Kimi couldn’t stop crying: the emotional celebration after becoming F1 champion

“We are champions, we have done it,” Toto Wolff told him on the radio as he crossed the finish line. Kimi Antonelli couldn’t believe it. I could only cry. Her tears prevented her from responding on the radio. “Thank you very much, we did it. We did it, thank you very much,” he responded, with difficulty, his voice cut by tears of joy.

“Great job, Kimi. It has been an honor to have been a part of this with you, friend. This is only the first chapter. So, champion, go to the stadium to celebrate your new title”one of the most important people in achieving his crown, his track engineer, Bono, who was also key in Hamilton’s past successes at Mercedes, told him on the radio.

And later, on ‘DAZN’, the transalpine driver admitted that tears prevented him from even seeing the track during the last lap of the race. “I couldn’t see the track. I was crying that whole last lap. It was an incredible feeling,” he expressed.

Celebration with your family

And upon arriving at the Foro Sol, in front of packed stands, he raised his fists to the sky and received the hug of a 7-time champion like Hamilton, from whom he learned so much at Mercedes when he was the one who won and Kimi dreamed of emulating him. And immediately afterwards, he hugged his father, his mother and his sister.

Five years after leaving karting to move to single-seaters, he was already F1 champion. He was heading towards his mechanics to receive the team’s hug. “I am speechless, I am trying to process everything that has happened”said the new king. “This weekend I was a little more tense, but I’m very happy to have finished the job. Now, enjoy the rest of the course”, he added. “It has been an incredible year and sharing this podium with Max and Lewis is incredible. I am looking forward to more fights in the future”. He had just won the title and was already thinking about more. Insatiable