This is an AWFUL Idea...
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2024
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli is potentially the most hotly tipped young driver in the history of Formula One, but I think if the rumours are true that he may make his debut for Williams at the next round of the championship in Imola, then it's an AWFUL decision, here's why...
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Gonna start an online petition for Will to run round Monaco naked
i sign
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Oiled up?
The principality or the F1 track?
@@julian2626 yes
Never thought I'd see the day you advocated for Sargeant's seat
He'll be advocating for Stroll next.
Sargeant isnt that bad, when you consider he got rushed into f1 and is driving a williams, hes doing alright, hes not setting the world on fire but hes OK
@@ToyotaCorolla-qs7mlthere is a difference between just being slow and being slow and crashing. He's bankrupting them.
@@JohnSmithShieldshe doesn't need anyone but his dad to advocate
@@sprolyborn2554you say that but Albon has destroyed more cars than Sargeant this season.
another reason to not bring kimi in so quickly is look at sargeant, he wasn't given time to develop in f2 nd is just now finally starting to look half-decent at least.
I literally had the same thought
Well Logan was shit in Junior formula so is it really a surprise?
Half-decent? Bruh. There is no way Antonelli can be worse than what LS has done already in terms of cost of damages to the car / finishing last most of the time.
If he can't be worse (i doubt so very much he would be) then why not. I do not see Logan improving, I mean he hasnt in a year and a half, new regulations round the corner....man I cannot wait til these placeholder drivers are finally gone when 2026 roles around.
@@xGUANdeLUPExThere is no way he could be worse than LS? Have you heard of Mazespin?
@@xGUANdeLUPEx your clearly blind, or at least need to go to Specsavers. As someone who has been watching Logan every race (as a Big Williams fan, I pay 90% of the races, quali and free practises watching the Williams cars.) Logan has SIGNIFICANTLY improved, over 1 lap pace he has looked faster than Albon all weekend. Logans race pace is not far off Albon at all, never has, but its been getting closer. Last year Sargent in a sh*t box was around 0.4ths slower than Albon in quali. This year he has been around 0.2ths, many times being closer including the sprint quali which he was faster. Sargent was rushed into F1 too early, and has needed time to improve and grow. Also Sargent is now finally settled, and near Albons level. Yet your saying that Williams instead of believing in their own driver program should go back to being Mercedes B team instead of having the balls to be their own team with a backbone... Also Logan hasnt cost Williams this year... Taking Sargent out would be simply stupid, let alone replacing him with another rookie, whose not even loyal to Williams!! With that intelligence its a miracle your still alive. 'Placeholder drivers' is so stupid, what do you think is gonna happen in 2026 ? new regulations means that their will be new drivers - their is zero correlation and causation. Go find a different sport, maybe counting up to 10 might be the right challenge for you
My headcanon is that Vowles and Wolff are so salty about 21 and now the departure of Lulu that they want to have their own Verstappen story with a very young prodigy...
Fast-forward to 2027 where Hamilton and Antonelli on the same point at the last race and Antonelli would overtake Hamilton at the last lap to win the WC. XD
oh god. Imagine the tifosi being torn like that 😂😂
You do realise Toto and Vowles aren’t in some alliance together right? Like Toto has previously said to Vowles “Put X driver in your Williams car” and Vowles sensibly said no, especially if that would mean that they’re just going to be a “feeder team” to Mercedes.
Antonelli will suffer worse than Sargeant if he comes in now, think about how Sargeant has floundered after being thrown into F1. Now make it even worse.
Well if you watch junior formula you would have known he is shit so it's not a surprise he is worse than Latifi.
Kimi would destroy Alex if he actually gets the seat in 5 races
Sargent is a pay driver moron. His dad is a rich trump supporter.
True
Base on what evidence? I don’t think putting Kimi in a Williams seat mid season is the best idea but the kid has been extremely impressive and consistent in the several F1 he’s done recently. I definitely want to see him replace Hamilton for 2025 though.
Sorry, there's a big difference and it's called talent.
