Kimi Antoneri handed the ultimate examination and graduated from highschool just a few days after successful the Maiden Method 1 podium on the Canadian Grand Prix.
A recent off-off, ending third in Montreal, Mercedes rookie has returned to Casalecchio di Reno, Italy, to carry the ultimate examination.
On the finish of Monday, he shared the photograph within the caption on Instagram.”It was marketed.” Italian for “passing” whereas carrying a celebratory garland.
“I did not have a lot time to review, which made me really feel fairly traumatic, however I did my finest,” he later instructed reporters.
Antonelli juggled his rookie Method 1 marketing campaign calls for within the college’s last yr, making a fierce and busy schedule.
He took half in an examination that included a mixture of written and oral evaluations, skipping the world premiere of a New York Method One movie.
F1 clearly has an 18-year-old precedence, however he nonetheless labored collectively to maintain up together with his analysis.
The Italians additionally loved sturdy relationships with classmates and academics, and invited 25 of them to observe the house race at Imola. Nevertheless, the gestures had been fully unrewarded. Mercedes group boss Totowolf later stated Antonelli was “toast” on Friday throughout Race Week.
Now finishing his education, Antonelli can focus fully on the remaining 14 rounds of the season, beginning with the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend.
He presently sits seventh within the drivers championship, taking first place and 16 factors behind Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, the driving force who was changed at Mercedes this yr.