Andrea Kimi Antonelli
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Antonelli at the 2024 Barcelona Formula 2 round | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 2006 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Parent | Marco Antonelli (father) | ||||||||||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 team(s) | Mercedes | ||||||||||||||
| Car number | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Entries | 10 (10 starts) | ||||||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career points | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| First entry | 2025 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||
| Last entry | 2025 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈkiːmi antoˈnɛlli]; born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes.
Born and raised in Bologna, Antonelli is the son of sportscar racing driver Marco Antonelli. After a successful karting career—culminating in back-to-back victories at the direct-drive Karting European Championship in 2020 and 2021—Antonelli graduated to junior formulae. He won his first title at the 2022 Italian F4 Championship with Prema, before winning ADAC Formula 4 in 2022 and Formula Regional European in 2023 with Prema, as well as Formula Regional Middle East in 2023 with Mumbai Falcons. In addition to becoming a race-winner in Italian GT3, he also won a gold medal at the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games, representing Italy. Antonelli progressed to FIA Formula 2 in 2024, winning multiple races as he finished sixth in his rookie season.
A member of the Mercedes Junior Team since 2019, Antonelli signed for Mercedes in 2025, replacing Lewis Hamilton to partner George Russell and becoming the third-youngest driver in Formula One history at the Australian Grand Prix, aged 18, achieving his maiden podium finish in his rookie season at the Canadian Grand Prix. Antonelli is contracted to remain at Mercedes until at least the end of the 2025 season.