I am not saying they should put Kimi in now but I am saying, if they did, he won't fare as badly as Logan has. That's almost guarenteed.
Why create a rule if it will just be broken when requested?
Ask Jonathan Weatley
That's literally most of the western world. The rules are there for the scrubs, not the elites.
So in 'emergency situations' (e.g. Ferrari calling Bearman up for a race after Sainz had to get surgery, or Alpha Tauri calling up Liam Lawson after Danny Ric got injured last season) its fine. But this isn't an 'emergency situation'.
@@calumbishop7082 I don't what you are arguing about both of them were over 18 so they didn't required a special derogation
Stop using such high quality logic!
I feel like I'm crazy for stating something this obvious, he's not ready.
Fr, Kimi has so much talent and rushing him into F1 might kill his career
How is he not ready if bearman is ready? This kid is literally outperforming bearman without any f3 or f2 experience.
Most definitely, going from freca to f1 within a year is just stupid. Would definitely be a career killer, he would just go in a downward spiral
Agreed. This will hurt him more than help him
He's PROBABLY not ready, and that's the critical part. As Will said, F1 keeps wrecking careers because of this s**t, but they don't care how many careers or lives they wreck, so long as they get the edge over other teams and get a bigger bank balance for themselves (I include driver managers in this).
I feel like everyone in F1 has collectively lost their minds. Ok, the kid won a bunch of championships mostly full of pay drivers and rich kids at an anatomically low level but bumping him into F2 has just proved how unprepared he was for that, let alone F1. If this isn't just an attempt to get him into FP1 sessions and is really a push for a raceseat, he's gonna drown.
Not necessarily. His team are struggling for pace (Bearman is doing even worse). Yes F2 are all same cars but teams still v important
kinda crazy that a 17 year old and brad pitt are getting super licenses before colton herta
Hahahha
On an unrelated note
I have a really bad dad joke
How many laps has Max Verstappen led?
Emilian
Ba-dum-tsh
Get out
😂@@TheoF1
I almost don't get that
@@TheoF1 damn tough crowd 😂
@@meowiguess903 His full name is Max Emilian Verstappen and Emilian sounds like A Million
Some people are really desperate to have another Max Verstappen. Any young talent with good results in lower categories now just get put straight into an F1 car with the hopes that they suddenly start scoring points.
Sainz is criminally underrated
overrated af
Which teammate did he beat? Answer, no one.
Sainz is better than Hamilton.
He will get a good seat next year.
@@robertwhitten265leclerc 😅
@@robbienl8176 points since teammates: Leclerc 771 - Sainz 693,5😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
I could wish for the F1 circus to be a bit more decent towards certain aspects of the humane side. You signed Sargeant for ‘24, you sit out ‘24 with him. Drivers are not dolls to be cast aside as soon as you don’t wanna play with them anymore. Logan is a real person. He has dreams, he worked on his career. I’m like that, aren’t you?
If he falls through, at least let him land softly. He deserves that. Not through meritocracy, just for being human.
I would feel so bad for Logan. On top of the FIA is once again breaking their own rules, again. They should really rethink their management
It's too early to have him promoted to F1...
His F2 season is not going well so far despite some glimpses of brilliance, and he needs more time testing.
In addition, I don't see FIA giving any exception, especially after the Kimi Raikkonen entry drama all the way back in 2001.
Kimi needs to start his first F1 race between Stroll and K-Mag. That will be the true test.
It's because he's called Kimi and looks like a young Senna.. He'll be a dud compared to expectations I'm afraid. He'll have to be as religiously meditative as Senna to handle the pressure on him in F1
i'm just sick in general of Williams acting like they deserve special treatment because they were good in the 80s and 90s (and then mismanaged to hell) and they act like Sargeant is the one thing holding them back. last time i checked he and Albon have the same amount of points and Albon is the one costing them $$$ this year with more experience
Well, one does finish a full minute behind the other more often than not, if he finishes at all.
