Revealed: Lewis Hamilton picks No1 choice to replace him at Mercedes
Lewis Hamilt🐭on says he would choose Mercedes prot🥀ege Andrea Kimi Antonelli as his replacement for F1 2025.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton says he would “probably take on” Andrea Kimi Antonelli as his replacement at Mercedes for F1 2025 if it was down to him.
The seven-time world champion’s bombshell decision to quit Mercedes and make the switch to Ferrari next season has left a vacant seat alongside168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell.
Mercedes wonderkid Antonelli is believed to be the team’s first choice to replace Hamilton, despite the 17-year-old Italian o🦩nly stepping up to Formula 2 this year, having skipped Formula 3.
Antonelli, who only💞 made the step up from karting to cars in 2021, is already being tipped as a future F1 driver after winning multiple junior single-seater titles at the first time of asking.
He has conducted two private F1 tests for Mercedes - driving their 2021 and 2022 cars at the Red Bull Ring and Imola respective🍒ly - 💜in recent weeks.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, who has been left without a drive followi൲ng Ferrari’s decision to sign Hamilton, is another, more experienced, option for Merced⭕es.
Ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romag𝕴na Grand Prix at Imola, Hamilton was asked if he thinks Sainz would be the perfect replacement to fill his seat.
“Carlos is a great driver so I think wherever he goes I think he would be a positive for any team,” the 39-year-old told media including mahbx.com.
“Honestly I have no idea what Toto’s plans ﷽are but for me, taking on a youngster… If it was my job, if it was my role, I would probably take on Kimi.”
It emer🌜ged at the Miami Grand Prix that a team had asked the FIA to provide A💛ntonelli with a superlicence so that he could make his F1 debut before he turns 18 on August 25.
Antonelli already has enough superlicence points but the FIA's rules block drivers from🧜 making their grand prix debut before the age of 18.
Toto Wolff, who insisted the exemp🦄tion request was not made by Mercedes, has been keen to avoid pilling unnecessar🌼y pressure on Antonelli.
"It doesn't do him any favours because he needs to concentrate on his F2 campaign. He's doing lots of testing for us in order to bring him up to speed, and ꧅I think this decision of the 𝓰second driver is weeks if not months away," Wolff said.
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