New F1 champion Kimi Antonelli was left visibly shocked at a hero's welcome back in Italy after winning the title.
On November 1st, Antonelli became the youngest F1 champion at 20 years, 2 months, 7 days, shattering Sebastian Vettel's record from 2010 by 3 years, 2 months, 4 months, but had little time to enjoy his success in Mexico City, with the Sao Paulo GP taking place just a week later.
Following on from that, Antonelli was at Mercedes' HQs in Brackley and Brixworth before finally getting the chance to return to Italy.
There, Antonelli attended the San Siro for the Italy vs France UEFA Nations League match - which the four-time World Cup winners won 3-1.
But the new F1 champion was spotted on the big screens and took the adulation of a country which has waited since Alberto Ascari in 1953 for a native son to win grand prix racing's greatest prize.
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