Kimi Antonelli: ‘Mercedes picked me for 2025 F1 season before I’d even raced in F2’
·Updated 14 hrs ago·230 pts
Mercedes planned to sign Kimi Antonelli for 2025 F1 before he raced in F2, wanting him to replace Hamilton.
- Wolff wanted Antonelli to replace Hamilton after Hamilton's move to Ferrari.
- Mercedes decided on Antonelli before he had any F2 race experience.
Mercedes team boss Wolff wanted Antonelli to replace Hamilton as soon as he found out his lead driver was off to Ferrari – and even before the news was official
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- Toto Wolff is the team principal and chief executive at Mercedes.
