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Antonelli made it like he'd ‘been in F1 car for ages’ in Mercedes test

©Mercedes Phillip van Osten 18/05/2024 at 08:3418/05/2024 at 09:20 Mercedes technical director James Allison says the Brackley squad’s engineers have been very impressed with junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli performances in his first two private tests with the team. The 17-year-old charger who currently competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship is being groomed by Mercedes for a potential promotion to Formula 1 next season, a graduation that would see the teenager fill Lewis Hamilton’s upcoming vacant seat. In preparation for the likely move to motorsport’s elite, Antonelli is undergoing a stringent on-track development programme comprised of several outings at various venues...
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