After weeks of rumours, Mercedes has confirmed that teenage star Kimi Antonelli will race for the German car manufacturer starting in 2025.
The young Italian driver from Bologna, who turned 18 on 25 August, will replace Lewis Hamilton, who is switching to Ferrari.
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His Formula 1 debut on Friday could have gone better: on the fifth lap of the Monza track during free practice, the driver hit the barriers of the parabolic curve with the right side of his car.
"I pushed a bit too hard," Antonelli commented in a short video, "I apologise to George (Russell) and the team." The head of the Mercedes team, Austrian billionaire Toto Wolff, said the accident does not question the Bolognese driver's potential in Formula 1.
The young Italian driver from Bologna, who turned 18 on 25 August, will replace Lewis Hamilton, who is switching to Ferrari.
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His Formula 1 debut on Friday could have gone better: on the fifth lap of the Monza track during free practice, the driver hit the barriers of the parabolic curve with the right side of his car.
"I pushed a bit too hard," Antonelli commented in a short video, "I apologise to George (Russell) and the team." The head of the Mercedes team, Austrian billionaire Toto Wolff, said the accident does not question the Bolognese driver's potential in Formula 1.
After weeks of rumours, Mercedes has confirmed that teenage star Kimi Antonelli will race for the German car manufacturer starting in 2025.
The young Italian driver from Bologna, who turned 18 on 25 August, will replace Lewis Hamilton, who is switching to Ferrari.
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His Formula 1 debut on Friday could have gone better: on the fifth lap of the Monza track during free practice, the driver hit the barriers of the parabolic curve with the right side of his car.
"I pushed a bit too hard," Antonelli commented in a short video, "I apologise to George (Russell) and the team." The head of the Mercedes team, Austrian billionaire Toto Wolff, said the accident does not question the Bolognese driver's potential in Formula 1.
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