Kimi Antonelli's Stunning Japanese Grand Prix Win

0:00On March 29th, Kimi Antonelli, the 19-year-old Italian racing phenom for Mercedes, just nagged his second win at the Japanese Grand Prix in. 20-26. Total wolf, the team boss, couldn't hide his excitement after the race, chatting it up with sky sports about the kid's rabbit climb from junior talent, to podium dominator. Earlier this week, wolf got playful when a pundit called out his spot on driver picks, humbly shifting praise to the whole crew. He shouted out everyone from the junior program head, who first eyed Antonelli at age 11, right down to the engineers and marketers, keeping him sharp. Fans and insiders are buzzing over how this young gun turned heads, despite a rocky start. Dropping to six behind Lewis Hamilton early on. Wolf admitted the team's launches need work, but Antonelli's grit kept the car hooked up through wheel spin and pushed him forward when he counted. In the thick of it, a smart one-lap stenic extension for Antonelli flipped the script on teammate George Russell, who got tripped by the safety car, timing.

1:03Wolf broke it down as the driver's skill meshing perfectly with strategy to seal the deal. Mercedes keeps building this talent pipeline, and with tweaks to those starts, expect Antonelli to keep dropping jaws on the circuit. From your team, powered by AI, this is F1 News Today. I'm Corey with the story.