ESPN.com · 3 days ago
'Is this even real?' Antonelli on being world champ
SAO PAULO -- Kimi Antonelli had a special gift from Mercedes on arrival at Interlagos on Thursday: T-shirts with his name on, accompanied with the title which will be uttered alongside it for the rest of time: Formula 1 world drivers' champion.
Antonelli said it took a moment to digest what he was reading.
"This morning, the team gave me the T-shirts, the special T-shirts, and when I looked at it, I was like, 'wow.' It's like, is this even real?" Antonelli said on Thursday, ahead of this weekend's São Paulo Grand Prix.
Asked if it has sunk in to be world champion, he replied: "Not really, not really. It still feels surreal, you know."