F1 teams have been told to place their fait𒁏h in young drivers for full-time race seats, as Andrea Kimi Antonelli waits in the wings for the Mercedes spot.

Antonelli, aged 17, is on the list to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025 but is currently two races into his rookie campaign in 🦩Formula 2.

But the success of Oliver Bearman with ♏Ferrari at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and Liam Lawson’s impressive s𒅌tint last year, has demonstrated the quality of young drivers who dream of an F1 seat.

Bearman, 18, replaced the unwell Ca𒆙rlos Sainz and secured a points finish i🐓n Saudi Arabia which drew praise from Hamilton.

“Ther🗹e’s a lot going on in the driver market,” Bernie Collins said on S⭕ky Sports.

“Maybe, after that drive, [Bearman] h꧃oping for something better, something faster [than Haas].

“We’ve ꦍseen these dr💯ivers come through from F2 and they are fit to perform. They’re on it. It says a lot about that series, that they’re just fit to produce the goods.”

Last year, Lawson impressed for Alph🗹aTauri replacing the injured Daniel Ricciardo but wa🍎s overlooked for a permanent seat this season.

Coll𝓰ins said: “When we see Liam Lawson, we’d ✱say that he should’ve been in a seat this year. We would have put money on that.

“So we love to see this🐷 young talent come through. It goes to the que༺stion of the 11th team, doesn’t it?”

On Bearman’s hopes, she added: “But let’s hope so. Such a great🐻 talent.”

Naomi Schiff said: “The unfortunate thing with Formula 1 is that there are only 20 seats. “There are some guys on the grid who have been blocking seats for multiple decades! That’s not to say that they don’t deserve to be here - of course they do. It would just be good to see mor📖e opportunities for young drivers to get in.

“With 13 drivers out of contract at the end of the season, a lot of pඣeople will be scratching their heads because there have been a couple of drivers come in - Lawson, Bearman - who prove that this young talent is to be noted.

“Even on the grid today, t🔯here are so many young drivers who prove that, even against heavyweights, they carry their weight. They do a good job.”

A frenz💟y of a silly season is expected before 2025, when Hamilton will go to Ferrari𝐆 leaving a vacancy at Mercedes.

Antonelli, their junior driver, has🃏 been spoken about by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff as a possible contender to replace Hamilton d🍷espite his inexperience.

But Collins wants to 𓆏see more F1 tea😼ms place their faith in youth.

“From a team management point 👍of view, next year is the year to do it,” she ad💧vised.

“Because in 2026 we’ve got the new engine regs. You 🎉want to get the driver in the car, get them settled, to give𓂃 good feedback, ready for the new engine.”