The Mercedes team has confirmed what will be its line-up of young drivers for this Formula 1 season, including the Spanish Luna Fluxa . The members seek to emulate the great success of George Russell , current driver of the German team, who joined the star in 2017 to make his first course in GP3, in which he was crowned champion.
The Danish Frederik Vesti , fourth in his two years in Formula 3, begins his second season as a young Mercedes driver moving up to Formula 2, where he will race with ART Grand Prix , and will be the only trick for the Germans in the prelude to the premier class .
- Italian-born Andrea Kimi Antonelli joined the team in 2019, winning two consecutive European karting titles. Step up to single-seaters this season to compete in Italian Formula 4 with ART Grand Prix, after being present in three races in 2021 in which he reached the podium. Son of fellow pilot Marco Antonelli, he has been considered for years (he is 15)
- Estonian Paul Aron also signed for the young driver program in 2019. In his case, he remains in the European Regional Formula with Prema, with whom he already achieved victories last season.
- Daniel Guinchard , British, is the last of those who will compete in single-seater categories and a new signing of the entity. Go up to the British Formula 4 after winning several British karting championships.
- The newest drivers on the program are those who race in karting, including Luna Fluxa , a Spanish driver who has always fought with the best in her categories. Luna will be competing on OK Junior this season and is the youngest on the show, having been born in 2010 and is 12 years old.
- The last driver will be Alex Powell , who will race in OK after finishing second in the WSK Euro Series and third in two other international karting competitions.
Toto Wolff , Mercedes team principal, welcomed them. “It’s going to be a very exciting year for our young drivers,” said the Austrian, who says he’s looking forward to seeing how they all progress.
For his part, driver development advisor Gwen Lagre also greeted the new signings and recalled that the program has brought Russell to the Mercedes first team, while James Vowles , the director of strategy at Mercedes F1, stated that They will work hard to give you all the support you need.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
