{"id":159613,"date":"2026-09-13T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/antonelli-makes-history-by-winning-the-first-spanish-gp-in-madring\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:11:41","slug":"antonelli-makes-history-by-winning-the-first-spanish-gp-in-madring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/antonelli-makes-history-by-winning-the-first-spanish-gp-in-madring\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonelli makes history by winning the first Spanish GP in Madring"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrea Kimi Antonelli conquers the historic Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid<\/h2>\n\n<p>Mercedes&#8217; young prodigy, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, has left his mark on world motorsport by securing victory in the debut of the Spanish Grand Prix at the IFEMA semi-urban circuit in Madrid. At just 20 years old, the Italian driver dominated the fourteenth round of the calendar, reaffirming his absolute dominance in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\n<p>This victory represents Antonelli&#8217;s eighth win so far this year, consolidating him as the undisputed leader of the Formula One World Championship. His performance on the Madrid circuit not only marks a personal milestone, but also celebrates the return of the premier class to the heart of Madrid after a 45-year absence since the last race at Jarama.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A high-level podium<\/h2>\n\n<p>The competition was intense from the start. Antonelli crossed the finish line, beating the experienced Max Verstappen, representative of Red Bull and four-time world champion. For his part, the Briton Lando Norris, who had dominated qualifying by taking pole position, completed the podium in a race that kept fans on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance of Latino and local pilots<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Franco Colapinto:<\/strong> The Alpine representative had an outstanding performance by crossing the finish line in seventh position, adding valuable points for his team.<\/li><li><strong>Fernando Alonso:<\/strong> The local idol had a complicated day with Aston Martin, finishing in seventeenth place.<\/li><li><strong>Notable retirements:<\/strong> The race was demanding and took Carlos Sainz (Williams) and the Mexican Sergio P\u00e9rez (Cadillac) out of contention, as they were unable to complete the course.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The awards ceremony was attended by King Felipe VI, who was in charge of presenting the trophy to the winner, thus sealing the success of the first competitive event at the new Madrid venue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>With this result, Antonelli pulls even further ahead in the overall standings, proving that his transition to the elite of motorsport is a resounding success for Mercedes and a new era for Formula One.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Kimi Antonelli conquers the historic Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid Mercedes&#8217; young prodigy, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, has left his mark on world motorsport by securing victory in the debut of the Spanish Grand Prix at the IFEMA semi-urban circuit in Madrid. At just 20 years old, the Italian driver dominated the fourteenth round of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[6495,1147,2507,1153],"class_list":{"0":"post-159613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-antonelli","9":"tag-formula-one","10":"tag-madrid","11":"tag-motorsport"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}