Kimi Antonelli Takes Wheel at Mercedes

Can a teenager be part of the old guard? This spring 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli joins the small cast of drivers who will race in Formula 1’s 2025 season. Kimi, as he’s called, fills a slot on the Mercedes team that opened when 40-year-old Lewis Hamilton announced he was moving to Ferrari. Kimi will be the youngest person on this year’s F1 circuit, but neither biological age nor lap time alone determines status in this sport. Auto racing—for all the ­attention paid to individual drivers—is a group endeavor. Kimi joined Mercedes’s junior program at 14, and when he was promoted last year, one of the first things he said was, “I want to thank the team for the support they’ve given me in my career so far and the faith they’ve shown in me. I will be focused on getting better and delivering the best possible results for the team.” Welcome to the club.

This story appears in the February 2025 issue of Town & Country. SUBSCRIBE NOW

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