Antonelli in numbers
490 official points · best championship finish: 7th in 2025
0Drivers’ titles
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0Constructors’ titles
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19.5% of races
14.6% of races
41.5% of races
0Drivers’ titles
none
0Constructors’ titles
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19.5% of races with Mercedes
14.6% of races with Mercedes
41.5% of races with Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli reached Formula 1 by skipping a category. Born in Bologna in 2006, he won the Italian and German Formula 4 championships in 2022 and Formula Regional Europe in 2023, and Mercedes moved him straight up to Formula 2 without passing through Formula 3. One year there was enough for him to inherit the seat Lewis Hamilton was leaving.
He made his debut in Australia in 2025, aged eighteen, and finished fourth from sixteenth on the grid. His first podium came in Canada, in third, and he closed the season with two more in Brazil and Las Vegas: seventh in the championship with 150 points, sharing the garage with George Russell.
In 2026, with the new regulations, Mercedes started the season at the front and Antonelli made the most of it from the start: his first win came in China, from pole, and the next ones were not long in coming. At Monza he won coming through from the back of the grid, and became the first Italian to win the Italian Grand Prix since 1966.
He is the youngest driver on the grid and one of those who arrived with the least single-seater experience. You would never guess it from the way he has started.
What if Antonelli had another car?
We took his real attributes and put him in the best car of each era: in a real driver's seat, against the team-mate that car actually had. 30 full seasons in each.
| Car | Team-mate | Finish | Wins | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren1988 | Alain Prost-74 pts | P1.9 | 2.9 | 7% |
| Williams1992 | Riccardo Patrese+30 pts | P1.4 | 6.7 | 67% |
| Ferrari2002 | Rubens Barrichello+56 pts | P1.1 | 11.5 | 90% |
| Red Bull2013 | Mark Webber+56 pts | P1.1 | 12.2 | 90% |
| Mercedes2016 | Lewis Hamilton-71 pts | P1.9 | 5.8 | 7% |
| Red Bull2023 | Sergio Perez+53 pts | P1.1 | 14.8 | 90% |
| Cadillac2026 · 11th on the grid | Valtteri Bottas+29 pts | P9.2 | 0 | 0% |
The only one who beats him is Alain Prost in the 1988 McLaren: 74 points clear over a full season.
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His team-mates
1 team-mate across 2 seasons. When both finished the race, Antonelli was ahead in 12 of 33; on the grid he started ahead in 12 of 41.
| Year | Team-mate | In the race | On the grid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | George RussellMercedes · 24 races | 3-17 | 3-21 |
| 2026 | George RussellMercedes · 17 races | 9-4 | 9-8 |
The first number is always Antonelli's. A team-mate is whoever started the same race for the same team. "In the race" only counts races both finished, because a retirement says nothing about who was quicker. "On the grid" is the starting position, with penalties already applied.
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