Why Mercedes wants Antonelli to 'grow into' F1 and 'make mistakes'

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01/03/2025 10:15 AM

On the face of it, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff giving an interview to Auto Motor und Sport carefully downplaying expectations surrounding rookie driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli seems like a typical piece of off-season 'noise'. Very little of it would provoke angry debate in the sanctified halls of the Oxford Union.
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