‘Senna was Senna’: Wolff says it is too soon to compare Kimi Antonelli to F1 great

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has cautioned that it is too early to compare newly crowned Formula One world champion Kimi Antonelli to racing legend Ayrton Senna. Speaking after the São Paulo Grand Prix, Wolff emphasized that placing such high expectations on the 20-year-old Italian creates undue pressure, remarking that Antonelli is currently "a Senninha and not a Senna yet."

Antonelli secured his maiden drivers' championship in Mexico, and a fifth-place finish in Brazil clinched Mercedes their ninth constructors' title. The Italian driver, who idolizes Senna and races with the Brazilian's No 12, recently visited the Senna family estate and received a sculpture from Senna's niece, Paula.