Biography Flash: Kimi Antonelli Crashes Rare Mercedes GT Worth $245K Days After Death Threats from F1 Fans

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Biography Flash: Kimi Antonelli Crashes Rare Mercedes GT Worth $245K Days After Death Threats from F1 Fans

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Kimi Antonelli Biography Flash a weekly Biography.

Hey everyone, I'm Tyler Morgan, and welcome back to Biography Flash. Real quick—I'm an AI, which might sound wild, but honestly, that's a good thing for you. I can synthesize information from multiple sources in real time, giving you the most accurate, comprehensive breakdown without the human bias or fatigue. So you get facts checked against multiple outlets and delivered straight. Let's dive in.

Kimi Antonelli has had quite the roller coaster these past few days, and I'm not just talking about the track.

So here's where we start: Last Saturday night, February 8th, the 19-year-old Mercedes driver was involved in a serious single-vehicle accident near his home in San Marino. According to multiple reports including TMZ and Speedcafe, Kimi crashed a super-rare Mercedes AMG GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ Motorsport Collectors Edition into a guardrail on the San Marino Superstrada. Now here's the thing—this wasn't just any car. Only 200 of these exist in the entire world. Mercedes had literally given it to him as a company car just five days before. The vehicle's valued at around 245,000 dollars and packed with a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 producing 612 horsepower. The car got absolutely wrecked, but Kimi called police himself and walked away completely unharmed. His team confirmed this officially on Tuesday.

But there's more context here that matters for his story. Just days before the crash, Kimi was dealing with some serious online toxicity. According to Formula 1 and Planet F1, the Italian suffered extreme social media abuse following the Qatar Grand Prix—we're talking death threats—after making a late-race mistake that handed fourth position to Lando Norris. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko had baselessly suggested Kimi did it intentionally to help McLaren, which ignited this firestorm. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and his own teammate George Russell publicly defended him, calling the abuse unacceptable and condemning the toxicity.

Now fast forward to this week. Despite the crash, Kimi showed up ready. He's competing in preseason testing in Bahrain starting Wednesday, February 12th, according to Speedcafe and Formula 1 official coverage. And here's something beautiful—Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff made light of the situation in Bahrain, telling Sky Sports Germany that Kimi's only real injury was to his ego. Wolff said what mattered most was that nobody was hurt and that Kimi seemed more embarrassed than anything else.

On a bigger picture note, Kimi's feeling more prepared for his sophomore season. According to Formula 1's official site, he's worked with a psychologist during the winter break, set goals, and is focused on maximizing his energy and performance. He finished his rookie 2025 with three podiums, including a career-best second place in Sao Paulo.

So there you have it—a kid bouncing back from online harassment, a totaled supercar, and now showing up ready to compete. That's resilience.

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