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No. 12
Kimi Antonelli
Driver profile, career milestones and the Antonelli models featured at DIECASTMODELS.MT.
Kimi Antonelli in numbers
- Grand Prix wins
- 9
- Pole positions
- 7
- F1 debut
- 2025
- Car number
- 12
Career wins and poles as of the 2026 United States Grand Prix. Sources: Formula1.com and Wikipedia.
Profile
The driver
- Full name
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli
- Nationality
- Italian
- Born
- 25 August 2006, Bologna, Italy
- F1 debut
- 2025 (Mercedes)
- Team
- Mercedes
- Car number
- 12
- Grand Prix wins
- 9
- Pole positions
- 7
Kimi Antonelli was born in Bologna, Italy, on 25 August 2006.
He won the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 championships in 2022 and the Formula Regional Middle East and European titles in 2023.
Mercedes promoted him to Formula One in 2025 to replace Lewis Hamilton, and he took his first Grand Prix win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix.
He races for Mercedes with car number 12.
Career
Milestones
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2006
Born in Bologna
Born on 25 August 2006 in Bologna, Italy.
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2022
Double F4 champion
Wins the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 championships.
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2023
Formula Regional champion
Wins the Formula Regional Middle East and European titles.
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2025
Formula One debut
Joins Mercedes, replacing Lewis Hamilton.
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2026
First Grand Prix win
Takes his first win at the Chinese Grand Prix.
7 featured
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Mercedes-AMG W16 E Performance Kimi Antonelli 1st Points on F1 Debut Australian GP 2025
Australian GP 2025 · first points on debut
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Kimi Antonelli Helmet Emilia Romagna GP 2025
2025 · Emilia Romagna GP · Home race
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Mercedes W16 Kimi Antonelli 3rd Canadian GP 2025
3rd · Canadian GP 2025 · first podium
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