Mercedes System 1 driver and present championship chief Kimi Antonelli has featured as a driving teacher in Amelia Dimoldenberg’s YouTube sequence, Passenger Princess.
Produced in collaboration with F1 as a part of the championship’s ongoing push to have interaction a youthful and extra numerous viewers, the present’s second season duties present drivers with instructing the Briton how you can drive.
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Antonelli’s episode was immediately chaotic when he steered rapidly from one aspect to the opposite to heat up the tyres. Dimoldenberg jokingly exclaimed, “Cease it. Cease, Kimi. This isn’t acceptable. I knew you had been younger, however I did not know you’d be this immature.”
The 20-year-old then tried doughnuts within the Mercedes SUV. “Wait, can we simply cease for a second as a result of I really feel actually dizzy now,” Dimoldenberg mentioned.
“That was not a doughnut,” Antonelli admitted. “You’d slide much more.”
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When the roles reversed and Dimoldenberg took the motive force’s seat, the Mercedes driver’s teaching expertise had been put to the check. The comic was additionally tasked with pulling off a doughnut, which nearly ended within the gravel.
“So, that is really my final lesson. So, really I ought to at this level be fairly good at driving. Which is why I wished to do the doughnuts as a result of I really feel like doughnuts is once you’re a professional, and you may simply do what you need,” Dimoldenberg mentioned earlier than Antonelli awarded her driving try a 5.5 out of 10.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Amid the deadpan comedic exchanges, the Italian driver shared particulars about what he eats on a cheat day, how he began go-karting on the age of 5, his pre-race ritual and what he does on his day off.
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On the time of writing, the video has been seen over a million occasions and has acquired over 31,000 likes.
“Kimi HAS to be the primary driver to ragebait Amelia,” one fan commented, whereas one other added: “He obtained the sassiness of George and sarcasm of Max, really their son.”
Another person posted: “It is giving oldest sister youngest siblings vibe,” and one other fan wrote: “Kimi’s sarcastic blinks are subsequent stage!”
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