The 19-year-old’s records
It is now known to everyone that Andrea Kimi Antonelli is experiencing a golden moment while waiting for the Miami Grand Prix: in the first three races of this season, the 19-year-old from Mercedes has achieved three podiums, but above all two consecutive victories (the first of his career) which allowed him to climb to the top of the Drivers’ standings. The Bolognese has thus become, in a short space of time, not only the youngest ever to have won a Formula 1 GP, but also the youngest of all time to have held the championship leadership. To this, another personal record was recently added, this time off the track.
A luxury trading card
The successes, in fact, have done nothing but significantly increase his image and the value of his merchandising, as demonstrated by what happened last Saturday night. At the auction organized by Topps (a US company that produces trading cards), a card autographed by the driver and with a piece of the jersey worn by the latter in a race in 2025 was sold for the incredible sum of 201.910 dollars.
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 🤯
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— Topps (@Topps) April 12, 2026
And yet..
A sale that represents a record for the Bolognese, but which nevertheless occupies 7° place in the ranking of the most expensive cards ever in the world of F1. The absolute record is the one that still belongs to Lewis Hamilton, whose trading card, also autographed in this case and dating back to 2020, was sold four years later for over a million dollars.
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