Wolff praises F1 champion Antonelli as role model

Mercedes team principal hits out at ‘selfish’ drivers Antonelli says he will keep No 12 on his car next season The Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has described his Formula One world champion Kimi Antonelli as a new kind of racing driver who represents the future of the sport, com­paring him scathingly to what he called some of the entitled ­moaners on the grid and declaring “selfless, ruthless” drivers now dead to F1. Antonelli secured his first world title in Mexico City on Sunday, at 20 years old becoming the ­youngest F1 champion in only his second season in the sport. The ­Italian’s attitude, enthusiasm and sense of fair play have been notable in a revelatory season for a driver so young and Wolff believes he has proved to be a gamechanger in more ways than one.