The many Italian Formula 1 fans can finally rejoice for the next arrival of a young Italian talent
We are moving towards the end of the first half of the 2024 season in Formula 1 with the usual Max Verstappen at the top of the drivers’ championship standings, with all the odds for the final success. However, many fans have already projected themselves towards the 2025 edition of F1 because there will be many interesting changes and the forces at play could therefore also change.
As has been known for some time, to the delight of a large portion of Ferrari fans, one of the strongest drivers of all will land in Maranello next year, namely Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time champion has already signed a contract with Red which will come into force for the next Formula 1 world championship and will team up in the pits with Charles Leclerc. Spaniard Carlos Sainz will make room for him in Ferrari who will have to look for a new place for next year.
Villeneuve drops the bomb: “Mercedes has already chosen Andrea Kimi Antonelli as after Hamilton”
Hamilton, with his move already officially announced, will therefore leave an empty seat in an important team like Ferrari Mercedes which remains one of the most coveted teams in the entire F1 panorama despite the great difficulties of recent years. The question many fans are asking is therefore: who will take the Englishman’s place and team up with George Russell starting next year.
Jacques took care of answering this question Villeneuve, son of the legend Gilles who stated to ‘Sky Sports’: “Toto Wolff does not consider any other solution other than Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The door for Sainz is closed and this has been the case for quite a while.” Mercedes will be the Italian’s team for the future, as stated by the former driver who also underlines how Toto Wolff’s ego played an important role in this decision. “He wants to prove to the world that he was right to have chosen him when he was only 12 years old”.
The news stated by Villeneuve on the sidelines of the last Grand Prix in Canada is therefore very important both for Mercedes fans and for the Italian world of four-wheel racing. A top-level team like the Brackley team seems to have decided to give space in Formula 1 to the young man born in 2006 and born in Bologna who today races in Formula 2 with the German company.
