Kimi Antonelli yabaye umukinnyi muto mu mateka wegukanye Shampiyona y’Isi ya Formula 1
Umusore w’Umutaliyani Kimi Antonelli ukinira Mercedes yegukanye Shampiyona y’Isi ya Formula 1 ya 2026, aba umukinnyi muto mu mateka y’iri rushanwa ubigezeho, afite imyaka 20 n’iminsi 68.
Antonelli yegukanye iki gikombe ku Cyumweru, tariki ya 1 Ugushyingo 2026, nyuma yo kurangiza ku mwanya wa gatatu mu isiganwa rya Grand Prix ya Mexico, ryabereye ku kibuga cya Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez mu Mujyi wa Mexico.
Nubwo atatsinze iri siganwa, umwanya wa gatatu wamuhesheje amanota ahagije yo kwegukana Shampiyona y’Isi mu gihe hari hasigaye amasiganwa ane ngo umwaka w’imikino urangire.
Iri siganwa ryegukanywe n’Umuholandi Max Verstappen ukinira Red Bull, akurikirwa na Lewis Hamilton wa Ferrari, mu gihe Antonelli wa Mercedes yarangije ku mwanya wa gatatu.
Iyi ntsinzi yatumye Antonelli akuraho agahigo kari gafitwe n’Umudage Sebastian Vettel, wegukanye Shampiyona y’Isi ya Formula 1 mu 2010 afite imyaka 23 n’iminsi 134.
Antonelli yabaye kandi Umutaliyani wa mbere wegukanye Shampiyona y’Isi ya Formula 1 kuva mu 1953, ubwo Alberto Ascari yatwaraga igikombe cye cya kabiri.
Uyu musore ukomoka mu Mujyi wa Bologna mu Butaliyani yatangiye gukina muri Formula 1 mu 2025, ubwo yasimburaga Lewis Hamilton muri Mercedes, nyuma y’uko uwo mukinnyi w’ibikombe birindwi by’Isi yerekeje muri Ferrari.
Nubwo umwaka we wa mbere utari woroshye, Antonelli yagaragaje impinduka zikomeye mu 2026, atsinda amasiganwa icyenda kandi ayobora urutonde rw’abakinnyi kuva nyuma y’isiganwa rya gatatu ryabereye mu Buyapani.
Mu isiganwa ryo muri Mexico, Antonelli yari akeneye nibura umwanya wa cyenda kugira ngo yegukane igikombe, ariko yitwara neza arangiza ku mwanya wa gatatu, imbere ya Charles Leclerc wa Ferrari.
Nyuma yo kwegukana igikombe, Antonelli yashimiye ikipe ya Mercedes n’umuryango we ku ruhare bagize mu rugendo rwe, avuga ko ari ibyishimo bikomeye azahorana mu buzima bwe.
Iki gikombe ni icya mbere Antonelli yegukanye muri Formula 1, kikaba n’icya mbere Mercedes yegukanye mu bakinnyi kuva mu 2020, ubwo Lewis Hamilton yatwaraga icya karindwi.
Formula 1 na yo yashyize hanze ubutumwa bwo kwishimira agahigo ka Antonelli, imushimira kuba umukinnyi muto mu mateka yegukanye Shampiyona y’Isi.