Andrea Kimi Antonelli has gardnered Mercedes’ faith across the seven years the Italian has been a member of their young drivers’ programme and will make his F1 debut in 2025 as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement. However, his F2 maiden season was anything but a walk in the park for the Italian youngster, but Mercedes driver development advisor, Gwen Lagrue, reveals what the German team’s main goal for Antonelli actually was in the junior series.
