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The moment Antonelli knew he had been transformed as an F1 driver

Kimi Antonelli reflected in a BBC Sport interview on his remarkable transformation as a Formula 1 driver during his second championship campaign. The twenty-year-old Italian holds a commanding eighty-one point lead after fourteen grands prix, a stark contrast to his difficult debut season alongside team-mate George Russell.

Mercedes driver Antonelli noted that an early January session at Silverstone gave him his first mental breakthrough, feeling more relaxed and less tense inside the cockpit. A subsequent recovery drive in Australia following a heavy practice crash confirmed to him that his mindset had fundamentally shifted.