Kimi Antonelli records: Every F1 record broken in his title-winning 2026 season
13 November 2026Kimi Antonelli has rewritten large parts of the record books on his way to winning the 2026 F1 World Championship. Sealing the title in Mexico City at 20 years and 68 days old made him the youngest champion in Formula 1 history, but that is only one statistic among many, stretching from his first Grand Prix pole in China to a famous home win at Monza.
Records Antonelli held before 2026
Antonelli arrived in his second season with a few youngest-ever tags already on his scorecard. At Suzuka in 2025, aged 18 years and 225 days, he became the youngest ever to lead a lap of a Grand Prix and, in the same race, the youngest to set a fastest lap. A Sprint pole in Miami later that season also made him the youngest Sprint pole-sitter, at 18 years and 250 days.
Chinese Grand Prix: Youngest pole-sitter, youngest winner from pole and youngest hat-trick
Two rounds into the season, Antonelli claimed his first Grand Prix pole position in China at 19 years and 202 days, taking the youngest pole-sitter record from Sebastian Vettel, who had been 21 when he first topped qualifying at Monza in 2008.
Team-mate George Russell had won the Sprint hours earlier, but Sunday belonged to Antonelli. He turned pole into his first Grand Prix victory, making him the youngest winner from pole in F1 history, and with the fastest lap also his, it was the youngest hat-trick the sport has seen. At 19, he also became the second-youngest Grand Prix winner of all time, and only the second teenager to do so, behind Max Verstappen.
Japanese Grand Prix: Youngest World Championship leader and youngest consecutive winner
Two weeks later, Antonelli followed up with a second win at Suzuka, which made him the youngest ever to win consecutive Grands Prix. The result lifted him into the championship lead at 19 years and 216 days, the youngest leader in the championship’s history. The previous mark belonged to Lewis Hamilton, who was 22 when he first led the standings in 2007.
Miami: Three poles, three wins
In the fourth round at Miami, Antonelli converted pole into victory once more, completing a perfect three from three: China, Japan and Miami. No driver in F1 history had ever turned each of his first three poles into wins. A fourth consecutive victory in Canada kept the streak rolling.
Monaco Grand Prix: Youngest Monaco winner, youngest Grand Slam and five wins in a row
Monaco delivered a fifth straight victory, making Antonelli the first driver in history whose first five wins all came in consecutive races, from China through to Monte Carlo. It also made him the youngest winner the Monaco Grand Prix has ever had.
He did it in style: starting from pole, leading every lap and setting the fastest lap, completing a Grand Slam at 19 years and 286 days, the youngest anyone has managed it, which also made him the youngest to lead a race from first lap to last.
Silverstone Sprint: Youngest Sprint winner and the first teenager with multiple wins
At Silverstone, Antonelli added another entry to the list by winning the Sprint, making him the youngest Sprint winner in F1 history.
Italian Grand Prix: Antonelli’s record-breaking home win at Monza
Monza brought one of the most emotional days of the season. Antonelli started at the rear of the field and fought his way to victory in front of his home crowd, ending a 60-year wait for an Italian winner at Monza; Ludovico Scarfiotti had been the last, in 1966.
It was his seventh win of the year, one more than the six Alberto Ascari took in 1952, which gave Antonelli the Italian single-season wins record. With nine to his name by the time he clinched the title, he is already second to Ascari’s career total of 13 among Italian winners.
Mexico City Grand Prix: Youngest F1 World Champion
On 1 November, Antonelli sealed the championship with four races still to run, finishing third in Mexico City while Max Verstappen took the win. At 20 years and 68 days, he beat Sebastian Vettel’s record of 23 years and 134 days, set in 2010, by more than three years, ending a 16-year reign as the youngest champion.
The title also ended Italy’s 73-year wait for a World Champion. Antonelli joins Giuseppe Farina (1950) and Alberto Ascari (1952 and 1953) as Italy’s only champions, and he is the first champion born this century.
