Kimi Antonelli can be having fun with his summer season break. The Mercedes driver has been noticed in Sardinia as nicely, the place Toto Wolff and Max Verstappen are additionally spending their holidays.
Sardinia is as soon as once more changing into a hotspot for Method 1 drivers having fun with a while off. A number of days after Mercedes CEO and group principal Toto Wolff and Max Verstappen had been pictured collectively in Italy, the present championship chief was additionally noticed aboard the Austrian’s yacht.
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Within the photographs, Antonelli is seen alongside Toto and Susie Wolff and can be joined by his father, Marco.
Antonelli shared a single picture on Instagram so removed from the yacht. He wrote: “Joyful holidays everybody!”
Wolff and Verstappen meet in Sardinia for the second yr in a row
Final yr, Wolff and Verstappen had been additionally noticed collectively on vacation. In 2025, the Dutchman stated: “I really like Sardinia, he loves Sardinia. I waved at him, we had lunch collectively and the children performed collectively. Once you’re there, you speak about every thing besides Method 1. You’ll be able to have many nice conversations with him and Susie [Wolff].”
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Wolff leaves door open to Antonelli-Verstappen partnership sooner or later: ‘We’re not afraid of it’
Over the previous years, the Dutchman was incessantly linked to Mercedes as nicely. When requested concerning the four-time world champion, Wolff didn’t rule out having Antonelli and Verstappen on the group collectively at one level sooner or later.
He toldSky Sports activities Germany: “You must give Kimi time to develop. Max is driving at his peak. He can do every thing. The 2 respect one another. They’re from totally different generations. However having each of them in a single group is, after all, a totally totally different start line.”
In response to Wolff, it could not as tense because it was when Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had been teammates at Mercedes. “Nevertheless it’s not like I am afraid of it, I had it worse with Rosberg and Hamilton. I might in all probability deal with it higher at present. We’re not afraid of getting the 2 of them in the identical group in some unspecified time in the future.
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Nonetheless, the Austrian underlined that he’s glad with the group’s present driver line-up. “However within the present state of affairs, we’re pleased with the dynamic between Kimi and George. We have made nice progress as a group. Including one other variable now would not be proper for our long-term growth.”
