KIMI PUTS LEWIS IN SHADE

CHINESE Grand Prix MERCEDES are barely missing Lewis Hamilton - all thanks to rookie star Kimi Antonelli's superb start to F1 life.

- DANIEL MOXON

While the seven-time World champion struggles to adapt to Ferrari's operations, the teenager Mercedes promoted to replace him has hit the ground running.

A superb drive to fourth place in the Melbourne rain on debut confirmed for the Silver Arrows their belief that they have the next superstar on their hands.