Mercedes confirmed this teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli He will run a giant haircut in Formula 1 in 2025, replacing Sir Alex Ferguson. Lewis Hamilton.
The Italian star will make his Formula 1 debut next season, after signing a multi-year contract with the Silver Arrows.
Mercedes have been looking for a replacement for Hamilton since February, when he dramatically announced he would join Ferrari next season, ending an 11-year spell with the team. German to equip
Seven world championships is huge, and as such, Mercedes has a large number of drivers on its roster, including Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso And Sebastian Vettel.
Not definitively, Toto Wolff has two clear preferences: Max Verstappen Or Antonelli, the team boss who would love to sign the three-time champion, remains loyal to Red Bull for now.
Thanks to his impressive junior career, Antonelli has already been compared to Verstappen and Hamilton, despite barely turning 18 in August, and Empora Perhaps his promotion to Formula 1 happened instead of what Wolff would have preferred.There is great excitement about your future.
Wolff has supported Antonelli since his kart career, recruiting him to the Mercedes junior programme in 2019.
He quickly climbed the rankings, beating the German and Italian Formula 4 in 2022, before triumphing again in the Formula 4 Europe and Middle East Regional Championship in 2023.
This year he went straight into Formula 2, and now has two wins and is seventh in the standings, an impressive feat despite his lack of experience compared to his rivals.
Antonelli will team up with George Russell, a Briton appointed by Mercedes, until the end of 2025.
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