A Kimi Antonelli title on home soil?? Plus: Midseason team grades

Prime Tire Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s F1 newsletter. Sign up here to receive Prime Tire directly in your inbox twice a week during the season and weekly in the offseason.Welcome back to Prime Tire, where today I’m thinking about how this Formula 1 season might end — not in terms of the title tussle involving Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, but instead, how F1 can logistically schedule its end-of-season calendar around the current geopolitical state.I’m Alex, and with Luke Smith and Madeline Coleman enjoying well-earned vacations over the F1 summer break, it’s just me in your inbox today.Imola Circuit: The case for the Italian track’s returnAs of Monday, F1 is officially on its summer shutdown — the mandated two-week period during which no work can be done on th