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23
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Uncertain
0%
0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Kimi Antonelli won the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday with a dominant lights-to-flag drive, putting him on the brink of becoming the 2026 Formula 1 world champion.
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Antonelli → win → brink
The 20-year-old Mercedes driver fell just short of clinching the title in Texas, but he extended his already commanding lead and is on the verge of making history as F1’s youngest-ever champion in just his second season.
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he → fall → season
The Italian has an excellent opportunity to lock down the title at the Mexico City race next Sunday.
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Italian → have → race
With five races to go, Antonelli sits 124 points ahead of his nearest rival with a maximum of 125 points up for grabs.
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Antonelli → go → grabs
The race in Austin marked his ninth victory of the season.
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race → mark → season
“It was the result we needed,” Antonelli said in a post-race interview.
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Antonelli → need → interview
“We’re very close, but yeah, we trying to finish on a high and hopefully we can finish it very soon.”
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we → ’re → it
Behind Antonelli, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished second and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished third.
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Verstappen → finish → Antonelli
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton finished fourth.
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Hamilton → finish → ?
And George Russell, also with Mercedes, finished eighth, barely staying in mathematical contention in the standings.
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Russell → finish → standings
Even before the Austin race, Russell and Hamilton both spoke of Antonelli securing the 2026 title as a matter of when, not if.
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Antonelli → speak → when
Antonelli would break a record set by 23-year-old Sebastian Vettel, who won the trophy in a title-deciding thriller at the final race of the 2010 F1 season.
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who → break → season
Antonelli was four years old at the time and joked to NBC News that he recalls playing with Hot Wheels.
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he → joke → Wheels
He would also become the first Italian to win the world championship since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
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He → become → 1953
F1 officials counted an attendance of 467,000 this weekend.
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officials → count → 467,000
It was a masterful drive from Antonelli, who proved once again why he’s cruising to a world championship.
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he → prove → championship
He started first on Sunday and sped off into the distance as Verstappen battled with the two Ferraris in the opening laps.
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Verstappen → start → laps
Antonelli pitted on Lap 25 of 56 for his one and only stop to change tires.
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Antonelli → pit → tires
Leclerc and Verstappen both sought two-stop strategies to try and catch him, but failed to do so.
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Leclerc → seek → him
Leclerc overtook Verstappen in the final stint of the race.
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Leclerc → overtake → race
And it was another weekend in which Russell, 28, was one step behind his younger teammate and rival when it counted.
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it → count → teammate
Russell qualified sixth and held that position in the opening stages of the race.
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Russell → qualify → race
But on Lap 9, Russell was given a 5-second time penalty for “leaving the track and gaining an advantage,” which cost him positions and eventually dropped him to eighth.
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which → give → eighth
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