Max Verstappen defeats Lewis Hamilton in Mexico GP as Kimi Antonelli secures first F1 title

Andrea Kimi Antonelli won his first Formula 1 drivers’ championship with a third-place finish as Max Verstappen took victory in a dramatic Mexico City Grand Prix. The 20-year-old has become F1’s youngest ever world champion, shattering Sebastian Vettel’s previous record that stood for 16 years, while he is the first Italian to win the drivers’ title since Alberto Ascari in 1953. Antonelli went into the race only needing to finish inside the top nine at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to clinch his maiden title that has looked inevitable for some time thanks to his phenomenal performances in just his second…