F1 driver Kimi Antonelli has stunned native go-karters by going incognito at a packed racing session.
Antonelli attended Daytona Milton Keynes on Saturday and registered underneath the identify “Henry Shovlin”.
The 19-year-old Italian, who drives professionally for Mercedes, set the quickest lap of the session in the primary race however didn’t win.
Daniel Prince, from Daytona, stated Antonelli did not make the rostrum as a result of he acquired “two penalties” for “pushing too laborious” however was joyful to pose for a photograph till he was mobbed by followers.
Mr Prince stated Antonelli did the same old briefing after which raced with everybody else however “no-one had a clue” who he was.
“He truly acquired two penalties for pushing too laborious so did not end on the rostrum on the finish of it,” he informed Roberto Perrone on BBC Three Counties Radio.
“However he did get the quickest lap of the race by no less than three seconds.”
Mr Prince stated the star was not recognised as a result of he was carrying a helmet, however when he went again inside and eliminated it “everybody realised who they’d been racing towards”.
“Everybody actually mobbed him so a member of workers rapidly rescued him and put him behind the desk for a cheeky photograph by our superstar leaderboard, after which he ran away and left.”
F1 drivers together with Alexander Albon, Isack Hadjar and Yuki Tsunoda have visited the observe attributable to its proximity to Silverstone.
