SOCIAL MEDIA: VETTEL CONGRATULATES ANTONELLI FOR BREAKING HIS RECORD AS YOUNGEST F1 CHAMPION

Sebastian Vettel held the record for youngest F1 world champion for sixteen years. Andrea Kimi Antonelli just took it from him, clinching the 2026 title and shattering the mark Vettel set in Abu Dhabi 2010. Vettel's response: a gracious social media video praising the Italian teenager's racecraft and mental approach.

"You are curious, you listen, you learn fast, you are fearless," Vettel said. "Your driving has been very clean and controlled, yet on the limit when it needed to be." The four-time champion reflected on his own sleepless nights after winning at 23, warning Antonelli to brace for the rush. But the sharpest advice came at the end: "Great achievements might change the way people look at you, but you don't have to change the way you look at people."

Antonelli now faces the weight of expectation that comes with elite company. How he handles that will define what comes next.