Andrea Kimi Antonelli determined to go undercover at a Milton Keynes go-kart monitor in the beginning of the Formulation 1 winter break.
The Italian driver, who completed his rookie season for Mercedes in seventh within the drivers’ championship with 150 factors, selected the title Henry Shovlin as his alias as he arrived on the Daytona Milton Keynes monitor. Whereas he did not win the principle race because of selecting up two penalties, he did set the quickest lap.
Daniel Prince from Daytona defined on BBC Three Counties Radio: “He truly bought two penalties for pushing too arduous, so did not end on the rostrum on the finish of it. However he did get the quickest lap of the race by not less than three seconds.”
Antonelli managed to stay unknown whereas he was carrying a helmet, however was recognised as quickly as he eliminated it.
“Everybody actually mobbed him so a member of workers shortly rescued him and put him behind the desk for a cheeky photograph by our movie star leaderboard, after which he ran away and left,” Prince continued.
Mercedes staff principal and CEO Toto Wolff praised Antonelli after his rookie season with the Brackley outfit.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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“We have seen very robust races in the beginning of the season, notably in direction of the tip. However I believe we by no means doubted within the pace, the expertise and his potential,” Wolff defined throughout a Mercedes debrief video.
“It is simply you are being thrown to the cannibals in Formulation 1. The extreme stress of the media, the accountability you need to Mercedes – to the many individuals which can be giving their all to supply you an engine and a automobile.
“And I believe most likely that was the educational, all through the center of the season, notably in Europe, with everyone wanting one thing from you. And he is a superb individual. So he did not wish to say no both.
“And general, I’d say a superb season, stuffed with studying, a powerful base to maneuver from right here and begin in 2026 with a brand new automobile, new to everybody. And you recognize what to anticipate.”
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