Kimi Antonelli’s dad could beat him to a title on the very same day

Kimi Antonelli is set to become F1's youngest ever world champion on Sunday, but his father Marco could yet beat him to title glory.

The 20-year-old Mercedes prodigy is on the brink of claiming the biggest title in four-wheel motorsport in Mexico City this weekend, but before that his dad will look to clinch a championship of his own.

While Antonelli Sr will be at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Sunday in the hope of witnessing the greatest moment of his son's career to date, he will also have one eye on Mugello - where his AKM Motorsport team are on the brink of Italian GT Endurance Championship success.

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Marco Antonelli on brink of title success in Italy

Heading into Sunday's final round, AKM head the standings and Marco has already spent the countdown to the weekend helping with preparations.

"It's an important weekend. We're leading the overall standings. We want to win," he told Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport.

"We have a 14-point lead. We're here preparing everything; I came to lend a hand to the team. It's an important event, and it's still my team."

Once those all-important preparations are completed, Marco and wife Veronica plus their daughter - Kimi's sister Maggie - will fly to North America for the other half of the weekend's big-race double.

Like father like son in the Antonelli household

Kimi's title surge has been built not just off talent but from a tireless work ethic and desire to win. Clearly those are traits handed down by his father.

Marco continued: "I'm a little more worried about my race than Kimi's. Everyone's looking at their own home, so now I'm looking at my own home, at my team. I'd really like to win this championship."

Sunday's race in Mugello begins at 1315 local time (1215 UK) while the Mexico City Grand Prix takes place at 8pm UK.

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