"He's going to kick my butt because of the start. I deserve that,” is what Kimi Antonelli said in response to his major area to improve within his dream start to 2026, in which the entire month of April – in part due to the cancellations of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs – he will have spent leading the Formula 1 world drivers' championship. Antonelli knows he has a job to do, kick up the backside from team boss Toto Wolff or not. He knows it because there were three clues that gave proof that his race starts need work with the new F1 cars and rules.
