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Kimi Antonelli set to end Italy’s puzzlingly long 73-year wait for Formula 1 champion
Kimi Antonelli is on the verge of becoming Formula 1’s youngest-ever champion, and the first Italian to win the title since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
For a country full of passionate racing fans, the 73-year wait for an Italian champ is puzzling.
Over decades without a title contender to cheer, Italy’s legions of passionate “tifosi” fans have worn red to support Ferrari as a team, rather than individual Italian drivers.
Now the 20-year-old Antonelli, reportedly rejected by Ferrari as a child...
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