Lando Norris<\/a> wrote: “Congrats dude! Very deserved.”<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
“Yeah, firstly, huge\u00a0congratulations\u00a0to Kimi because it’s always very special to win your first race and obviously he’s been driving really amazing this year and this weekend, especially,” the Briton said after the race.<\/p>\n
“So I’m pleased to be standing on the podium with him and also with this guy as well [points to Hamilton].”<\/p>\n
“Well, firstly I have to say a huge\u00a0congratulations\u00a0to Kimi. I’m so happy for you, buddy, and I’m so honoured to be able to share this moment with him,” he said in his televised post-race interview.<\/p>\n
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“He took my seat obviously at this great team, so big\u00a0congratulations\u00a0to Mercedes. They’re really pulling ahead at the moment. We’ve got a lot of work to do to try and keep up but I had so much fun.”<\/p>\n
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes![\"Andrea](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/f3d8491d27825fc577c9629b37f3c254.jpeg\"\/)
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes<\/p>\n
“Fantastic, but I’m of course not surprised. This was definitely coming, and it won’t be his last one,” Verstappen told the media.<\/p>\n
“Very happy for him. It’s good to see he did great weekend, you know, great quali yesterday, kept it cool. And of course I take big credit for helping him to,” he said, cheekily.<\/p>\n
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“First of all,\u00a0congratulations\u00a0to Kimi, fantastic.\u00a0You mentioned his first-ever dominating Grand Prix victory as well. But then he had a lock-up and went wide under no pressure at all.\u00a0I think they’re a challenge to drive these cars at the moment.”<\/p>\n
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