Antonelli takes pole in the US and chases a historic F1 title
Kimi Antonelli starts from pole at the United States GP in Austin with 340 points and a 102-point lead over George Russell, and can seal the title with five races to spare. The record he would break belongs to Vettel, champion in 2010 at 23 years and 134 days.
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A pole do GP dos EUA é de Kimi Antonelli. Neste domingo, em Austin, o italiano larga na frente com a missão de abrir vantagem sobre George Russell e confirmar o título da F1 já com cinco provas de sobra — o que faria dele o campeão mais novo da categoria.
A largada acontece às 16h de Brasília, no Circuito das Américas. O histórico texano, porém, joga contra: das 13 provas disputadas desde 2012, apenas seis foram ganhas por quem saiu da pole. Vettel (2013), Hamilton (2016 e 2017), Bottas (2019) e Verstappen (2023 e 2025) conseguiram. Já 11 dos 13 vencedores partiram entre os dois primeiros.
Antonelli chega com 340 pontos; Russell tem 102 a menos, Hamilton 111. Verstappen (221) e Leclerc (215) fecham o top 5. O título em Austin exige 125 pontos de frente ao fim da prova, já que restam cinco etapas e 125 pontos em jogo. Para isso, Russell precisa terminar em nono ou pior, e Hamilton não pode ficar entre os cinco — eles largam em sexto e quinto.
O recorde que cairia é de Vettel: 23 anos e 134 dias em 2010, em Abu Dhabi, marca que resiste há dezesseis temporadas. Antonelli teria 20 anos e 61 dias.
A Itália também espera. Desde Ascari, bicampeão em 1952 e 1953, nenhum italiano levou o título — só ele e Nino Farina, campeão em 1950, aparecem na lista. E o italiano igualaria Mansell (1992), que venceu com cinco provas de antecedência.
Antonelli repetiria ainda o feito de Hamilton e Villeneuve, campeões na segunda temporada. O canadense, porém, chegou com duas temporadas de Indy e as 500 Milhas no currículo; o italiano pulou a F3, foi campeão de F4 italiana e alemã (2022) e da Regional Europeia (2023), e estreou pela Mercedes aos 18 anos, em 2025.
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