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It has been a long time since Italy has fielded a driver with the potential to win or at least achieve significant results in Formula One. At the beginning of the 2000s Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli did their bit with a few race successes and a few podiums, but never having had competitive single-seaters at their disposal they did not reach the high peaks.
A similar argument could be made for Antonio Giovinazzi. Having arrived in the Circus with Ferrari's blessing despite a less-than-stellar resume in the minor formulas, the driver from Puglia had to struggle with an Alfa Romeo at the rear of the field and a few seasons later was out of the lineup, finding fortune in the WEC always accompanied by the Prancing Horse.
Someone who could break the spell, however, is called Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Celebrated since his karting days and immediately under the wing and attention of Mercedes, it was from the German manufacturer that he was brought to the top class to replace the awkward Lewis Hamilton. Good so far at handling the pressure of a task that is not easy to complete, in the first two rounds of the 2025 World Championship he covered himself with honor by finishing fourth in Australia and sixth in China, with the help of course of a competitive W16.
Well, the 18-year-old's talent has not gone unnoticed even in the two-wheeled world, so much so that Valentino Rossi, who has now switched to cars, not only wanted to meet him last year in San Marino during the MotoGP weekend, but also on an Italian kart track, specifically Migliaro, Ferrara, on Wednesday, March 26.
According to reports from La Nuova Ferrara, the two not only battled against each other with helmet and race suit but also had lunch together in total secrecy. Only on Thursday, in fact, did the news of their incursion in the Fiscaglia village emerge.
