AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the first moments after Kimi Antonelli’s latest victory, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff called it “another small step” toward the Formula 1 season championship.

It’s much bigger than that as Antonelli marches toward F1 history.

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