Catch me if you can: Kimi Antonelli’s Monaco triumph rattles F1 rivals | Giles Richards

Other drivers are trying to remain upbeat but the Italian is untouchable on present form, and his Mercedes team principal is in awe

Kimi Antonelli reached new heights at the Monaco Grand Prix, his talent and potential made abundantly clear as he became the race’s youngest winner. The question now in Formula One only six races into the season is increasingly whether anyone can catch the teenager. His rivals are trying to remain upbeat but on current form the Italian is untouchable.

In Monaco pole position is all, and Antonelli delivered it with an outstanding lap acknowledged with no little appreciation by his Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, a man not given to hyperbole.