Kimi Antonelli

Five wins in a row

A battery problem at the start in Australia dropped him to seventh, and he recovered to finish second behind George Russell in a Mercedes one-two.¹ A week later in China he took pole and won by about five seconds, his first Grand Prix victory.¹

He then won in Japan, Miami, Canada and Monaco.² Five straight wins from a maiden victory is the longest such run in the sport's history.¹ Monaco, won from pole, left Russell 68 points behind.¹

The lead shrinks

An engine failure in Barcelona ended his race just after he had passed Russell for second.¹ By Austria the lead was down to 25 points, and a mechanical problem at Silverstone left him fifteenth in the Grand Prix.¹²

Victory from pole in Belgium stopped the slide. Third in Hungary and second in the Netherlands, both ahead of Russell, took the gap to 59 points.¹

Monza from nineteenth

A new power unit put him nineteenth on the grid for his home race. He pitted under a virtual safety car, gained more than 15 seconds on Russell in 21 laps and passed him to win.¹ He was the first Italian to win the Italian Grand Prix in 60 years.¹

He won again a week later in Spain, undercutting Lando Norris during another virtual safety car while Russell finished fifth.¹

Closing it out

A brush with the wall in Azerbaijan qualifying left him sixteenth on the grid, and he recovered to fifth.¹ Second in Bahrain and third in Singapore took the lead to 102 points.¹ He won in Austin by 13 seconds, leaving him 123 clear with five rounds left.¹⁴

Mexico City only required ninth place.⁴ He started fourth and finished third behind winner Max Verstappen, and the title was his.³