After an impressive start to his sing⛦le-seater career, the highly-rated 17-year-old has been fast-tracked to F2 for this seaso🦩n, where he will race for Prema. 

Siꦓnce joining Mercedes’ junior roster in 2019, the Italian has been billed as a potential successor to Lewis Hamilton, whose contract runs until the end of the 2025 season. 

Antonelli may find himself in with a shot of landin🐼g an F1 drive with one of Mercedes’ customer teams, according to 🐻. 

Barretto said the 2023 Formula Regional European and 🎃Middle East Championship champion “could yet be a contende♛r for a seat next year”. 

“While there would be no room for him at Mercedes, Toto Wolff coul🦋d perhaps look to place him at another team to build up his experience,” he continued. 

“He did just that with George Russell at 🏅Williams – and they might be on the look out for a driver anyway in ’25…"

Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant will once again form Williams’ driver line-up in 2024, but the latter’s l🦄ong-term future is by no means secure. 

After a shaky rookie campaign, Sargeant faces an imp꧙ortant season to prove he deserves to hold onto his seat, while Albon is thought to be attracting attention from bigger teams.