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Kimi Antonelli: ‘Mercedes picked me for 2025 F1 season before I’d even raced in F2’
Motorsport.comJuly 30, 2026
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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 ...