Established in 2011 and previously found at PaddockScout.com, Formula Scout is home to regular news and features from the world of junior single-seater racing, tracking the progress of future grand prix stars. Running his car will be Antonelli Motorsport, the team run by his father Marco. Discover who Andrea Kimi Antonelli is, his latest updates and his Motorsport races.
Podcast: Kimi Antonelli on his immense F4 success, FREC and Mercedes But for tomorrow it will be much better.. Formula is, obviously the logical consequence of his career evolution. "It was a good experience because I learnt a lot, especially about the car but also about how to behave in the race because with this car it is much more difficult to race, it is much more difficult to follow your opponents.
Vincent Bruins on Twitter: "Formula 4 and Formula Regional ace Andrea A perfect weekend for our Junior Driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli in ADAC F4!
Written by Olivia Eyeson, Edited by Sameena Khan Throughout this series, we will highlight the driving talent we could see in Formula 1 in the future every week. Written by Olivia Eyeson, Edited by Sameena Khan. 2023 Formula Scout. 2023 Formula Scout. Highly-rated Mercedes Formula 1 protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli broke a leg and foot in a crash during the final of the World Karting Championship on Sunday. Weug, one of four finalists in the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars competition, was thrown from her kart in the impact but was unhurt. His string of racing success attracted the attention of Mercedes, and the German team decided to give Antonelli a place on their driver academy programme in 2019. "I always think about the present, about what is the objective I have," he explains, adding later: "at the moment I am focused on the objective which is the European championship and we have to do well there, then later when it is all over we will think about the future." Also, overtaking has improved [since 2021] because I took the measures, because in September I was still taking the measures between.. F1 quiz: Can you name the 2023 F1 circuits by their layouts. After wrapping up the CIK-FIA European Karting Championship title for OK karts in July, he moved into the more physical shifter KZ kart for a European Championship round and finished sixth, then the weekend before his F4 bow turned up to the KZ World Championship and came ninth against far older, stronger and more experienced opposition. Since then, he has been my source of inspiration and I watch a lot of videos and onboard recordings.. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is a 16-year-old Italian driver competing in Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine next season with Prema. We feel that we need to avoid boosting the expectations too much to enable Kimi to work smoothly and without too much pressure. Thats the main thing.. Born in Bologna in 2006, Antonelli already has two titles to his name: the 2018 WSK Champions Cup 60 Mini category and the 2015 Easykart Easy 60 class. And actually now I can manage the pressure way better than when I started and thats also the improvement that I made because obviously when I got stronger I also managed the car better and also I was faster.. In fact, Kimi Antonelli will soon be engaged in the European Formula Regional, where he is aiming to confirm himself as the next Italian star. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is a promising driver who will go far in motorsports. But mentally Im way stronger, especially compared to the first race as I said before I manage way better the pressure and I manage way better the race. I think this track is the hardest for rookies because of the big stops, and coming from karting still the brake pressure needs to be a bit improved but Im pretty sure it will be quite a good progression from him.. A now iconic circuit, which Antonelli particularly appreciates.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli - Works | Archive of Our Own 37. The Mercedes team principal is adamant that the junior driver has a "bright future" in racing. Unluckily in the pitstop we lost a lot of time because when I came out I was last almost.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli Crowned '2023 Formula Regional Middle East Why Kimi Antonelli Is A Future F1 Star - YouTube The 15-year-old has won 17 of the 39 races he has started, been on the podium in 26 of them and only had two retirements in the past 11 months. Born in Bologna, just 40km from the Imola circuit, Antonelli is only 16 but already has an impressive array of performances under his belt. Hes always immediately on the pace, and of course hes still a rookie, so to work on some details with him to make him grow the best we can.
