Mercedes' Italian driver Kimi Antonelli celebrates winning the world championship title at the end

F1 | Antonelli crowned youngest ever F1 champion as Verstappen wins eventful Mexico City Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli became the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion as third place in the Mexico City Grand Prix was enough for the Mercedes driver to claim the 2026 crown, with Max Verstappen taking race victory from Lewis Hamilton.

Antonelli entered Sunday’s 71-lap race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez needing only to finish ninth to claim a maiden F1 title, regardless of where rivals Hamilton and Mercedes team mate George Russell finished.

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