SportThe GuardianKimi Antonelli storms to US F1 GP victory but is made to wait for title glory
Twenty-year-old Kimi Antonelli won the US Formula 1 Grand Prix and is one race away from becoming the youngest F1 world champion ever, with Mexico City next weekend.
The 20-year-old championship leader won from Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen and should become F1’s youngest world champion next week in Mexico
Kimi Antonelli dominated the US Grand Prix in Austin, taking his ninth win of the season ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.
Antonelli leads teammate George Russell by 123 points and Lewis Hamilton by 124, needing only to finish ahead of both rivals in Mexico to clinch the title.
If he wins in Mexico City next weekend, the 20-year-old Italian will be the youngest F1 world champion ever and the first Italian champion since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
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