Toto Wolff has always shouldered the blame for Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s huge crash on his first Formula 1 outing last year, with the Mercedes team boss admitting that dropping the teenager into the car at his home grand prix might not have been the best call.
Antonelli’s long-awaited debut lasted just 10 minutes before he crashed out of FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix. A huge shunt at Parabolica ended his running prematurely and left question marks, externally at least, over his suitability as a candidate to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in 2025.
