Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli finds juggling studies with racing “tough”, reveals maths gives him “a terrible feeling”

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli is the only rookie having a terrific first season. He just broke reigning number one Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen’s record by becoming the youngest race leader with the fastest lap at the Japanese Grand Prix. However, racing is not the only thing Kimi has to focus on. The 18-year-old is also juggling driving with studies, as he is in his last year of school and has to do online classes, complete his homework and struggle with his least favourite subject, mathematics.“I have final exams, so I’m trying at the moment to fit [in] a date where I can do it, which is pretty difficult at the moment,” Kimi Antonelli revealed on The Fast and the Curious podcast. Opening up about his reason for doing so despite having a blooming F1 career, he added, “I’ve been doing so many years of school and it would be a shame to just quit on the last year of school, and also my Mum really cares about it, so I will do it for her as well.”He has shared how he cannot attend regular school due to his driving commitments, but he gets the recordings of his classes and receives help from his school, his teachers, and his classmates. “But definitely it’s tough, and especially this year it got a lot tougher. I couldn’t keep up that much this year because obviously everything intensified massively, but I’m trying to finish it,” he said.Kimi also revealed how mathematics gives him a “terrible feeling,” but English and PE are his favourite subjects.Kimi Antonelli is doing wonders on the track by keeping up with the competition in just his first season. He secured fourth place in his debut race at the rain-hit Australian Grand Prix. He then secured 7th position in the F1 Sprint and 8th position in the main race at the Chinese Grand Prix. At the latest race in Japan, he secured 6th position while being the youngest F1 driver to record the fastest lap.Also Read: “It was a nice feeling”: Kimi Antonelli breaks Max Verstappen's records to become youngest ever race leader with fastest lap at Japanese Grand PrixIt seems there is a reason he featured in the seventh season of the Netflix show Formula 1: Drive to Survive. The show featured his family’s reaction when he received the news of him being offered Lewis Hamilton’s vacant seat at Mercedes.