Italy hails Kimi Antonelli, but why doesn’t country’s Formula 1 champion drive for Ferrari?

In the words of tennis great Jannik Sinner: “Mamma mia, Kimi!” Italy woke up on Monday rejoicing at the nation’s first Formula 1 world champion in 73 years, since Alberto Ascari in 1953. Kimi Antonelli became the youngest champion in history on Sunday, when the Mercedes driver finished third in the Mexico City Grand Prix to clinch the title with four races to spare. Almost all of Italy’s newspapers had a photo of Antonelli on the front page. Some used the picture of him on the shoulders of...