Antonelli chases a first: no Italian has ever won the United States GP
No Italian has ever won the United States Grand Prix in F1 history; Antonelli chases the feat on Sunday in Austin, where he could also seal the title.
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Nenhum italiano venceu o GP dos Estados Unidos em toda a história da Fórmula 1. É esse tabu que Kimi Antonelli tenta derrubar no domingo, 25 de outubro, em Austin, e o desafio vem junto com a chance de fechar o título.
A conta começou em 1959. A primeira corrida em solo americano foi em Sebring, na Flórida, e o vencedor foi o neozelandês Bruce McLaren, com um Cooper-Climax.
De lá para cá, o Reino Unido soma 18 vitórias. A Alemanha tem seis. Brasil e Holanda aparecem com quatro cada. A Finlândia tem três; França, Áustria e Argentina, duas cada. Suécia, Canadá, Austrália e Mônaco, além da Nova Zelândia, têm uma vitória oficial cada.
Desde 2012, a prova é disputada no Circuito das Américas, em Austin, no Texas. O maior vencedor ali é Lewis Hamilton: um triunfo com a McLaren e quatro com a Mercedes.
O histórico de Antonelli no traçado é curto. Ele correu ali pela primeira vez em 2025, no ano de estreia, e terminou a sprint em 8º. Na prova principal, ficou em 13º com a Mercedes. Foi nesse fim de semana que chamou atenção ao cravar a volta mais rápida da corrida, com 1m33s577.
Agora o cenário é outro. Líder do campeonato, o italiano tem 102 pontos de vantagem sobre George Russell, o vice-líder e companheiro de equipe. A vantagem permite que ele seja campeão já nos Estados Unidos.
Para isso, precisa chegar a 125 pontos de margem sobre Russell. O caminho: vencer a corrida e ver o rival terminar abaixo do 8º lugar. Lewis Hamilton, terceiro com 229 pontos, também teria de ficar em 5º ou pior.
Nesse cenário, Russell poderia vencer todas as provas restantes e ainda assim perder. Ele empataria em pontos, mas seria superado no critério de vitórias: 9 a 8 para Antonelli.
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