@@darrenr3503 at the end of the day they both score 0 points
@@mahgeetahhand if tomorow williams achieve it goals to be compétitive and Can score p6 with good drive, LS will be 1mn off p6
I do not understand why Antonelli is the one that Mercedes want as their other junior driver Paul Aron is standing P2 in the championship (Still 15 points behind Maloney) and their other junior Vesti, who finished 2nd last year in F2 but was 100% the best driver that season are also options. Like, he's talented for sure but do we really need to rush this kid? Are these two, who are at the moment better not deserving of a chance in F1 then?
Then he'll hog a seat for 5-8 years before people can actually admit he isn't working out. Then he'll go to Ferrari.
Aaron was dropped after last year. Couldn’t have 2 drivers in f2
@@bobdrooples worst case scenario for Antonelli is that he is another Ricciardo
Toto is still a bit salty over missing out on Max when they had the chance now Kimi is the "new max verstappen" and its all the hype (Im sure the kids good but you know, its ALOT of hype around it) plus for some reason Mercedes and Toto think that the driver will fix their team issues considering just how much they want Max *now*
@@pachakutimundi6813 i like you, yes. Big steaming number 2 doing number 2 things... whatever the teammate. Honestly, Mazepin had a better junior résumé, didn't he?
I actually feel a bit bad for Kimi. Like he's been overhyped so much, and I doubt he'll ever perform in a way that matches the hype he's already received. Not that he's bad, but the talk about him makes it look like he's going to be the greatest F1 driver of all time.
On the topic of him going to Williams, a lot of people will just continue to see them as the baby Mercedes team and not take them seriously. If Vowles wants Willams to be a proper team, and not just a Mercedes side project, then it makes zero sense to put Kimi in the car, replacing their OWN junior driver. All they're doing is wasting money on someone whose sole job is to move on.
If Williams does replace Sargent with Antonelli im sure that will make those 12 American lawmakers overjoyed
I've heard so many people say that the superlicence could only mean one thing: race entry. It's refreshing to hear someone mention that you need one for FP1 as well. My money is full on it being a "marketing ploy". Not purely marketing, but a good italian driver at an italian track? If it was Austria next time, i highly doubt we'd see this request come up.
I think Merc also wants to have the opportunity to throw AKA into more FP1s, seen as how they can kinda stop trying to make lewis happy
He should absolutely not get a super license from the FIA per Mercedes request. There are rules in place what are the requirements for a super license and if does not tick the boxes needed he shouldn't get one. Let alone after skipping F3 and having had only a few F2 races.
I don't care what is the legend accomplishments are in racing. He looks like he's 12 years old. Compare that with how Max looked at 17.
Let's keep in mind that they're certainly our seasons when the driver competition is not what it might normally be I suspect that's the case here
I cant stand this kid being mentioned so much. Yes he is good in the lower classes but would let him grow through f3 and f2 to see if he really is good enough agaisnt the best.
Lets see how he does in f2 first before praising him to the moon and back.
Don't think he's going to be a F1 driver in 2 weeks if he's wandering around Italian F4 paddock this weekend.
I’m pretty sure you’re right with that Imola FP1 shout. James Vowles straight up denied that Kimi will be in the Williams instead of Logan in an interview earlier this weekend
Honestly, it is as bad an idea as it was to put Max Verstappen in F1 at an even younger age... and guess what, we all seem to be wrong there too.
I don't know what to think of it besides finally getting rid of 1 of 2 idiots on the grid. I doubt Stroll will be replaced mid season, but one can hope.
True but should we now put every f4 winner directly into f1if he wins in his first season ? makes f3 and f2 usless and does not change the point that max still needed time. I would say it would not have changed that Max is now World champion if he went through F2 until he wins it. In Antonellis case it does not change that he will have no chance winning a title in 2025 so let him chill in F2 and win it and come to f1 when everyone has to fight with the new rules to understand them and how other understood them.
Stroll we never be thrown out mid season unless a new investor in the team gets enough traction to throw him out. Alonso Martin for a little while longer ig
Were we wrong about Max? Obviously he deserved to get into F1, but would it have been that bad to wait another year or two?
