Antonelli comes of age with podium finish in Canada
The 18-year-old rookie, who passed his road driving test earlier this year before the season began, became the third-youngest podium finisher in Formula One history.
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen, who was second for Red Bull in Sunday's race behind Mercedes team leader George Russell, was aged 18 years, seven months and 15 days old when he took his first podium in 2016.
Lance Stroll was also slightly younger than Antonelli when he came third in Azerbaijan in 2017.
"It was so stressful for me," he said. "But I am super happy!"
Beaming from ear to ear, Antonelli waved to the big crowd at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve amid chants of "Kimi, Kimi" as they applauded his appearance on the podium after the race.
"I had a good start. I managed to jump into P3 and I just stayed up there at the front. The last stint, I pushed a bit too hard behind Max and I killed a bit of the front left tyre and then I struggled a bit at the end.
"So, I'm really happy to bring the podium home for the team."
He started the race in thrilling style by passing championship leader Oscar Piastri's McLaren for third place on the opening lap.
"I had a good first launch and managed to get alongside and then, in the first corner, I just tried to carry as much speed as possible. When I was alongside him in Turn Two, I knew I would have the advantage going into Turn Three."
He said he hoped his team's first win this year and since the Las Vegas race last year would be the springboard for more victories.
But Russell was quick to play down too many expectations, pointing out that the Canada track was one that was very suitable to the strengths of their Mercedes car.
"It's a little bit cooler around here," said Russell. "We saw it last year in Canada. I would love to get our hopes up, but I think the strength of our car is in the cooler conditions so let's see in the coming races.
"But, yeah, we will enjoy this for now."
"Time will tell. We won Austria last year so maybe that's a good omen. We did have high expectations coming into this weekend and it worked out as we thought."
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