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Introducing F1's rookies: Mercedes undertakes a Verstappen-like project with Antonelli

For Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, it’s personal promoting Andrea Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 race seat with the Silver Arrows squad at just 18.

Wolff is viewing Antonelli’s sensational rise through the junior formulas as the chance to put right what went wrong in Mercedes missing out on Max Verstappen’s services back in 2014.

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