You obviously never watched the first couple years of max in f1......
He didn't gain his nickname for no reason
@@Septimus_ii May have learned faster/by now, how to race wheel to wheel without yeeting the other driver(s) off the track, if he had stayed in lower formulae longer, where there's more wheel to wheel racing and the focus is on developing the drivers.
May have learned some humility too, which would have helped with the above, rather than being the entitled "twit" he has been, just like so many others hurried through.
Unbelievable how they’ll consider Sargeant, Antonelli, Lawson - all wall huggers in F2, and not say a word about Drugovich 🤯
If he really is going to be put into that seat, it's going to be a massive gamble just like with placing Max in F1 at 17. It can go just as well as with Max, or it could horribly wrong like how Logan is doing now. For a backmarker team that needs a lot of shaping up to do, it's a gamble that shouldn't even be something they're thinking about.
At the very least let him run through an F2 season first to see if he's ready before thinking about putting him in a seat. That would probably mean he'll get a debut by 2026 earliest, maybe in Williams if the tema decides to just keep him there until 2025 just to avoid having to find a driver to drive for just one year. I doubt he'll go straight up to Mercedes.
Exactly. Sargeant was always regarded as a very big promise in the lower formulas, but he was pushed into F1 too early and well... We can see how that's going. We don't know if Kimi will be a Max or a Logan, and I'd rather wait until he's ready, than burn him in the same way Sargeant has.
The thing is… Kimi is generally believed to be a generational talent - like Verstappen, like Leclerc, probably bigger than Norris and definitely bigger than Russell. If that’s who he truly is, it’s probably going to be hard to mess him up. You can literally just give him any seat, give him time and patiently wait for results - that’s how good he’s expected to be.
When it comes to replacing Logan… every single person knows Logan is doomed, just like every single person knows Kimi is going to stay in F1 for quite a while. Williams have nothing to lose by putting Kimi in the car - Logan is slow anyway and crashes often anyway, so it’s not as if they’re taking a massive risk or something.
@@morvlad Keyword there is "believed."
Yes he might be the next Verstappen, but until then you'd rather play it safe. Because the last time someone was hyped to be good, that was Nyck de Vries and his F1 career fell apart in 10 races. For every Verstappen, there's a list of other drivers that were thought to be ready, only to make a mess of themselves or underperform.
There's no guarantee that he won't end up like Logan on the simple reason that he doesn't much running in F1 cars or isn't ready yet. So until then if Merc really wants to send him to F1, 2025 would be earliest so that he can just focus on F2 and getting further testing and mileage in F1 cars through FP1 sessions. Until then, if Merc can play it safe, they likely would do so. At least for now it doesn't look like any team outside Merc and Williams are eyeing him for an F1 seat.
@@dustinabigan2776 I actually don’t disagree with playing it safe right now - I personally would rather see him finish the year in F2. My point is that he’s probably too good to completely fail - and that’s why Williams want him.
When it comes to early hype though… the teams have generally been able to find the absolute best talents for quite a while at this point. I would guess the last time such a hyped driver completely failed was Jan Magnussen back in the 90’s.
Teams have managed to find Jenson Button (even if he wasn’t ready at the time of his debut), Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen… and that’s only talking about relatively inexperienced drivers - we also had Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris, who ultimately also had no chance to fail.
The only hyped one to “fail” was Stoffel Vandoorne - and his situation was so extreme that we can’t really even blame him.
We can be pretty sure Antonelli won’t fail either.
When it comes to Nyck de Vries… there’s a reason why he didn’t make it to F1 after winning F2, the hype was never there. He just accidentally impressed in one single race in Monza, and the following expectations were completely unrealistic.
Also on a historical note, people thought Michael Schumacher was a once in a generation talent, so they put him on a WEC team and had him do a few DTM races. Both to give him a chance to prove himself and also as a chance to develop. And well that worked out very well.
If Logan is given the boot, America riots!
