Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be put through his paces in a private test of a Mercedes F1 car to assess his potential to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

The teenage Antonelli is among the key names linked with inheriting Hamilton’s Merced💞es seat next year, when the seven-time F1 champion departs for Ferrari.

Antonelli is only 17 years old but is tipped as a “wo🐼nderkid”🐭 by Toto Wolff who has organised some private running in a 2022 car for him.

An💟tonelli will "run a big test programme” this year, Wolff is 🔥quoted by .

Wolff said: “Then we'll see, is he ready for 2025? Or for 2026, wi💙ll there bꦯe a different situation?"

Should Mercedes opt to hold Antonelli back until 2026, they would need to find a driver to replace Hamilton for 🙈just one year.

Fernando Alonso is among the high-profile options who would be available on a market which Wolff described as “incredibly i🥂nteresting”.

“Really strong people♍ will be available for 202🎐5", Wolff said.

The Mercedes boss insisted he will asses𒅌s his options to replace Hamilton "over the next two or three races🥀".

Wo♍lff said: “Do we wan♔t to rely on experience and perhaps try something new?

“Or do we want to focus on youth anꦆd take the🧜 risk that we have a rookie and then have to look at this from a medium- to long-term performance perspective?"

Antonelli will race in his rookie season in Formula 2 tꦇhis year.

"In a way, he's a 🍷wonderkid,” Wolff said abou𓆉t him.

“He won everything there was to win in karting 🌼a🦹nd then moved into F4.

“He won all the championships in his roꦇokie year, then moved up a level and won everything there too.

"Now we've decided to skip F3, partly because there's not much𝕴 time to test there.

“Instead, he'll go str▨aight into F2, which is a huge leap for him. These are really big ca♒rs with power.

🍎“Most of the races are part of the F1-supporting programme, so we'll have a good overview there too."