Mercedes have reportedly whittled down their ideal options to replace Lewis Hamilton to two drivers.
's Lawrence Barretto, who reports that teenage sensation Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the driver Mercedes ideally want to fill the seat which will soon be vacated by seven-time world champion Hamilton, who is joining Ferrari in 2025.
If Mercedes deem that Antonelli isn’t quite ready for the step up, current Aston Martin driver and two-time world champion“It is believed that for whatever reason, the Spaniard is not in the top-two on the team’s shortlist ,” Barretto wrote as he considered Sainz’s possible options after losing his Ferrari seat.
“It is believed they are happy to wait until the summer at the earliest – and that could be too long for Sainz to wait for fear of losing another project.”
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