Kimi Antonelli: ‘Mercedes picked me for 2025 F1 season before I’d even raced in F2’

Kimi Antonelli has given new insight into how Mercedes handled Lewis Hamilton’s departure ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign.On 1 February 2024, it was announced that Hamilton was going to leave his longtime Mercedes squad to join Ferrari from the 2025 season onwards.The move was a direct consequence of Mercedes not giving the seven-time world champion a firm contract for 2025 – the …Keep reading