Antonelli replaces Hamilton at Mercedes for 2025 season

Mercedes person announced Andrea Kimi Antonelli arsenic Lewis Hamilton's replacement adjacent play pursuing his move to Ferrari.

The 18-year-old Mercedes inferior will partner George Russell from nan commencement of nan 2025 campaign.

It follows Hamilton's determination to extremity his 12-year stint pinch Mercedes, wherever he won six of his 7 world titles, to subordinate Ferrari.

Antonelli joined Mercedes' younker programme astatine nan property of 11 and is seventh successful this season's F2 driver standings, having won his first title successful Hungary successful July.

Toto Wolff, nan Mercedes Team Principal, is excited by nan team's blend of younker and experience.

"Our caller line-up is cleanable to unfastened nan adjacent section successful our story. It is besides a testament to nan spot of our inferior programme and our belief successful homegrown talent," said Wolff.

"George has proved that he is 1 of nan very champion drivers successful nan world. He is not only fast, consistent, and determined, but has besides developed into a beardown leader wrong nan team.

"Kimi has consistently shown nan talent and velocity needed to compete astatine nan very apical of our sport."