{"id":429500,"date":"2025-09-16T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429500\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:45:16","slug":"max-verstappen-reveals-the-kimi-antonelli-trait-that-reminds-him-of-himself-shares-an-advice-for-mercedes-rookie-formula-one-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/429500\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen reveals the Kimi Antonelli trait that reminds him of himself, shares an advice for Mercedes rookie | Formula One News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kimi-antonelli.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen reveals the Kimi Antonelli trait that reminds him of himself, shares an advice for Mercedes rookie\" title=\"Kimi Antonelli (Image credit: Kimi Antonelli\/Instagram)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Kimi Antonelli (Image credit: Kimi Antonelli\/Instagram) Kimi Antonelli hasn\u2019t been in a very good position for several races. Moreover, some of his mistakes have given enough fodder to those who already doubt his seat at Mercedes. Now, Max Verstappen has shared his opinion on the promising rookie and advised him, as well as others, to practice patience. The F1 drivers will now be heading to Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this upcoming weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen is full of praise for Kimi Antonelli<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen has offered words of praise for Kimi Antonelli amid rumours of the 19-year-old facing fears of losing his seat at Mercedes. Verstappen told Motorsport Week, \u201cMaking mistakes in your first season in F1 is part of the equation. What I like most about him is that he doesn\u2019t take it easy. He always gives it his all, and I see myself in him.\u201d\u201cCould he do better? Of course. But I know how talented he is\u2026 it shows. He just needs a little patience, like everyone else. It\u2019s not easy starting with a top team, which, moreover, isn\u2019t consistently fighting for wins. He\u2019ll be fine, he just needs a little time,\u201d the Red Bull star added.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have faith in Kimi Antonelli<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli shared his excitement for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Tuesday. He posted a few pictures showing his prep ahead of the Baku weekend and wrote, \u201cWe\u2019re back street racing this week. Andiamo (let\u2019s go)!\u201dHis fans showed their support in the comments section. One fan wrote, \u201cGood luck Kimi, we trust you.\u201d Another commented, \u201cWay to go Kimi!! Going to be a good week of racing.\u201d Many also wrote \u201cForza Kimi\u201d in Italian, which translates to \u201cyou can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli\u2019s impressive F1 debut this season<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli is currently in eighth position in the F1 Driver Standings with 66 points. Meanwhile, his Mercedes teammate George Russell is in fourth with 194 points.Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/formula-one\/news\/max-verstappen-shines-at-rainy-nordschleife-while-pursuing-special-permit-beyond-f1\/articleshow\/123872374.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen shines at rainy Nordschleife while pursuing special permit beyond F1<\/a>Antonelli had a strong start to the season but then slowed down. Still, he remains the best-performing rookie this year and even scored his first podium at the Canadian Grand Prix. The race was won by George Russell, with Max Verstappen and Antonelli joining him on the podium in second and third position, respectively. Not only this, Antonelli also claimed his first pole in Sprint Qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kimi Antonelli (Image credit: Kimi Antonelli\/Instagram) Kimi Antonelli hasn\u2019t been in a very good position for several races.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[146369,4199,707,146370,4200,35357,1073,4859,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-429500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-azerbaijan-grand-prix","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula-1-rookie","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-kimi-antonelli","14":"tag-max-verstappen","15":"tag-mercedes","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115215462072353984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}