The FIA has received a request to grant Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli a super licence so he can make his F1 debut before he turns 18.

F1’s governing ♋body has been aske🐬d to allow the 17-year-old Italian, who currently races in Formula 2, to make his grand prix debut before he turns 18.

Antonelli already has the 40 super licence points required to race in F1 but he doe🅰s noཧt turn 18 until August 25.

🤡The FIA’s International Sporting Code states a driver “must be at least 18 years old at the start of the eventဣ of his first F1 competition”.

Under those rules, Antonelli would n꧂ot be allowed to race in F1 until the Italian Grand Prix in September at the earliest.

However, it has now been widely reported that a request has been made for the FIA to give “special dispensation” for Antonelli t🤪o make his F1 debut early.

This is not believed to have come from Mercedes, despit♔e Antonelli being their junior driver and rওecently completing his first F1 test for the German manufacturer.

There had already been rumours that Antonelli could drive for Williams -ℱ one of Mercedes’ customer teams - before the end of the current season.

Given that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon already holds a contract for next season with Williams, Antonelli would most likely replace168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Logan Sargeant, whose own deal expires at the end of 2024.

Speaking at the Miami Grand Prix, F1 presenter Will Buxton said: "[Kimi Antonelli] co🅺uld be making his F1 debut in Imola in a coupl✨e of weeks' time in place of Logan Sargeant.

"Sources appear to be quite reliable on this.

"They will need special dispensat൩ion from the FIA to run him as he is underage at 17 years o✅f age.

"But the team have, to my understanding, already applied for that di꧙spensation from the FIA.”