Green, white and red. Kimi Antonelli brought a new look to Mercedes’ championship celebrations, giving Toto Wolff and George Russell something else to react to.
Kimi Antonelli promised to dye his hair after winning the Formula 1 world championship. He followed through, arriving at Mercedes with his curls colored green, white and red.
In footage shared by the team on November 11, the Italian showed off his new look to colleagues at Brackley. Toto Wolff paused to take it in before joking about whether Antonelli had paid for it. George Russell also got a close look at his teammate’s championship makeover.
The visit brought both drivers together with the people behind Mercedes’ two titles. Antonelli secured the Drivers’ Championship in Mexico, followed by the team’s ninth Constructors’ Championship in Brazil.
The celebrations across Brackley and Brixworth gave factory staff their moment alongside the drivers. The packed team photograph shows the scale of the operation behind two cars, from designing and building the chassis to developing the power unit.
Antonelli’s hair supplied the laughs. The gathering gave the people whose work rarely makes the television coverage a chance to share the celebration.
