Mercedes teases Antonelli over rose-water podium struggle

Mercedes is teasing Kimi Antonelli over his difficulty with the rose-water spray at the Sepang podium. Motorsport.com reports that the team shared a video of the moment on X; all three podium finishers were given alcohol-free rose water in keeping with Bahrain Grand Prix tradition. The caption read: “You’d think he’d have gotten the hang of this by now!”

Antonelli finished second in the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, 2.307 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen after 55 laps at Sepang. Lewis Hamilton was third.