
Qualifying: Antonelli's Formula 1 crash – Russell's Melbourne best time
Kimi Antonelli loses control of his Mercedes in Melbourne. It is the first serious crash of the new Formula 1 era. Before qualifying, his teammate is at the top.
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Kimi Antonelli loses control of his Mercedes in Melbourne. It is the first serious crash of the new Formula 1 era. Before qualifying, his teammate is at the top.
The 19-year-old smashed into the wall at turn one, experiencing a crash higher than 25G with the medical car deployed
McLaren's Oscar Piastri powered to the fastest time ahead of Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli in second practice for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday as drivers grappled with sweeping new engine changes. At the halfway mark it was Italy's Antonelli, Russell, Hamilton and Piastri.

Italian F1 driver Kimi Antonelli and Eliska Babičkova have definitively broken up, which the Czech professional kart driver confirmed via Instagram.
Kimi Antonelli, one of motorsport's most promising young talents, is embarking on his second F1 season as a Mercedes driver, preparing for the new rule set in 2026.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli remains optimistic for the Melbourne race as Mercedes has identified and begun to fix the issue that affected him during Bahrain testing.
Formula 1 Kimi Antonelli walked away from a violent road crash near San Marino last weekend. His brand-new Mercedes did not. Kimi Antonelli Wrecks $245,000 Mercedes in Guardrail Crash Photos show the car mangled after slamming into a guardrail in what authorities described as a single-vehicle accident. The 17-year-old Formula 1 prospect was unharmed. That’s the good news. The rest is a mess. Social media lit up with claims that Antonelli may have been traveling as fast as 180 kph in a 70 kph zon
It started with a game at Penn State in 1996. Now, ESPN's Debbie Antonelli and Beth Mowins have been calling women's college basketball for 30 years.

The former driver presents the new F1 season: “The new rules will help the younger ones, it will feel like being in a video game.”
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Connor Zilisch recounts a karting experience that convinced him of Kimi Antonelli's destiny to reach Formula 1.
Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes set the pace on the second day of the second Formula One pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday. Antonelli took part in the afternoon session and clocked 1 minute 32.
Kimi Antonelli suffered a big accident in third free practice for Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate George Russell topped the timesheets

The McLaren driver was ahead of the Mercedes duo Antonelli and Russell in Melbourne. The top teams were within striking distance.
Big rule changes mean this might be George Russell's year. Mercedes showed good pace in preseason, with Russell and teammate Kimi Antonelli consistently among the fastest drivers, and racked up the…
Kimi Antonelli will begin his second Formula 1 campaign in 2026, and Ralf Schumacher believes he’s the one to beat for the championship. Antonelli was expected to make an immediate impact given his ou
On the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, Mercedes drew attention by adding two distinctive ‘horns’ to the rear wing of Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s 2026 car. The second test session in Bahrain saw a shift as teams began focusing more on performance, having already established reliability under the new 2026 regulations.
Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri set the first 1m32s lap times in F1’s 2026 Bahrain pre-season test, as Aston Martin suffered further hardship