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Andrea Kimi Antonelli is already considerably more famous than champions of the Formula 2 series he’ll graduate to with Prema for 2024 tend to get. And while it represents a big step up, it’s clear that Mercedes expects him to swim
The promotion of 17-year-old Italian driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli to Formula 2 is causing a lot of excitement in the junior single-seater racing world. Antonelli has been incredibly successful in karting and junior single-seaters, earning numerous titles. His decision to join Prema Racing in F2 is being compared to when Lance Stroll made the jump from European Formula 3 to F1. Antonelli is considered the next big talent and his move to F2 is seen as a significant event. He is skipping the usual step of competing in F3 and going straight to F2 from the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. Mercedes, who signed Antonelli in 2017, has a specific project for him and believes this is the right path for his development.
Source: The Race