(But seriously, does Kimi have the results to justify bending rules to move him up so quick?)
Yes actually he does if you think Ollie bearman is ready for F1 because apart from Saudi Quali Ollie bearman has been destroyed by his teammate who unlike him haven't raced in F2, or F3
It's ok, they will get back something American in F1 from 2026.
@@busybillyb33 yeah, just not the American brand everyone wants (unless you're referring to Andretti-Cadillac, I presumed you meant Ford working with RB)
No, no we won't. F1 teams keep picking the worst examples of American driver talent and then try to say it is the region. There are so many better options in Indy alone but what these F1 elitists are doing is no secret. They pretend they are better but are utterly terrified of what happens when Andretti gets on the grid with an all American team.
@@BB_The_Impaler Snobbish Europeans thinking they are royalty, who paid for their asses in World War 2? That’s right, it’s the Americans.
Fucking assholes them lot, they and their FIA boss.
This is like putting a nascar truck series driver in a nascar cup seat which if you know would not end well.
You mean like Hocevar?
I mean he has talent.
Just put mick Schumacher in there why not
I mean at this point you literally can't crash any more than Sargent...every session.
Not a bad shout
@@gopr3117its literally a bad shout. Both are crash and error prone but atleast Sargent brings more money
Good video. I also heard some persona 5 music in the backgroud i think. Song from the kaneshiro arc
Hey Will, what is that music in the background in the intro?
Asking for a friend.
Just kidding, I have none, please tell me the music.
It's definitely something with me that I'm weirdly more focused listening to ace attorney soundtrack
Didn't they make a specific 18 and over rule for superlicences?
They did, which the request this week is trying to attempt to void
Breaking: Kimi Antonelli reportedly practicing the W13 in Imola only to replace Logan Sargeant in the Williams at Imola instead of entering the event with the W13.
This has already been disproven lmfao
all i have to say is: it cant be any worse than it already is
Only 1:30 into the video but had to stop you at “Closer the gravel trap than the podium” umm he the only time he wrecked was in a battle for a podium position in the sprint race and finished 4th the following day in the feature race. He hasn’t quite set the world alight so far but has made significant improvements race over race and hasn’t failed to finish in the points apart from that one sprint race. This was despite prema bottling the new F2 regulations especially evident in Baku.
The same can’t be said about his high rated teammate Oliver Bearman who’s finished behind Kimi in every race so far despite it being his 2nd season of F2 over Kimi being a rookie that skipped F3 (which is a massive jump in car performance). I feel like there has been more hate towards the kid than hype.
I’ve been following this kid since his Italian F4 championship (mostly because he uses the same racing number (12) as I did when I raced motocross as a kid and I’m a Mercedes fan) so of course I’m going to come to his defense a little harder than most would.
Edit: I’ll agree throwing him into Williams mid season may not be the best thing but I do want him to see him go directly into the Mercedes seat in 2025. The lap times he’s put down in the recent imola test were not only very impressive but very consistent. And I do think you’re correct the super license would be to test in an FP1 session rather than replacing Logan.
Everyone said Kimi promoting to F2 would back fire specially because his teammate is Ollie the bearman but look at what's happening apart from Saudi Quali has Ollie got close to Kimi? simply No.
Kimi has destroyed the Ollie bearman so far.
Kimi W13 test with as you said very very little F1 experience and still managed to do what Max does 0.059s difference in Stint 3 in the test of 12 laps
Kimi hasn't really shown he can perform at the top of his game in F2 yet, and as Imola is the next race for both series, it's not like he will get a chance to show improvement. If they want to give him the best chance as well as home soil entrance, they should wait until Monza.
well, after the results of Miami, no more Alpinewatch allowed because they are now competant :/
I agree with Will. Wait a year. If Sargeant is to be replaced, there are numerous experienced drivers standing by right now.
