Nico Rosberg calls 18-year-old F1 driver Kimi Antonelli a generational talent
Nico Rosberg · Nico Rosberg on the Booming Business of F1 | All-In Live from Miami · May 29, 2025 · at 3:16
Former F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg evaluates 18-year-old driver Kimi Antonelli, who took over Lewis Hamilton's seat at Mercedes.
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“Antonelli, who was on pole position yesterday, the eighteen-year-old, he started racing, he was eight. He was in my go-karting team when he was 12, so I know him very, very well, and he is a generational talent”
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