Mercedes have announced that they will reveal their 2025 F1 car to motorsport enthusiasts worldwide on February 24. The launch of their 2025 challenger—Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 E Performance—will take place just a few days after all ten teams unveil their liveries during the inaugural season launch event at London’s The O2. The W16 is set…
Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his Formula 1 debut at the Australian GP in March. There is a lot of hype and expectation around the 18-year-old after a very strong junior career. After plenty of success in karting, Mercedes junior Antonelli was already on many people’s radar when he made the jump to F4….
Mercedes has endured a rocky road in recent years, and 2024 was no exception, marking their worst finish in the standings during the turbo hybrid era finishing in fourth place among the top four teams. Despite these struggles, the team clinched four wins and four poles, making it their best season since the ground effect…
Mercedes has had to put a stop to its development efforts for the current Formula 1 season, with repair costs from a series of recent crashes limiting what’s left of its budget. The team has seen expenses rise after several high-impact incidents, including Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s crash in Monza and George Russell’s accidents in Austin…
Friday of rookies in Mexico City for the very first free practice session of the weekend: from Pato O’Ward taking over the McLaren of Lando Norris on home soil, to Felipe Drugovich stepping in for Fernando Alonso at Aston and Robert Shwartzman taking Zhou Guanyu’s place beside Valtteri Bottas. For some only a chance to…
In a closely contested Formula 2 qualifying session at the Baku City Circuit, Richard Verschoor of Trident took a surprise pole position. Verschoor secured his second Formula 2 pole of the season, narrowly beating PREMA’s Kimi Antonelli by just 0.017 seconds, while ART Grand Prix’s Victor Martins completed the top three. The session kicked off…
Following the stunning news on the first day of February that Lewis Hamilton would be joining Scuderia Ferrari in 2025 on a multi-year deal, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team has announced that their 18-year-old junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli will partner George Russell at the Brackley-based squad next season. Antonelli’s junior formula record has been extremely…
Round 16 of 24 takes place in Monza, Italy. Franco Colapinto will be driving for Williams for the remainder of the season, replacing Logan Sargeant, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes for FP1. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the Italian teenager, who is tipped to join Mercedes…
F1 prospect Kimi Antonelli’s future with Mercedes, particularly with the likely contract in 2025 may have not been announced yet, but no other driver carries the weight of expectations other than the Italian prospect. Turning 18 on the Dutch Grand Prix Sunday, looking back, Antonelli has but an ordinary academy driver career, having been catapulted…
Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be lining his Prema up in pole position for the Formula 2 sprint race in Silverstone, just head of Rodin Motorsport’s Zane Maloney, after the top ten from yesterday’s qualifying session are reversed. Due to the wet conditions in Silverstone, the race will be started as a rolling start. Antonelli leads…
