MIAMI, Florida — Every rookie driver in Formula 1 has big shoes to fill, but some shoes are bigger than most.
Like the shoes of a seven-time Drivers’ Champion and one of the sport’s living legends.
But that is the situation that young Kimi Antonelli found himself in when Mercedes named him as the replacement for Lewis Hamilton, when one of the sport’s greatest drivers made the shocking move to Ferrari for the 2025 F1 season. Tasked with stepping into those shoes Antonelli has performed admirably, scoring points over four of the first five race weekends of the 2025 campaign. As the grid arrives in Florida for the Miami
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