F1: Italian newspaper uses Antonelli title to poke fun at Ferrari
Gazzetta dello Sport used Antonelli title to needle Ferrari, saying he won “thanks to his talent, his car and for not racing with Ferrari”. The front page read “KiMitico”, a pun on the driver name; Italy had not had an F1 champion for 73 years.
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O primeiro título mundial de Fórmula 1 da carreira de Andrea Kimi Antonelli veio neste domingo (01) e dominou as capas de jornais pelo mundo, sobretudo na Itália. Mas houve quem usasse o dia para cutucar a Ferrari.
Na edição desta segunda-feira, o tradicional jornal esportivo italiano estampou a foto do pódio com Antonelli erguido por Lewis Hamilton e Max Verstappen, sob a manchete “KiMitico”, trocadilho com o nome do piloto e a palavra “mítico”. Logo abaixo, porém, uma chamada chamou mais atenção do que a própria capa.
A frase saiu na coluna Il Rompipallone, assinada por Gene Gnocchi:
“Kimi Antonelli é um campeão de Fórmula 1. Graças a seu talento, seu carro e por não ter corrido com a Ferrari”
Nas redes sociais, a escolha repercutiu. Internautas escreveram “isso vindo de um veículo italiano é louco”, “Ferrari tomou de graça” e “Isso deve doer em Maranello vindo da Gazzetta dello Sport”. Outro comentário cobrou John Elkann, presidente executivo da Ferrari, pedindo que ele tivesse vergonha.
A piada tem peso porque, para o público italiano, o título de um compatriota quase sempre esteve ligado à Ferrari. Antonelli, porém, escreveu outra história ao lado da Mercedes e quebrou um longo jejum: 73 anos sem um campeão italiano na categoria.
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