F1's next Kimi? Teen sensation 'ticking all the boxes - PlanetF1 In theory, the acclimatisation with the new car could have been compromised by the injury that kept Antonelli away from the wheel during the winter, but this seemed to have no impact. KZ helped because actually when I get back to go-karts I was struggling with the leg, Antonelli said after his maiden F4 qualifying session, which he ended in 10th place and 0.451s off pole-sitting Prema team-mate Sebastian Montoya. GPblog spoke to him about this victory and his prospects for the rest of the season. For being my first race, its a quite good result. So its no surprise he was trusted with possibly the most high-pressure support role for a single-seater debutant since Max Verstappen. Antonelli also had an envious senior karting record, winning two CIK-FIA European titles and the WSK Euro Series, as well as winning WSKs Euro Series, Super Master Series, Open Cup and Final Cup in junior karting. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is a 16-year-old Italian driver competing in Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine next season with Prema. Most recently, the 16-year-old clinched the 2022 Italian F4 and ADAC F4 championships for Prema Racing by winning 9 out of the 15 races in the year of his single-seater debut. All rights reserved. The single-seater star engineering Premas FIA F3 title bid However, there is no doubt that Andrea Kimi Antonelli's mother is very supportive. Discover who Andrea Kimi Antonelli is, his latest updates. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been hailed as a future star of F1, Toto Wolff has been full of praise for the junior driver, George Russell made his debut with Williams in 2019, but returned to Wolff and the Mercedes team last year, Antonelli will be hoping to copy the likes of Russell and make his way into F1, The 16-year-old has impressed with his performances in F4, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Signed up by Formula 1's dominant force while still racing mini karts, there's definitiely a sense that Andrea Kimi Antonelli .
Mercedes F1 junior Antonelli injured in world karting final crash But the Italian F4 teams have more than made up for lost time with the new car, particularly teams like Prema that have also been racing in ADAC F4 and on track almost every week either in group or private tests. Were basically every single week working with [our drivers], whether its simulator, on-track. With KZ you have to push harder than the OK one, and I think that helps a lot, also because in go-karts you have a lot of vibrations so you have to hold the brake [down], and that was the hardest thing for me in that moment.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli (@kimi.antonelli) Instagram photos and videos Following the Spa weekend was the third ADAC round at Zandvoort, and the wins there were shared between Antonelli and team-mate Conrad Laursen. Although it had been anticipated from mid-season that FRegional would be Antonellis next move, there was some recent rumours of the youngster potentially jumping straight up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli - Junior Driver - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 When Antonelli debuted in F4 he was nursing a leg injury that reduced the amount of brake pressure he could apply, but the rehabilitation work he had to do on that leg means its now stronger than the other one. There are few drivers as exciting in junior single-seater racing right now as Premas Formula 4 dominator Andrea Kimi Antonelli. But also I have to say the races, especially UAE, helps a lot because of course you measure with the other competitors..
He was promoted to chief race engineer the year after, with Dino Beganovic his focus that season in Italian F4, then Sebastian Montoya was his driver last year. But it was very, very cold because of the snow and it was in the period when he had the problem with the leg, so honestly I think he started well without doing any mistakes today and he has to focus to keep the best from the experience. Established in 2011 and previously found at PaddockScout.com, Formula Scout is home to regular news and features from the world of junior single-seater racing, tracking the progress of future grand prix stars. On one occasion where team-mate Rafael Camara used the two to get alongside at Les Combes, Antonelli only kept the lead after going through the run-off at the corner.
Meet 16-year-old Mercedes prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli who's 'ticking This weekends Sprint event at Misano consists of two races, and Antonelli will drive solo in a Mercedes AMG GT3 car in both. I receive a message from Toto Wolff after every race weekend, said Antonelli, who wrapped up his ADAC F4 title at the Nurburgring, quoted by Speedweek. So yeah, its just every single week, we see them all the time.. I have to say that the whole context is beautiful, the track is really well maintained - especially because Formula One also goes there - and it's nice to race there because it's also safe, you have escape routes and you can push without problems, make mistakes," he says, singing the praises of the track that was the scene of the famous fight between Verstappen and Hamilton in 2021.
Kimi Antonelli wins again: 'Motivation for the next championship' Instagram linked with the website : @kimi.antonelli.news, Instagram of Andrea Kimi Antonelli : @kimi.antonelli. When you work well together, you can assume good results and thats what we are doing at the moment and I hope we can keep going like this because Im really happy about it. My name is Chloe and the 6th of November 2022, naturally, I decided to create an Instagram account . On the surface, Antonellis 2022 setup is a continuity from when he made his debut. I mean now, also compared to UAE, our relationship is really strong and as I said before were working really well together. Antonellis F4 mileage before his debut included another test day with AKM at Vallelunga in June, then a Ferrari Driver Academy scouting camp that Italys motorsport federation nominated him for alongside another son-of: Brando Badoer. Bologna-born Antonelli, who was born the year before his namesake Kimi Raikkonen first joined Ferrari, will only know of Ayrton Senna through stories, books and video footage, but nevertheless. Now Antonelli has the equivalent of a season of racing experience under his belt, its time to analyse again and find out how the Italian has turned into a dominant force in one of the most competitive series below Formula 1. Its really helpful to be back, because we were racing in the ADAC before and we had all the data from that round so we could improve from those points. F4 Points.
