Mercedes offers W13 run to highly-rated young driver in preparation for next season
Mercedes will get another chance to evaluate Andrea Kimi Antonelli by handing the 17-year-old a test in the team's 2022 car following the Belgian GP. Mercedes is weighing up whether the Italian F2 driver is a suitable replacement for Lewis Hamilton, who is joining Ferrari next season. The Brackley-based team is short of options after turning its back on Carlos Sainz and not wishing to sign a driver who has been released by Ferrari.
We haven't got a whole separate team of people that can do that. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Prema Racing Photo by: Prema Powerteam 'That's one of the realities of the cost cap is that you haven't got the test team that you used to have in years gone by and Kimi is pretty busy with his F2 calendar, which, when you're in Europe, is quite a focus. 'We've got more events planned. We're doing a day with him here in Spa after the weekend.
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