{"id":4983,"date":"2026-11-04T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:39:46","slug":"antonelli-names-brazil-as-the-f1-race-he-most-wants-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/antonelli-names-brazil-as-the-f1-race-he-most-wants-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonelli names Brazil as the F1 race he most wants to win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andrea Kimi Antonelli says Brazil would be his choice if he could select one Grand Prix to win.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaking at a Petronas event attended by GRANDE PR\u00caMIO, he also expressed a wish to clinch a future championship at Interlagos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mercedes driver visited Senna\u2019s family before his first race weekend as Formula 1 world champion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrea Kimi Antonelli has identified the Brazilian Grand Prix as the race he would most like to win<\/strong>, saying his admiration for Ayrton Senna gives Interlagos a special place among Formula 1\u2019s venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a Petronas promotional event in S\u00e3o Paulo on Wednesday, November 4, attended by <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>, the Mercedes driver described his ambition to turn that connection into a victory. He also raised the prospect of one day securing a championship by winning in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antonelli puts Interlagos first on his wish list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I could choose one race to win, it would be this one, here in Brazil,\u201d Antonelli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian hopes that opportunity will come this weekend. His visit follows <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/antonelli-becomes-youngest-f1-world-champion-as-verstappen-wins-chaotic-2026-mexican-gp\/\">the championship-clinching Mexican Grand Prix<\/a>, where third place behind Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton secured his first title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonelli\u2019s next target is therefore a race victory rather than another step towards the 2026 Drivers\u2019 Championship. Mercedes still has a Constructors\u2019 Championship to pursue, with Ferrari its closest challenger heading into Interlagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"F1 2026, M\u00c9XICO, CIDADE DO M\u00c9XICO, CORRIDA, MERCEDES, KIMI ANTONELLI\" class=\"wp-image-1020320064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/f1-2026-mexico-cidade-do-mexico-corrida-mercedes-kimi-antonelli-12.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kimi Antonelli (Photo: F1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A visit to Senna\u2019s family before the race<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonelli said he visited Senna\u2019s family on Tuesday and saw cars associated with the three-time champion\u2019s 1986 and 1988 seasons. He described the experience as emotional and thanked the family for the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also spoke warmly about Brazil\u2019s atmosphere and the Portuguese language. Although his vocabulary remains limited, he amused those present by revealing that he knows \u201cdeu zebra\u201d, an expression associated with a surprise or upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/antonelli-reveals-special-ayrton-senna-tribute-helmet-for-2026-sao-paulo-f1-grand-prix\/\">special Senna tribute helmet for S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> provides another connection with his childhood hero. The design marks 35 years since Senna\u2019s first Brazilian Grand Prix victory in 1991, when gearbox problems left the McLaren driver with only sixth gear in the closing stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will Antonelli return to the track?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/is-there-f1-this-weekend-sao-paulo-gp-2026-dates-schedule-and-race-start-time\/\">S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix weekend begins on Friday, November 6<\/a>, with FP1 at 12:30 local time and FP2 at 16:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interlagos returns to the conventional format this year, providing three practice sessions before Saturday qualifying. Sunday\u2019s 71-lap Grand Prix starts at 14:00 BRT, equivalent to 17:00 GMT in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> is following every session of the S\u00e3o Paulo Grand Prix this weekend, with breaking news, full coverage and real-time updates in its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1<\/a><\/strong> section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly crowned champion says his admiration for Ayrton Senna makes Interlagos his first choice for a victory, after visiting the Brazilian legend\u2019s family in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020320147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Andrea Kimi Antonelli","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Mercedes","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_ai_content_disclaimer":"","42wp_is_ai_content":false,"42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":93,"location":"S\u00e3o Paulo"}],"footnotes":"","42wp_hide_from_automatic":false,"42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,211,45,896],"42wp_author":[93],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-andrea-kimi-antonelli","tag-ayrton-senna","tag-f1","tag-sao-paulo-gp","42wp_author-marcos-gil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4984,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020320147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}