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The Mercedes Junior Team is a driver development programme by the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team to help promote drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team. All eligible drivers have been promoted to Formula One, with Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon and George Russell, the latter driving for Mercedes from ...
There are five former drivers of the Mercedes junior team, three of which have driven in Formula One. As of 2024 [update] , George Russell is the only driver to have driven for Mercedes, having done so since 2022.
The 18-year-old Antonelli, a graduate of the team’s junior program, will partner with George Russell at Mercedes following the departure of seven-time F1 champion Hamilton.
The Red Bull Junior Team have graduated 15 members—and two former members—to Formula One, noted for their use of a second team to promote junior talent under the wing of Helmut Marko. [4] As of 2024, Red Bull have coached two World Drivers' Champions, both winning their titles with Red Bull Racing: Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. [5]
A member of the Mercedes Junior Team since 2019, [a] Antonelli made his free practice debut in Formula One at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix. He is set to compete for Mercedes from 2025 onwards, replacing Lewis Hamilton to partner George Russell .
F1 Academy is a spec series; all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a 165-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica. [1] For the 2024 season, all 10 Formula One teams support one driver and have their livery on that driver's car.
Doriane Pin (born 6 January 2004) is a French racing driver who is part of the Iron Dames programme and the Mercedes Junior Team. [1] She is set to compete in F1 Academy and the Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing.
Russell signed with the Mercedes Junior Team in early 2017, [53] due to the high cost of racing in the junior categories. [54] He had previously spent 2016 as a Mercedes simulator driver. [ 55 ] In addition, he impressed Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff with a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation explaining why Wolff should sign him.