Formula 1 has listed the records Kimi Antonelli set on the way to becoming the sport's youngest World Champion.
Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes became Formula 1's youngest World Champion in his second season, and Formula 1 has listed the other records he set in 2026, including youngest polesitter, youngest championship leader and youngest Monaco Grand Prix winner.
Kimi Antonelli did not simply win the 2026 Formula 1 title, he picked up a string of age records on the way. Formula 1 has now collected them, led by the fact that the Italian is the youngest World Champion in the sport's history and sealed his first crown in only his second season.
Pole, win and the points lead
Two rounds into the year, Antonelli took his first Grand Prix pole position in China. At 19 years, six months and 18 days old he became the youngest polesitter ever, well ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 when he took his first pole at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. He then converted it into his debut win, making him the youngest driver to win from pole. Max Verstappen still holds the record as the youngest race winner, having first won at 18.
Two weeks later a second win at the Japanese Grand Prix put him top of the standings. At 19 years, seven months and four days old, he became the youngest championship leader, beating the mark Lewis Hamilton set at 22 in 2007.
Poles, Monaco and Monza
Antonelli turned pole into victory again in Miami, and so became the only driver in history to win from each of his first three pole positions. He went on to take five wins in a row at the start of the season.
The fifth came at Monaco, where he was the youngest winner of the race. It was also a Grand Slam, meaning pole, fastest lap and a lead from start to finish. Only 29 drivers have managed one, and Antonelli is the youngest of them.
His seventh win of the season came at the Italian Grand Prix, where he rose from the back of the grid to win in front of his home crowd. He is the first Italian to win that race since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966.
Italy's first champion in 73 years
The title itself ended a 73-year wait for an Italian champion. Antonelli is only the third from his country, after Giuseppe Farina in 1950 and Alberto Ascari in 1952 and 1953. Vettel was 23 years, four months and 11 days old when he won his first title with Red Bull in 2010, the previous youngest.
He is also the first champion born in the 2000s. Antonelli was born in 2006, the year Fernando Alonso won the second of his two titles.
What we know so far
- Youngest World Champion, youngest polesitter and youngest championship leader
- Youngest Monaco winner and youngest Grand Slam scorer
- First Italian champion since Ascari in 1953
