Kimi Antonelli
Italian Formula 1 driver for Mercedes and the 2026 world champion, sharing his racing life with fans as he moves from junior titles to Grand Prix wins.
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Formula 1
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Formula 2Overview
- Full name
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli
- Born
- 25 August 2006, Bologna, Italy
- Team
- Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
- Race number
- 12
- Breakout
- Two Formula 2 wins in 2024, followed by a Mercedes F1 seat in 2025
Mini bio
How it started.
Kimi grew up in Bologna with motorsport close to home: his father Marco raced and ran a team. He began karting at seven and joined the Mercedes Junior Programme in 2019.
Through the junior ranks.
He won the Italian and German Formula 4 titles in 2022, then the Middle East and European Formula Regional championships in 2023. He moved straight to Formula 2 with PREMA in 2024, winning the Silverstone Sprint and the Budapest Feature Race.
The step into Formula 1.
Mercedes chose him to partner George Russell in 2025, taking the seat vacated by Lewis Hamilton. His debut brought fourth place in Australia; his first podium followed in Canada.
A title in year two.
His first Grand Prix win came in China in 2026. Later that season he won at Monza from 19th on the grid, then clinched the world championship with third place in Mexico City.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Formula 1 with MercedesWorld champion
- 2025Formula 1 with MercedesRookie driver, seventh in the championship
- 2024Formula 2 with PREMA RacingTwo-time race winner
- 2023Formula Regional European Championship by AlpineChampion with PREMA Racing
- 2022Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4Champion in both series with PREMA Racing
Awards
Quotes
This is a moment that I will remember for the rest of my life.Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes race report
After securing the 2026 world championship at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Trivia
- Kimi is his middle name. Mercedes says a family friend suggested it because it sounded right with his other names, rather than as a tribute to Kimi Raikkonen.
- He raced with number 12 when he won the 2023 European Formula Regional title, before choosing it for Formula 1.
- His second Formula 2 victory, in Budapest, made him the youngest double winner in the series’ history.
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