Eliska Babickova, the now ex-girlfriend of Mercedes F1 star Kimi Antonelli, has lifted the lid on their break-up in a video explaining why their relationship got here to an finish
Kimi Antonelli and Eliska Babickova have gone their separate methods(Image: Jayce Illman, Getty Images)
Kimi Antonelli has been dumped by his girlfriend on the eve of the new Formula One season due to “issues” of their relationship.
Antonelli was the recent face on the grid final yr, with the teenage prodigy competing in his debut marketing campaign at motorsport’s prime desk. It proved a promising starting to life in F1 for the Italian, who secured seventh place in the drivers’ standing, simply six factors adrift of Lewis Hamilton, the man he changed at Mercedes.
He’ll be eager to progress additional this yr however his preparations for the new season might have been disrupted following his split from girlfriend Eliska Babickova. In an Instagram message shared with her 168,000 followers, Eliska revealed: “I’m finally here to address the breakup rumours…
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“So first I wish to say, I’m addressing this as a result of I’ve all the time been sincere and I really feel like I do not cover something, additionally it is fairly current as a result of all through February, me and Kimi have been attempting to determine stuff out. We have been probably not certain what level the relationship was at ourselves.
“I’ve seen so many speculations and fake narratives and news, that’s just not right and I want to set the record straight. One girl messaged me and she was getting death threats because some people made up something really disgusting.”
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Eliska has posted pictures of herself and Kimi collectively on social media, hinting they have been an merchandise since late 2023. She added: “Yes we did break up.
“I used to be the one to finish the relationship as a result of I felt we now not aligned in our private lives and what we needed for our futures. Also, our values in direction of the finish of the relationship have been very completely different. That’s mainly it.
“There’s no massive drama. No other men, no other women, no others involved, there was no cheating. It is super wrong for anyone to assume that, because it’s very misrepresentative of who me and Kimi are as people.
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“Although we did have points in direction of the finish, different folks have been by no means the downside. It simply misrepresents every thing our relationship was and I do not like that.”
Antonelli’s focus will probably be on racing at the season opener in Melbourne subsequent month, as he goals to kick off his second full season as a Mercedes driver on a excessive word. With the adjustments in engine laws, Mercedes are anticipated to be main contenders for each the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships.
