Antonelli chases hat-trick, as F1 season revs back up

MIAMI — Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli, the youngest championship leader in F1 history, will seek to complete a hat-trick of early season victories at the weekend, as Formula One returns after a month's enforced absence due to the conflicts raging in the Middle East.

The 19-year-old Mercedes driver, triumphant in China and Japan, leads teammate George Russell, who won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, by nine points ahead of what is, effectively, the start of another season, complete with more revised rules and widespread car upgrades, at the Miami Grand Prix.