MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has backed Mercedes youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli to be Italy’s big “hope” in F1.
Antonelli has been part of the Mercedes young driver programme since 2019, and is widely regarded as the most impressive talent outside of F1.
Italy haven’t had an F1 driver since Antonio Giovinazzi, while the last Italian to win a race was Giancarlo Fisichella in 2006. “I’m very happy to know Kimi because on the paper he can be the future Italian hope in F1. So we stay a bit together sometimes, and he is a great guy I like a lot, we enjoy,” he said as quoted by
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