“To President Mattarella, with great admiration,” signed Kimi Antonelli.
The brand-new Formula 1 world champ remains in the middle of a whirlwind of conferences, occasions and events for the world title he won 2 weeks earlier at the Mexico Grand Prix, with which he ended a title dry spell for an Italian motorist to win the world champion going back to 1953.
Antonelli, together with his moms and dads Marco and Veronica and his sis Maggie, was gotten on Friday by the president of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
The conference happened at the Quirinale in Rome, with Antonelli providing the president among his main helmets with a commitment composed on the visor.
Antonelli talked with the greatest workplace of the Italian state, discussing to him the experiences of using a helmet throughout a race, however likewise what driving a Formula 1 single-seater involves from a physical perspective.
“You lose roughly a couple of kilograms,” he stated. “We have the fireproof suit, which is also hot. We train to be as ready as we can and to be able to withstand the heat we experience when we drive. But then after the session you jump into a tub of cold water…”
The president then asked: “But was it like that in Formula 2 as well? And in karts?”
“In karts a little less so,” Antonelli responded. “You are much more out in the open. In a single-seater you are enclosed. But in F2 the races last a little less and are less physical. In Formula 1 the race lasts an average of an hour and a half. But will you come and see some races next year? Maybe at Monza? It would be very nice to have you with us.”
Mattarella, with a smile, responded: “I really hope so. Now Formula 1 attracts me a lot! The last time was several years ago. It is always complicated, because my movements are complex… But this new situation greatly encourages me.”
The conference with the president was just the current of Antonelli’s engagements. A couple of hours previously, Antonelli had actually participated in the match in between the Italian guys’s nationwide football group and the French side, which Italy won 3-1, while the previous day he had actually dropped in San Marino- where he presently lives-to commemorate the world title.
Antonelli will fly back to the United States, this time to Nevada, to object to the third-to-last round of the 2026 Formula 1 season in Las Vegas.
Foto di: Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana
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