Lewis Hamilton's 2025 departure to Ferrari will leave one of F1's most coveted seats empty at Mercedes – but it may already have the driver it needs to replace him, writes Mark Hughes
Once the dust has settled from Lewis Hamilton's startling switch to Ferrari from '25, the main topic of speculation – probably for quite a few months – is going to be the identity of his replacement at Mercedes alongside George Russell.
The obvious contractually available contenders include the driver Hamilton is replacing at Ferrari, Carlos Sainz, the evergreen Fernando Alonso and the rehabilitated Alex Albon bursting to get himself back into a fast car. But the outside contender is currently 17 years old, has yet to even make his F2 debut and has missed out F3 altogether. Meet Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes' contracted junior driver...
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