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F1 driver Kimi Antonelli has surprised local go-karters by going incognito at a packed racing session. <\/p>\n
Antonelli attended Daytona Milton Keynes on Saturday and registered under the name “Henry Shovlin”.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Italian, who drives professionally for Mercedes, set the fastest lap of the session in the main race but did not win.<\/p>\n
Daniel Prince, from Daytona, said Antonelli failed to make the podium because he got “two penalties” for “pushing too hard” but was happy to pose for a photo until he was mobbed by fans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mr Prince said Antonelli did the usual briefing and then raced with everyone else but “no-one had a clue” who he was.<\/p>\n
“He actually got two penalties for pushing too hard so didn’t finish on the podium at the end of it,” he told Roberto Perrone on BBC Three Counties Radio.<\/a><\/p>\n “But he did get the fastest lap of the race by at least three seconds.”<\/p>\n Mr Prince said the star was not recognised because he was wearing a helmet, but when he went back inside and removed it “everyone realised who they’d been racing against”.<\/p>\n “Everyone really mobbed him so a member of staff quickly rescued him and put him behind the desk for a cheeky photo by our celebrity leaderboard, and then he ran away and left.”<\/p>\n F1 drivers including Alexander Albon, Isack Hadjar and Yuki Tsunoda have visited the track due to its proximity to Silverstone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n