News Details

Antonelli ‘a danger' for George Russell – Marko

Jan.13 Kimi Antonelli is a 'risk' for Mercedes but a potential 'danger' for Mercedes incumbent George Russell. That is the view of Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko, as he reflects on why Mercedes decided to replace Lewis Hamilton with 18-year-old Italian rookie Antonelli for 2025 and beyond. Former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya thinks team boss Toto Wolff also signing Valtteri Bottas as reserve driver this year is a key strategic move. 'My reading is that Mercedes wants to cover itself with Bottas,' he said. 'He is the safety net in case it doesn't work with Antonelli and he knows it.' Antonelli is clearly one of the hottest talents to hit Formula 1 in recent years, but Marko notes that he...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 CEO claims ‘golden boy' Kimi Antonelli needs...

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has hailed Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi...
4mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton's ‘phobia of losing'...

Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has praised the...
4mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Zak Brown wanted to turn Ron Dennis' ‘Darth...

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed he wanted to turn the team’s brand...
4mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Jos picks highlight of Max Verstappen's F1 career that...

Max Verstappen winning his first Formula 1 World Championship on the...
4mo ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Detroit GP expected to remain downtown amid potential...

Following the conclusion of the Detroit Grand Prix, organizers have...

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Co-driver dies after crash during Jim Clark rally in...

Roberts, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene near Duns in the Scottish...
1w ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal now want 'outstanding' 29-G/A utility man who...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Aston Villa attacking midfielder...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal favourites to land 'wonderful' attacker who...

Athletic Club Bilbao attacker Nico Williams has been linked with a move to...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal want 30-G/A South American chosen the best...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Feyenoord attacker Igor...
22m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Ex-Arsenal academy footballer jailed over £600,000...

Emmanuel-Thomas was arrested after NCA officers seized cannabis being...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.