168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell has described Andrea Kimi Antonelli as “exceptionally fast” and that he has “no doubt” he’s going to be a close match at Mercedes in F1 2025.

Antonelli was officially announced as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s replacement for the ℱ2025 F1 season at the Italian Gr🔥and Prix.

The 18-year-old has spent just one year in singꦇle-seaters before m🍃aking the move up to F1 next year.

While Antonelli has already shown great pace in F൲1 machinery, his first outing for Mercedes in FP1 at Monza didn’t end well.

Antonelli crashed within the opening few mi🃏nutes of his first run in FP1 at the infamous Parabolica corner.

Assessing the challenge of Antonelli next year, Russell said: “I think I’ve always believed that you gain a lot over time with꧙ experience, in terms of how to deal𓃲 with the race weekend, the tyres, the team, but I don’t believe I’m any faster today on raw pace than I was when I was 17 years old

“And I think you’ve either got the speed or you do🥂n’t♚ have the speed, and Kimi absolutely has the speed. He’s proven that in all of his categories.”

While Russell sits behind Hamilton in this year’s drivers’ championship, ther𒅌e’s no doubt that the former Williams driver has haﷺd the edge over one lap.

Russel🐬l admitted he’s “looking forward to a new challenge”🎀 alongside Antonelli.

“There will be mistakes on the way as there were for all of us – I think every single driver on the grid in Formula 1 in the🅠ir first couple of seasons made very visual mistakes, and that’s going to be obviously highlighted more for an🌳y driver who’s at the front of the field,” he explained.

“But Kimi’s exceptionally fast andꩵ I’ve got no doubt he’s going to be really keeping me on my toes next year, and I’m really looking forward to a new challenge.

“Three years working with Lewis has been exceptional, but I’m really looking forward༒ to seeing what we can do together from next year onwards.”