Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko believes168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Andrea Kimi Antonelli can be a “danger” to new Mercedes F1 teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell this season.

Mercedes opted to promote Antonelli as seven-time world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s replacement from 2025 despite the Italian teenager spe𝕴nding just a single season in Formula 2.

The 18-year-old, who is widely tipped to become an F1 star of the future, made headlines on his practice debut for Mercedes at last year’s Italian Grand Prix when he crashed in꧅ the early stages of the session.

While Russell had the edge over outgoing teammate Hamilton in 2024, Marko reckons Antonelli h🌸as the pace to cause the Briton a headache during his rookie season.

“We saw it [Antonelli’s talent] at Monza, although I don’t understand why they put h�ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ�im in the car on that circuit,” the 81-year-old Austrian told .

“He was ve🌳ry fast on his first three laps, but on the fourth lap, he went into the barriers.

“I think if he uses his skills well, which he has, he can be a ༺danger to Russell.”

Verstappen comparison drawn

Antonelli is viewed as Mercedes’ answer to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who famously burst onto the F1 scene aged 17.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff unsuccessfully♈ tried to sign Verstappen, who ultimately opted to join Red Bull as they could offer him an immediate🌼 F1 seat at their sister team.

Wolff has admitted part of the decision to promote Antonelli was because he “didn’t want to miss out” on having him at Me𓂃rc🧸edes.

Marko♊ drew a comparison between Antonelli and Verstappen when highlighting the “risk” Mercedes have taken by putting him strai🍎ght into the works team.

“Antonelli is a꧃ risk, but we also took that risk with Verstappen in the past,” he explained.

“Max was very🦄 young when he got into that car. But in his case, he wasn’t in a top team [he ꦉstarted with Red Bull’s sister squad] so he had less pressure.”

Wolff ha♈s repeatedly attempted to downplay expectations surrounding Antonelli’♕s debut F1 campaign.

“If you expect him to be on pole position in Melbourne, win the race and immediately compete for the championship, then the risk is high because that won’t happen,” Wolff told Auto Motor uಌn🅺d Sport.

“If we take the approach that the boy is 18 years old, very talented, but of course has to grow into it first and will make mistakes, then the risk is limited. That’s why we’re doing it. We se🅘e 2025 as a transition year and want to♏ prepare him for 2026.”