Kimi Antonelli is crowned Formula One's youngest world champion at the Mexico City Grand Prix

1 November 2026

Italian driver Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes won the Formula One drivers' world championship at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The race was held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Antonelli finished third, scoring 15 points.
He needed only a ninth-place finish to clinch the title whatever his rivals did.
At 20 years and 68 days he became the youngest world champion in the sport's history.
The previous mark belonged to Sebastian Vettel, who was 23 years and 134 days old when he won his first title in 2010.
Antonelli is also the first Italian Formula One world champion since 1953.
Max Verstappen won the race, with Lewis Hamilton second, 0.799 seconds behind.