A second shared between Kimi Antonelli and his father, Marco Antonelli, has gone viral after the Mercedes driver celebrated his eighth Formulation 1 win on the Spanish Grand Prix.
After the Italian driver parked his Mercedes equipment on the grid, he went to have a good time together with his group. Standing on the entrance of the boundaries was his father, holding a purple carnation prepared to present to his son. As he handed it to his son, they each laughed collectively and shared a hug earlier than the 20-year-old continued together with his pre-podium duties.
Followers picked up on the second on social media, describing it as “healthful” and “treasured”.
“Such a healthful second. Kimi is very easy to root for,” one fan commented on Reddit, whereas one other joked: “What is that this, The Bachelor?”
“The truth that little purple carnation was from Papanelli. Cease, that’s so treasured,” one other fan posted on X.
Additional feedback included: “That is essentially the most Italian factor ever and I find it irresistible! Andiamo Kimi!” and “The brand new GOAT”.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / LAT Photos by way of Getty Photos
Antonelli picked up one other 25 factors in Madrid, extending his lead within the drivers’ championship to 81 factors over his team-mate George Russell, who presently sits second.
Regardless of his spectacular lead within the standings, Antonelli is eager to not assume an excessive amount of about the potential of claiming his maiden championship title this 12 months.
“Nicely, that’s precisely what I don’t need to do,” Antonelli defined after the race. “I need to preserve pushing race by race, you recognize, preserve delivering and preserve having fun with all the way in which, after which, you recognize, attempting to do my greatest each race. After which we’ll see the place we find yourself on the finish of the 12 months.”
The fifteenth spherical of the season, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, will happen on the Baku Metropolis Circuit from 24-26 September.
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