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<\/p>\nKimi Antonelli tasted more glory at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas \u2014 but history was put on pause.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old phenom started from the pole position and did not look back on Sunday, October 25, putting a world championship within fingertips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antonelli could have won the world title on Sunday with a win, combined with Lewis Hamilton finishing 5th or lower and teammate George Russell finishing 9th or lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Hamilton, 41, finished in 4th place and Russell, 28, finished in 8th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antonelli\u2019s next chance for his championship moment comes next week in Mexico City, where he only needs to finish 9th or better. If it comes to fruition, Antonelli would become the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Us was on site throughout the weekend at Austin\u2019s Circuit of the Americas thanks to Allwyn, a multinational lottery company, which included a view of the track\u2019s iconic Turn 1 from the ultra-exclusive Paddock Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the result we needed,\u201d Antonelli said in a post-race interview. \u201cThe whole team deserves it so much, and all this time putting in so much work on bringing this new package and finally seeing the result is very pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cIt was also perfect execution from strategy to call the one-stop, so I\u2019m really happy we made it stick, and it was a great team effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, Antonelli said he is \u201cvery excited\u201d about Mexico City and all it has the potential to bring.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would love to clinch the title in style with a great result,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s the mindset. That\u2019s always the mindset, and that\u2019s what the mindset is going to be from now until the end of the season. I\u2019m just going to try to enjoy every moment because they\u2019re moments that will always be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to sponsoring the F1 formation lap \u2014 the ultimate moment of anticipation during a race when anything can happen, like when you\u2019re waiting for the lottery to be drawn \u2014 Allwyn donated \u20ac100,000 (equivalent to roughly $133,000) to the the Del Valle ISD Education Foundation, a nonprofit that works to enhance educational opportunities and empower students in the Del Valle community in Texas.<\/p>\n
\u201cDel Valle is historically a rural, low-income, predominantly Hispanic area of Austin,\u201d Del Valle ISD Education Foundation executive director Josh Thomas exclusively explained to Us. \u201cNow it is booming as a high-tech manufacturing center. All these companies are coming in, building huge plants. Our goal is for our students to be able to get those jobs because our students love that kind of work. They\u2019re dedicated. They stay for a long time. They just need to know that these jobs exist and close the logistical gaps to get from point A to B.\u201d<\/p>\n
The donation will directly fund the \u201cFast Track\u201d initiative to expand teaching grants, student scholarships and STEM opportunities for 12,000 local students.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSchool districts don\u2019t have enough money to do the basic functions, let alone all the other things with inflation and diesel prices,\u201d Thomas explained. \u201cExtra things, there\u2019s no money for. But these things are not extra, right? They\u2019re the things that are going to make a huge difference and be transformative for a person\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThe average family income in Del Valle for a family of four is $45,000. That is barely making it. But if we can get one of our graduating seniors to get a job that pays $50,000 a year right out of school, and a lot of these do, that immediately changes this family\u2019s income. It allows them to stay in their house, not to have to worry about their younger brothers and sisters, and get on a path to long-term prosperity and sustainability. That\u2019s what this grant allows us to set in motion.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information on Allwyn \u2014 including The Allwyn League<\/a>, a predictions game on the F1 Predict platform \u2014 click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kimi Antonelli tasted more glory at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas \u2014 but history was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,15434,2777,154],"class_list":["post-477282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}