Andrea Kimi Antonelli does not have key similarities to a young 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, it has been claimed.

Teenage 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Antonelli’💟s impressive start to his rookie season with Mercedes has been compared by some to when Vꦜerstappen got his break, aged 17.

There are obvious discrepancies - none more so than Antonelli running in a competitive Mercedes, while Verstappen got started in a Toro Rosso.

However, the persona♒lity traits that Verstappen demonstrated in his early days also mark him out as different, it has been suggested.

Kimi Antonelli compared to Max Verstappen

“For me, it’s 🍃totally different,” L’Equipe journalist Fred Ferret told the F1 Nation podcast wh✱en comparing Antonelli to Verstappen.

“We saw Max coming from a long time. Especially when you are French because he was in a battle with Esteban Ocon, which Esteban won 🐬because he crashed less than Max.

“But in the first test at Suzuka in 2014, in a press confer🔯ence, he was surprised by questions about how young he was.

“He looked at us like: “It’s a car… y👍ou think I can’t drive a car?”

“When you see Kimi going through the p𓃲addock, he’s not like that.”

Antonelli has been likened more to the early days of Lewis Hamilton -ꦰ who he eventually replaced a🍰t Mercedes this year.

“I would compare it to Lewis in 2007෴,” Ferret claimed.

“What McLaren did with him looks the same as 🎃Mer𒅌cedes and Kimi.

“You won’t see Kimi doing the same m꧑istakes as Max did at the start of his career.

“He h🐼as been nurtured, and there are a lot of people taking care of him.

“Toto Wolff is keeping his head down.”

Antone🍬lli was famously taken around the F1 media centre at his debut to personall♊y greet journalists and reporters.

Mercedes’ handling of their young and dynamic talent has been lauded, ever since team principal Wolff boldly chose him to replace Hamilto🎶n.

His pace has stood out in the first six F1 grands prix of the year, but his sta🐎ndout moment came last weekend when he grabbed pole position for the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix.

Antonelli has finished inside the top ꧒10 at🌳 five out of six grands prix this season so far.