Toto Wolff’s migraine of supplanting Lewis Hamilton could before long reach a conclusion as the Mercedes group chief illuminates Carlos Sainz he’s zeroing in on Kimi Andrea Antonelli as their driver representing things to come.
Antonelli, who brought home the Equation Provincial European Title in 2023, has moved forward to Recipe 2 and demonstrated he can deal with the degree of rivalry, leaving all on-lookers dazzled as he can possibly be an age characterizing ability.
His transient ascent has seen him launch into the discussion to supplant the seven-time title holder as Wolff would rather not pass up another exceptionally appraised young person as he did with Max Verstappen in 2014, who is by all accounts the main man they would like over Antonelli.
However, with the three-time Equation 1 title holder appearing prone to commit his future to Red Bull, the Austrian group chief currently is by all accounts supporting his wagers on the 17-year-old Prema driver to be in his vehicle one year from now all things being equal.
“We simply need to focus on Kimi,” Wolff told Sky Germany at the 2024 Canadian GP. “That is our future, youthful drivers.
“We need to focus on that, to youthful drivers and that is everything we’ve said to Carlos.”
Kimi Antonelli’s Most memorable Mercedes Test in Austria | Mercedes
Kimi Antonelli’s Most memorable Mercedes Test in Austria | Mercedes
Sainz had been searching for a long term bargain as indicated by reports, which was something Mercedes were reluctant to consent to, as they watch out for Antonelli’s advancement through junior series.
As a matter of fact, it’s essential for why Hamilton quit the group in any case as they offered him a one-in addition to one arrangement before Wolff even admitted the arrangement was to placed Antonelli in the vehicle from 2026 at any rate, prompting the 103-time race champ to leave boat to Ferrari.
So it appears like Verstappen is the possibly man left who could turn Wolff’s head and in the event that Wolff can’t cajole him away from Milton Keynes and his long-term rival, Christian Horner, then it will be Antonelli banding together George Russell from 2025.
