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Italian newspaper's brutal Ferrari swipe as Kimi Antonelli crowned F1 champion

Andrea Kimi Antonelli secured his maiden Formula 1 world championship by finishing third behind Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, making history at age twenty as the youngest champion and the first Italian title-holder in seventy-three years since Alberto Ascari. Following the triumph, La Gazzetta dello Sport published a sharp critique regarding Ferrari, noting that the young driver succeeded thanks to his abilities and the fact that he was not competing for the Maranello squad.

During the event, a collision between Hamilton and Charles Leclerc dashed Ferrari's hopes of a strong finish, compounding a season plagued by missed opportunities and strategic missteps. Antonelli's father, Marco, previously revealed that his son had been passed over by former team principal Maurizio Arrivabene before signing with Mercedes at eleven years old, ultimately reaching the grid as Hamilton's successor.

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