# Motorsport: Mercedes’ Formula One team principal, Toto Wolff, says they have to protect young Italian driver Kimi Antonelli against too much public praise after the country’s soccer team failed to qualify for the World Cup again. Wolff says 19-year-old Antonelli and world number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner, have now become the soccer-mad nation’s sporting idols, and Mercedes must make sure Antonelli doesn’t get carried away. He won the past three Grand Prix and has a 20-point lead on British teammate George Russel on top of the drivers’ standings.
Motorsport: Wolff says Mercedes must make sure Antonelli doesn’t get carried away