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New F1 Kids on the Block: Six to Watch in Australia
The Straits Times
|March 12, 2025
Formula One will have a bumper crop of rookies this season, with six of the 20 drivers on the grid in Melbourne starting their first full season, even if only three of them are race debutants.
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MELBOURNE - Here are their individual prospects.
KIMI ANTONELLI (MERCEDES) The 18-year-old is Italy's first F1 driver since Antonio Giovinazzi in 2021 and replaces seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Those are massive shoes to fill for someone who passed his driving test only in January, but Antonelli made a good start in testing, going fastest in the first session in Bahrain and making no mistakes.
Mercedes are protective of him while confident that he is the real deal, with teammate George Russell saying: "Kimi absolutely has the speed. He's proven that in all of his categories."
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