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Stuart Codling

'I’ll stretch your neck like a chicken' – The tough love Kimi Antonelli's father gave after F1 track limits errors

In Formula 1, it’s often said that nothing is unimprovable, only unimproved. Even a grand prix-winning driver can have cause to believe they could have done better.

That’s a lesson Kimi Antonelli is absorbing from his team and his family, having collected two warnings for straying beyond track limits on his way to winning last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. And as Antonelli revealed, his father’s phrasing was rather more stringent than the calming tones of Mercedes engineer Peter Bonnington during the race.

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