Kimi Antonelli is among the many most up-to-date additions to the notorious F1 drivers’ WhatsApp chat, however he’s definitely not probably the most energetic. The Mercedes rookie, who will begin on pole at Saturday’s Miami Dash race, stated he’s taking a again seat earlier than he begins contributing to the group chat with all 20 drivers.
“I am the least energetic, truly,” he instructed Motorsport.com. “As a result of I am new, I’m simply listening and searching in the mean time, however not interacting that a lot but.” The 18-year-old additionally divulged who’s the chattiest. “It’s George and Carlos for positive. They’re sort of the bosses as a result of they’re in cost [of the GPDA] and so they’re the admins as nicely. So these two are undoubtedly probably the most energetic,” he stated.
Antonelli’s new documentary, which was made by WhatsApp in partnership with Netflix, premieres on Monday. Though the streaming service is already the house of Drive to Survive and different motorsport content material, he’s the one driver on the grid together with his personal, standalone documentary.
“I really feel very privileged,” he stated. “It’s additionally actually cool to get extra identified worldwide. I hope many individuals will prefer it. I am very pleased with the way it all got here collectively so I’m undoubtedly wanting ahead to seeing it on Netflix quickly.”
The 45-minute documentary – titled The Seat – will reveal the personal conversations that led to Toto Wolff’s determination to advertise Antonelli after Lewis Hamilton’s exit from the group, making him the third-youngest rookie in the sport’s historical past. “Working with the WhatsApp crew was a extremely good expertise. I acquired to see a bit extra of that world as nicely, as a result of I’ve seen many films, however I did not know all of the work that there was behind [the scenes],” he stated of the filmmaking course of.
“The quantity of folks that have been there placing in work was fairly wonderful. It was a extremely cool expertise.” The crew began filming throughout Antonelli’s first take a look at with the group, however didn’t inform him about it till later within the 12 months. “I sort of had an thought, however I wasn’t totally positive,” he recalled. The movie will even incorporate personal texts and telephone conversations – however solely these regarding work. “If I used to be exhibiting my associates group chat … that may have been a bit embarrassing,” he laughed.
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