Native go-kart racers had been shocked to seek out out they had been racing alongside Mercedes F1 driver Kimi Antonelli.
Antonelli registered below the pseudonym “Henry Shovlin” as he attended an occasion at Daytona Milton Keynes on Saturday.
The 19-year-old Italian recorded the quickest lap of the race, however didn’t win.
Daytona worker Daniel Prince stated Antonelli obtained two penalties for “pushing too onerous.”
After Antonelli’s identification was revealed, he was teased by followers and posed for photos with him.
Antonelli was giving the driving force’s briefing with out being acknowledged.
“He has a extremely contemporary face and that helped him act incognito,” Prince informed BBC Three Counties Radio.
“In reality, he pushed too onerous and obtained two penalties and in the long run he missed the rostrum.
“However he recorded the quickest lap of the race by at the least three seconds.
“Everybody actually gave him a tough time, so workers shortly rescued him and put him behind the desk to take a cheeky photograph with our celeb rankings, and he ran away and left.”
Fellow F1 drivers Isaac Hajar, Alex Albon and Hiroki Tsunoda have beforehand visited the go-kart observe close to Silverstone, the positioning of the British Grand Prix.
Antonelli completed seventh within the 2025 World Championship, scoring 150 factors throughout his rookie F1 season.
The Italian, who was promoted from Mercedes to switch seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, has achieved three podiums and in addition took pole place within the Miami dash race.
