When Antonelli, at 10 years old, sat in Alonso’s first F1

Andrea Kimi Antonelli became, a few months ago, the leader of the Formula 1 World Cup youngest in history at then 19 years old. The one of mercedes He is still first in the table, ahead of his teammate George Russel like Lewis hamiltonpilot Ferrariby 59 points.

He Italianborn in August 2006, came into the world while Fernando Alonsoalready current champion, was competing for the title with Michael Schumacher. When the Spanish debuted in F1, Antonelli was more than five years away from being born.

It was precisely on that stage, his debut, that Alonso piloted the Minardi PS01. ‘El Nano’ raced throughout that 2001 season for the Italian team, where he completed a great ‘rookie’ year marked by his surprising performances.

Alonso is not the only member of the current Formula 1 grid to have sat in that car. In a video from 2017, you can see how Antonelli, at only 10 years old, sits inside the team’s car. Faenza.

This video was recorded during the second edition of ‘Minardi Day’, an event to celebrate the team. In it, the journalist Emiliano Savini interview with Roberto Darkformer Formula 1 driver.

He Brazilian He participated in the Australian Grand Prix with Minardi in 1991, ten years before Alonso did. Moreno, who however only competed in that race with those from Faenza, also drove very intermittently in F1 with other teams from 1982 to 1995.

22 years after his last appearance in the premier category, Roberto spoke to the press talking about how happy he was to attend ‘Minardi Day’. Curiously, The cameraman did not know at that time that he was recording more than one Formula 1 racer.. And who knows, maybe in a few months, a world champion too.