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Kimi Antonelli's triumph, making him the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history and the first Italian to achieve the feat in 73 years, has once again drawn attention to a long-standing mystery surrounding Ferrari: why has the legendary team gone decades without an Italian driver capable of fighting for the world title?

One of the best-known theories dates back to a tragedy at the 1957 Mille Miglia. Less than 40 miles from the finish, the Ferrari 335 S driven by Marquis Alfonso de Portago lost control after a front tyre burst. The car crashed into a telephone pole, ploughed into a crowd of spectators and came to rest in a stream. De Portago, his co-driver Edmund Nelson and nine spectators were killed, five of them children. Around 20 others were injured, The Telegraph reports.

In the aftermath of the disaster, Italian authorities banned the Mille Miglia and other races held on public roads. Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari was charged with manslaughter and negligence. The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano published a scathing article calling him an “industrial Saturn”, referring to the Roman god who devoured his own children.

For decades, rumours circulated that Pope Pius XII had struck a secret deal with Enzo Ferrari: the company would be allowed to continue racing on the condition that it stopped hiring Italian drivers. However, there is no factual evidence to support this conspiracy theory. Italian drivers continued to race for Ferrari even after the tragedy.

Nevertheless, the team's greatest successes over the following decades were indeed largely associated with foreign drivers. They included Austrian Niki Lauda, German Michael Schumacher, Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Britain's Lewis Hamilton. The last world champion to win the title with Ferrari was Finland's Kimi Räikkönen, in 2007.

The Telegraph journalist Tom Cary links Enzo Ferrari's caution to a series of personal tragedies. In 1955, Alberto Ascari, a close friend whom Ferrari regarded almost as a son, was killed during a practice session at Monza. A year later, his own son Dino died of muscular dystrophy at just 24. According to Cary, these losses may have prompted Ferrari to distance himself emotionally from his drivers.

Today, however, Ferrari's problem may lie in its failure to identify and develop promising young Italian talent. That is precisely the criticism levelled at the team following Antonelli's success: the young driver ended up in Mercedes' junior programme rather than Ferrari's. His father claimed that former Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene had turned down the opportunity to sign his son.

Now there are fears in Italy that Ferrari could miss out on the next promising prospect as well. Eleven-year-old Niccolò Perico, already being hailed as a major talent, has signed an agreement with Mercedes. Meanwhile, Ferrari has yet to develop a young Italian driver ready to challenge for a seat in its Formula 1 team.

Antonelli himself has already attracted interest from Ferrari. Enzo Ferrari's son Piero has admitted that he would love to see the young driver wearing the famous red racing suit. Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has also expressed regret that the Italian did not race for the team in Mexico.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, however, believes Antonelli's success is the result of years of systematic investment. He says Mercedes supported the driver and his family for nine years, providing training, financing his career and offering opportunities that other teams might not have been willing to provide.

Perhaps Ferrari will still find a way to put things right. Meanwhile, reports in Italy suggest that Antonelli, a practising Catholic, could soon meet Pope Leo XIV. The article's author wryly speculates that the Vatican may once again have to intervene to help Ferrari bring an Italian champion back to his home team.

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