After an impressive start to his single-seater career, the highly-rated 17-year✨-old has been fast-track🐠ed to F2 for this season, where he will race for Prema. 

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

Antonelli may find himself in with a shot of landing an F1 drive with one of Mercedes’ customer teams, according to .&n💃bsp;

Barretto said the 2023 Formula Regionaꦿl European and Middle East Championship champion “could yet be a contender for a seat next year”.&✤nbsp;

“While there would be no room for him at Mercedes, Toto Wolff could perhaps look to place him at another team 🌊to build up his experie🍌nce,” he continued. 

“He did j🍒ust that with George Russell at Williams – and they mi🐓ght 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 long-term future is by no means sec🎐ure. 

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