Andrea Kimi Antonelli says Mercedes’ F1 data shows he has a similar driving style to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

The 18-year-old I⭕talian will make the step up to F1 next season with Mercedes, replacing Hamilton, who will complete a blockbuster swi🦂tch to Ferrari.

Antonelli convinced Mercedes he deserved the vacant seat alongside168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell during a post-Belgian Grand Prix F1 test.

Speaking during an appearance at the Festival dello Sport in Trento, the Mercedes junior revealed Hamilton is helping him prepare for his F1🍃 debut next year.

“I didn’t expect that, he’s very nice♋ and talks to me a lot,” Antonelli 🍌said of Hamilton.

“And lookingꦗ at t𓄧he data, his driving style seems similar to mine.

“I was in Sing💙apore and listening to him talk to the engineers – I learned a lot.”

Antonelli made headlines when his first FP1 outing at Monza ended in a crash just 10 minutes 🧜into the session.

Mercede⛄s have been keen to downp꧑lay expectations surrounding Antonelli but the youngster is targeting race victories in his rookie campaign.

"I feel ready for F1,” he said﷽. “In terms of speed, I think it won't be a problem.

“The only thing where there will be a lot of work to do is about how to manage the weekend in the best possible way ♔and also to learn all the procedures. So, there will be a lot of things to learn.

“Definitely winni🎃ng some races [next 💫year] would be a dream. It won't be easy, because all the teams will have a competitive car, so it will be very difficult, but this is the target.

“Some podiums would also be good, but the mai💧n goal is to bring home some wins.”