Kimi Antonelli has acquired reward from former Formulation 1 driver and Sky Sports activities analyst Karun Chandhok after efficiently coping with the strain of reigning drivers’ champion Lando Norris on the Miami Grand Prix.
Whereas Antonelli began the race from pole place on the Onerous Rock Stadium, he had a battle on his palms when he misplaced the lead initially to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and later discovered himself in a battle with Norris.
With a serving to hand from a profitable undercut, Antonelli held off the McLaren driver till the chequered flag, securing his third grand prix win of the 2026 season.
“He received on the airplane and he checked out me and he had that odor of champagne and sweat,” Chandhok recalled on the Sky Sports activities F1 Present. “That odor of success, Simon. Straight off the rostrum and checked out me and virtually apologetically mentioned, ‘Sorry, I did not have time for a bathe.’
“And I mentioned, ‘Mate, simply soak it up. You’ve got received that odor of success. It would not matter.’ However he was there, no entourage, carrying his little rucksack and wandering via the airport like a school pupil, wasn’t he? And he is ever so pleasant, chatting with different individuals within the cabin and there have been so many individuals congratulating him and he could not be friendlier to everyone there.
“He was good. It was a race the place really it may have gone both approach. I believe if McLaren had pulled the pin first and pitted first, Lando seemed sturdy sufficient to carry observe place. They did not, and Kimi gained.
Karun Chandhok, Sky TV
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“However Kimi had to take in the strain for about 28, 29 laps of the reigning world champion sitting there a second, a second and a half behind him.
“And all it will have taken is a lock-up, just a little second going vast, only a slight mismanagement of the power and Lando was able to pounce. And he received inside overtake mode on a number of events, however I assumed Kimi did a improbable job there, absorbing that strain and taking the win.”
Antonelli’s win in Miami prolonged his lead within the drivers’ championship to twenty factors over his skilled team-mate George Russell.
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