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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 In the first moments after Kimi Antonelli\u2019s latest victory, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff called it \u201canother small step\u201d toward the Formula 1<\/a> season championship.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s much bigger than that as Antonelli marches toward F1 history.<\/p>\n

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