RacingAt 19, Kimi Antonelli now leads the Formula 1 World Championship, and a 1-of-1 race-worn patch autograph card of the Mercedes driver just sold for $201,910, the seventh-highest price ever for an F1 card.
Fresh off back-to-back wins in China and Japan, Antonelli has opened his second F1 season with three podiums in the first three races. Those results pushed him 22 points clear of George Russell in the standings and turned a fast start into a full-on title lead.
He took the points lead at the Japanese Grand Prix at 19 years, seven months and four days, making him the youngest championship leader in F1 history. That mark had belonged to Lewis Hamilton, who first led the standings at 22 years, four months and six days after the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix. This already stands as the sixth age-related F1 record Antonelli has claimed.
The list is long. Antonelli is the youngest driver with a fastest race lap, the youngest to lead laps, the youngest to top a qualifying session, and the youngest to start a Grand Prix from pole. In China he took pole, the win, and the fastest lap in one weekend, which made him the youngest to complete that hat-trick. According to historical records, Sebastian Vettel previously held that benchmark. Some age milestones still belong to Max Verstappen, including youngest Grand Prix winner, youngest points finisher, and youngest podium finisher.
Off the track, Antonelli’s surge is changing the market around him. On April 12, 2026, Topps, the U.S. trading card company, announced in a social media post: "JUST SOLD: This Kimi Antonelli 1-of-1 race-worn patch autograph fetched $201,910 at auction last night, making it the most expensive Antonelli card ever. It’s also the 7th-most expensive F1 card of all time (via @GoldinCo)." The sale sets a new high for any Antonelli card and ranks among the biggest prices the F1 category has seen.
For broader context, the all-time F1 trading card record remains a Lewis Hamilton 2020 Topps Chrome Sapphire/Superfractor 1-of-1 that sold for over $1 million, according to sales tallies cited in hobby reports.
There are more age marks in play as Antonelli’s career builds. He still has time to become the youngest driver to take a Grand Slam, which combines pole position, leading every lap, the fastest lap, and the win. That record belongs to Verstappen at 23 years, nine months and four days from the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, a window Antonelli keeps open until the end of May 2030. The youngest world champion mark is also on the horizon. Sebastian Vettel set it at 23 years, four months and eleven days in 2010, a target Antonelli could beat by and including 2029 if his results keep stacking up.