Andrea Kimi Antonelli arrived in Abu Dhabi carrying what became a tsunami of abuse on his shoulders after a mistake in the closing moments of the Qatar Grand Prix was misconstrued as waving through Max Verstappen rival Lando Norris .

Comments made by Red Bull's Helmut Marko and Gianpiero Lambiase - later apologised for - started a barrage of online hate towards the 18-year-old Italian.

In response, a number of drivers have condemned the treatment of the Mercedes rookie. This is what they had to say ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, including Antonelli himself.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Yeah, I mean, it was not easy to get all those kind of comments after the race, especially for something that I would never do, such as waving past a competitor. I was fighting for P3, at the en

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