals to emulate Antonelli — SkimNews
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- Toto Wolff said Antonelli’s humility, integrity, loyalty and respect make him a role model for junior drivers and 'the few entitled ones' in Formula 1, including radio complainers and rivals who crash.
- Kimi Antonelli, 20, became F1’s youngest-ever world champion and sealed the title with four rounds to spare at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
- Kimi Antonelli needed only a top-nine finish in Mexico to clinch the crown but finished third behind race winner Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, whose title totals stand at four and seven respectively; Antonelli called the championship 'just the beginning.'
- Kimi Antonelli credited last season’s poor results, criticism and pressure at Mercedes with maturing faster than he would have at a smaller team, turning early questions about his readiness into preparation for his title campaign.
- Kimi Antonelli said he still had several moments when he could have done better during his title season and described improvement as a 'constant learning process,' even after clinching the championship.
Why it matters: Antonelli gains a role beyond being the 20-year-old champion: with four rounds still to run, he becomes Wolff’s benchmark for humility, integrity, loyalty and respect in Formula 1. The contrast is explicitly behavioral rather than another title statistic, while Antonelli’s insistence that he is still learning makes the benchmark a work in progress.
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