{"id":70107,"date":"2025-05-03T03:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70107\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T03:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:26:09","slug":"kimi-antonelli-reveals-whos-most-active-in-f1-drivers-group-chat-ahead-of-whatsapp-documentary-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/70107\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimi Antonelli reveals who\u2019s most active in F1 drivers\u2019 group chat ahead of WhatsApp documentary premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kimi Antonelli<\/a> is among the most recent additions to the infamous F1 drivers\u2019 WhatsApp chat, but he\u2019s certainly not the most active. The Mercedes<\/a> rookie, who will start on pole at Saturday\u2019s Miami<\/a> Sprint race, said he\u2019s taking a back seat before he starts contributing to the group chat with all 20 drivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m the least active, actually,\u201d he told Motorsport.com. \u201cBecause I’m new, I\u2019m just listening and looking at the moment, but not interacting that much yet.\u201d The 18-year-old also divulged who\u2019s the chattiest. \u201cIt\u2019s George and Carlos for sure. They’re kind of the bosses because they’re in charge [of the GPDA] and they\u2019re the admins as well. So those two are definitely the most active,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Antonelli\u2019s new documentary, which was made by WhatsApp in partnership with Netflix, premieres on Monday. Although the streaming service is already the home of Drive to Survive and other motorsport content, he\u2019s the only driver on the grid with his own, standalone documentary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very privileged,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s also really cool to get more known worldwide. I hope many people will like it. I’m very happy with how it all came together so I\u2019m definitely looking forward to seeing it on Netflix soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a045-minute documentary – titled The Seat – will reveal\u00a0the\u00a0private conversations that led to Toto Wolff\u2019s decision to promote Antonelli after Lewis Hamilton<\/a>\u2019s exit from the team, making him\u00a0the\u00a0third-youngest rookie in\u00a0the\u00a0sport\u2019s history.\u00a0\u201cWorking with the WhatsApp crew was a really good experience. I got to see a bit more of that world as well, because I\u2019ve seen many movies, but I didn’t know all the work that there was behind [the scenes],\u201d he said of the filmmaking process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of people that were there putting in work was pretty amazing. It was a really cool experience.\u201d The crew started filming during Antonelli\u2019s first test with the team, but didn\u2019t tell him about it until later in the year. \u201cI kind of had an idea, but I wasn’t fully sure,\u201d he recalled. The film will also incorporate private texts and phone conversations – but only those relating to work. \u201cIf I was showing my friends group chat \u2026 that would have been a bit embarrassing,\u201d he laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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