And, as all the teams, we just tried to put the best work in. Driving for the Prema-supported Mumbai Falcons team he won the Middle East championship in February, and started his European championship campaign at Imola last month with a second place finish. He was also among the group of Mercedes junior drivers who attended the studio launch of the W13 car in February this year, when some were invited by the Sky F1 presentation team to ask questions of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Formula 4 and Formula Regional ace Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo Sprint debut at Misano this weekend, piloting a Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Antonelli Motorsport, the team run by his father Marco and mother Veronica. TOTO WOLFF has hailed young Italian prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli as one of the sport's hottest prospects. Even at the workshop. & But hes also part of the [job].. This year the driver will step up again and compete in the Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA), and is preparing for a potential move up F3 during 2024.
NEXT GEN: 20 of the most exciting up-and-coming talents on the - F1 There, the youngster rapidly worked his way to the top, bagging podium finishes in the final three races. "It's a track I like a lot, it's technical. And mostly he tries to push me more, to do more. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the Italian protege of the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team, will take the next step in his single-seater career next year as he steps up to Formula Regional Europe. Junior Driver. Antonelli turned 15 almost three weeks ago, and while he was old enough to race a single-seater car before then such as in Danish Formula 4 where Sauber junior Emmo Fittipaldi competes Mercedes had its own plans for its Italian star.
Its addictive, as much for those around the cars such as the teams and the media, as it is for the drivers. Unluckily I could do only half a day because the other day my team-mate broke the car and I had to give my car over, Antonelli said of the test. Formula Scout was in the Red Bull Ring paddock last September as Antonelli made his debut, and he and his engineer Pedro Matos spoke in detail through that weekend (which you can read here) about their preparation and the races themselves. All rights reserved. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes sensation Antonelli makes anticipated FRECA debut Photo: LAT Images Harry Smith Tuesday 25 April 2023 12:27 Mercedes ' teenage sensation Andrea Kimi Antonelli made his Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine debut over the weekend, competing in two races at Imola to kickstart the season. [1] Photo: FRME. In 2021 Antonelli made his debut in single-seaters for Prema Racing in the Italian F4 Championship, only three weeks after turning 15. Its still a very good learning tool for these kids. All rights reserved. Currently, he is competing in the Formula Regional Middle Eastern Championship with the Mumbai Falcons, where he is at the standings with three race wins and three further podiums. Now in the rain you dont really need a lot of pressure, but I think in the dry, every race, every time I was improving and I think for Mugello we will be ready.. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is a 16-year-old Mercedes driver being touted as a prodigy and future F1 champion by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, check out his brief bio, age, career titles and championships, and more. Thats what is quite challenging [it being all year] because its always very tiring.
