Ferrari’s Hamilton faces Mercedes in Austria hoping to turn F1 win into a title shot

The Formula 1 title race is turning into the ultimate battle of youth against experience. On one side, Lewis Hamilton, who at 41 just became F1’s oldest race winner since 1970. An eighth world title would make him the oldest champion since 1957. On the other, Kimi Antonelli, the 19-year-old Italian who leads the standings, on course to be the youngest-ever to take the title. “I’ve been here before. I know what I have to do, and there’s a long way to go,” Hamilton said Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, set to take place as a “heat hazard” race as hot weather bakes Europe.