Kimi Antonelli has been the subject of plenty of headlines since the Miami Grand Prix. That’s after it emerged that Williams had requested special dispensation to get him in the car early. FIA superlicence rules would currently prevent the Mercedes academy driver from racing in F1 before his 18th birthday. That means he’d have to wait until at least the Dutch Grand Prix in late August. This provision was introduced after Max Verstappen made his debut in the sport as a 17-year-old back in 2015. Verstappen himself isn’t ‘a fan’ of the current system and has called for change. Senior F1 figures s…
