Formula 1 is always looking for the next star and appears to have found its latest favourite sons in Prema pairing Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman, with the latter already confirmed as a Haas driver for 2025. But while drivers connected to the academies of current teams often steal the headlines, those without connections sometimes fly under the radar.
This has certainly been the case with Hitech’s Paul Aron, a Mercedes junior between July 2019 and November 2023, who has been a consistent figure at the front of the F2 field this season as a rookie. Despite not having a win prior to the summer shutdown – something that fellow rookie Antonelli has achieved twice – a steady stream of podiums has kept the Estonian at the sharp end of the standings, while others have come and gone in the top order.
