Kimi Antonelli to keep No 12 as champion: ‘Number one has never been a good number for me’

Kimi Antonelli will not switch to the No 1 for the 2027 Formula 1 season, choosing to keep the No 12 he carried to the 2026 world championship.

Antonelli became world champion in Mexico City after finishing third, with scenes of utter jubilation breaking out in Parc Ferme and later in the paddock.