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F1: Lay off Antonelli title talk says Wolff

In the wake of Kimi Antonelli's maiden win, Toto Wolff has called on the media to play down talk of a title challenge. Such was Sky's David Croft's hysteria when the Italian teenage claimed pole position on Saturday, there must have been concern for those around him that he was on the verge of having a seizure. Seemingly, enthusiasm for the Mercedes youngster is infectious, for the following day, in its build up to the race, the Sky team was hyping Antonelli to an extent usually reserved for the favoured Brit(ish) driver of the day. At race end it predictably got worse, with the Sky team, clearly having forgotten about George Russell - see previous sentence - or perhaps wanting give the...
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