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How did a twenty-year-old clinch the Formula One title with races to spare?
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The title was sealed in Mexico City on Sunday. Kimi Antonelli finished third there, with four races still to run, after stringing together five straight wins earlier this season, and built a commanding lead in the championship.
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He is 20 years old, the youngest driver the sport has ever crowned. His teammate George Russell had started the year as the favourite, but a run of setbacks, from a broken front wing to a power unit problem, shifted the balance. Antonelli himself acknowledged Russell had suffered more misfortune.
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Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said He's got all that Max has got: he wants to win and will win no matter what.
“He's got all that Max has got: he wants to win and will win no matter what.”
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