[OT] Mercedes' 15-year-old junior driver Kimi Antonelli is set - Reddit Speaking to the Italian edition of Motorsport.com, Wolff was full of praise for young driver. Also the team. But I felt very comfortable with the car and we were really fast and finishing P9 is a great result. But theres a chance hell have even more, and if his form continues theres potentially more than two F4 crowns that are up for grabs. 10 of the best junior single-seater racing debuts. Three wins for the Italian. Before his single-seater debut, he had success in karting, which he began at age seven. Mercedes F1 junior Antonelli injured in world karting final crash, who recently made his single-seater debut in Italian F4, Lundgaard got the spark for the sport back by leaving F2 for IndyCar, F3 teams yet to start thinking about line-ups for Macau GP, Realisation I didnt need to engineer the car put Mansell on F3 podium, How a French racing school is helping one of Canadas rising stars, Van Amersfoort wants Eau Rouge to be changed as quickly as possible. Once the race was restarted, the OK world title was won by 19-year-old Callum Bradshaw ahead of Joe Turney, who contested a part-season in British F4 last season. Karting signs the beginning of his wonderful career in motorsports. Mercedes-AMG F1 junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli made his highly anticipated car racing debut in the Italian F4 championship last weekend. The former racer has form working alongside young talents, having engineered Oscar Piastri and Dennis Haugers maiden car racing campaigns before winning the Formula Regional Europe title with Frederik Vesti and continuing that relationship into FIA Formula 3 where he worked with Piastri too. The testing is really helpful because you can always try to improve yourself, Antonelli says. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the Italian protege of the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team, will take the next step in his single-seater career next year as he steps up to Formula Regional Europe. All rights reserved. I think he wished that race lasted for a bit longer because he was flying, said Matos. Any reproduction or republication of parts of this video owned by Prema is prohibited, unless Prema Racing has explicitly granted its prior written consent. Photo: FIA/KSP Reportages. Along with him being signed to Mercedes, the future is looking bright. Now he has won another championship. "I did very few days [of testing] because of the injury and let's say the Emirates was very useful because I got to know the car," he says, showing how the learning curve was very quick, given the final championship result. The aim of this page is to support Andrea Kimi Antonelli and pass informations on Kimi's supporters. Every time I was getting better, also in the car with the brake compared to yesterday I get better. In 2019 he won the WSK Euro Series and Super Master Series titles in OK Junior, and also placed second in the European championship and fifth in the world championship. Discover in this section, Championships in which Kimi Antonelli will take part in 2023. He races for karting super team Tony Kart, and is managed by Giovanni Minardi. Bologna-born Antonelli, who was born the year before his namesake Kimi Raikkonen first joined Ferrari, will only know of Ayrton Senna through stories, books and video footage, but nevertheless has adopted the three-time Formula 1 World Champion as a hero. Yeah that was planned. How an F4 team with Ethiopian origins plans to join Swiss racing history. Constans started work at Prema in 2017 as a simulator engineer, then got switched into a race engineer role in F4 two years later and worked with another Mercedes junior in Paul Aron. "Seeing how we did in the Emirates, I know that you can do very well and you just have to keep working well with the team and also try to improve. All rights reserved. Possibly the fastest lap recorded this weekend in Karting Genk: Home of Champions for the European FIA Karting Championship was that of Andrea Kimi Antonelli Official (Argenti Motorsport / Kart. This website is dedicated to Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a prodigious driver of Formula 4. Andrea Kimi Antonelli was born on 25 August 2006 in Bologna. Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. He is also set to clinch the Italian Formula 4 Championship, well clear with one three-race round remaining. Probably we can count 150 days were away, over a year, on the road. Throughout this series, we will highlight the driving talent we could see in Formula 1 in the future every week. That Spa weekend was a strong demonstration of Antonellis brilliance, and his friendly rivalry with Camara which looks like it could run into the coming years, and Constans says the second trip to the circuit actually posed a unique challenge because of his drivers earlier success. So definitely that move was planned.. Twelve-year-old Freddie Slater won the OK Junior final for Ricky Flynn Motorsport by just 0.075 seconds after a thrilling fight with fellow Briton Arvid Lindblad, who was later demoted to fifth by a penalty. After stepping up to the senior OK class for this season, he claimed the European title in September as well as the WSK Euro Series. As others have previously said, he is a future F1 World Champion.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli Biography - Net Worth, Career, Age, Parents Mercedes' new Kimi takes another step up the ladder towards F1 - PlanetF1 Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Formula 1 Wiki | Fandom The youngest ever winners in FIA F4 The Italian, who only turned 16 in August, has long been touted as a future racing star and joined the Mercedes junior programme in April 2019. Troncon also shared her first impressions of Antonellis debut after he converted his 10th place on the grid into ninth and the rookie classification win in his first ever single-seater race on Saturday. The target for 2023, you would imagine, will be Formula 3 as Antonelli continues along the career path towards F1 where in a few years time, perhaps even while still a teenager, Mercedes motorsport boss Wolff may be seeking an opportunity for him. Asked by the interviewer if one day we will sit together at a kart track and watch the young talent rise to the top, Wolff replied: We will watch Andrea Kimi Antonelli rise to Formula 1 and win races.. In fact, Andrea Kimi Antonelli won as a rookie in the championship held this winter between the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, proving once again that he is the rising star of Italian motorsport.
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