"Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much. You made me achieve one of my dreams, Antonelli said over the radio after taking the chequered flag. I'm speechless. I'm about to cry to be honest, he said in his first interview as a winner in front of the Shanghai circuit crowd before doing just that."
"I gave myself a little bit of a heart attack towards the end with the flat spot [on his tyres], said the first Italian winner since Giancarlo Fisichella for Renault in Malaysia in 2006. It was a good race."
"Antonelli briefly lost the lead at the start, but once he got back in front, the teenager controlled the pace to cruise home to the chequered flag."
Kimi Antonelli achieved a historic victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, becoming the youngest pole-sitter in Formula One history and converting that achievement into his maiden win. The 19-year-old Italian driver controlled the race after briefly losing the lead at the start, managing the pace effectively throughout. Mercedes secured its second successive one-two finish, with George Russell finishing second and Lewis Hamilton claiming third place in his debut for Ferrari. Antonelli experienced a nervous finish when he locked up with three laps remaining, but maintained a 5.5-second lead over Russell. The emotional teenager became the first Italian winner since Giancarlo Fisichella in 2006, with both McLarens failing to start the race.
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