{"id":347360,"date":"2025-12-14T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347360\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:25:08","slug":"how-did-the-new-kids-on-the-grid-do-in-their-first-f1-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347360\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the new kids on the grid do in their first F1 season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Before the season kicked off, we asked F1 TV lead commentator and F2 expert Alex Jacques for <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaGlzX2xvd2Rvd25fb25fdGhlX25ld19jcm9wX29mX3Jvb2tpZXNfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2xhdGVzdC9hcnRpY2xlL2YxLXJvb2tpZXMtbG93ZG93bi15b3VyLWNvbXByZWhlbnNpdmUtZ3VpZGUtdG8tdGhlLXlvdW5nLWRyaXZlcnMtam9pbmluZy10aGUuNFQ5Tk5DMEtISWxJc0tVdDZvNlUybiIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/f1-rookies-lowdown-your-comprehensive-guide-to-the-young-drivers-joining-the.4T9NNC0KHIlIsKUt6o6U2n\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his lowdown on the new crop of rookies<\/a> joining the top tier. And now, as the dust settles on their maiden campaign, we asked Alex for his verdict on how each of them got on\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli \u2013 Mercedes<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8211; Best finish: P2<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8211; Total points: 150<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Stand-out moments:<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Sprint Qualifying pole in Miami made him the youngest ever polesitter in F1 history at just 18 years and 251 days old. His race pace on the way to a podium in Las Vegas was the first true glimpse of his exceptional racing ability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">How has he impressed?<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiYW50b25lbGxpX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9kcml2ZXJzL2tpbWktYW50b25lbGxpIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/kimi-antonelli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonelli<\/a> dealt with the intense scrutiny of replacing Lewis Hamilton relatively well and caught the eye with a drive from 16th to P4 at the season opener in Melbourne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the season kicked off, we asked F1 TV lead commentator and F2 expert Alex Jacques for his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-347360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}