I challenge you to make a video comparing who was better: Logan Sargeant or Nikita MazeSpin
Meanwhile in australia gp:
Albon: "magnussen is very aggressive"
Pit: "that's not magnussen"
Pit: Its Ocon
I don't think he's that crash happy, he actually has a pretty decent record for NOT crashing in his championship wins. And whilst his season start has been somewhat unlucky, he's shown signs already of his pace - he's already outperforming Bearman, and only getting better. To me, he looks like one of those special talents that would immediately thrive if given a chance, and whilst he might be more crash happy in F1 than a veteran, he'll almost certainly be ahead of a big chunk of the grid in this respect. He ain't no Mick Schumacher.
He won't get his super license early, but he will get it this year, and I'm confident he'll be in F1 machinery before the year is out. FP1 most certainly, but I could see him in a cheeky race seat before the year is out.
good... this grid is so stale and drivers should be fighting for seats not occupy them for years literally providing nothing beside costs
But he's not exactly proving himself and he'll just block up a seat for 5-8 years before people actually realise and admit they dun goofed.
@@bobdrooples After the first three weekends he's outperformed his highly rated teammate Bearman, which in honesty is the only driver we can compare him to candidly. We don't know where Prema are setup vise compared to the other teams in F2. This guy has had special talent since karting, and I have no doubts he has what it takes to succeed in F1. That said, I don't think they should rush him up mid season.
This move reeks of desperation from a team that was so unprepared, they failed to have a backup chassis for multiple races in the same season that a US based team got rejected for "not bringing value to the championship" (because clearly, not having a backup car for multiple races is more valuable than a team potentially competing from day 1). All this does is rush the kid through to F1 completely unprepared in an attempt to save a season that just isn't savable. No one wins in this situation.
This will be a very risky move by Williams, if not very dumb. Kimi needs time to develop as a driver, no matter how good he is. As for Logan, he should start updating his resume for an lndycar seat, because it will be the best he might get after this season.
It's very stupid to get him in just let him finish F2 and then do it next year
Agreed
The issue is they can test him in williams this year and he could be in merc next year potentially...
Give him 2 years in F2 even, that’s perfectly reasonable especially if he’s in contention for the championship come then.
@@jamesvoneschen6603 Switch him to Super Formula if he wins.
2012 was great season to watch, looks like 2025 is gonna get f1 spicy again , good video mate 👍
Toto is so salty about 2021, Lewis suddenly leaving and also failing to get Max when the offer presented itself, he's desperately clinging onto the idea that Kimi will be Mercedes' own Max Verstappen.
Sooooo...Logan being ousted after Miami
Calling him crash prone because of 1 spin while trying to make an off-line pass around the outside of a turn is ridiculous. & its convenient how everyone thinks Ollie Bearman is ready for an F1 drive (I agree) but ignores the fact that Kimi has dominated Ollie on race pace this year
I wasn’t only referring to f2, there’s a similar trend of incidents in his f4 and formula regional performances. I’m not saying he’s a bad driver, he’s just not ready for f1 right at this second. The guys still 17 at the end of the day! 😂
@FP1Will granted, I didn't watch his f4/regional career intently, but even passively watching, I never had the impression of him as crash happy. He's clearly nowhere near his peak, but there's at least 3 guys on the grid rn that you replace with Antonelli and he would be an immediate upgrade.
@@FP1Willdon’t think he would have won championships in the way he did in junior categories if he was crash prone lol. Go look at Wikipedia and check his consistency. Not hard. Post Christmas ad revenue eh.
I mean if you watched the Saudi f2 race, he was way to aggressive during the race. It's bs that he did not get a single penalty since he kept dive bombing turn 1 hoping for the best and even drove Crawford off the road at one point.
He his Uber talented and has shown pace but he will have a rough f1 career (at the start at least) if he jumps in a seat now. I think people forget how many issues max also had when he first got into f1 and kimi is not on Max's level when he first entered.
@@KordellCaldwellI watched a few of them. I wouldn't say necessarily that he's crash happy but very aggressive. Like GR. Could probably do good at Williams. But think he'd cost them just as much money
Bottas back to Merc for 2025 does make a huge amount of sense. He was actually incredible to watch when not under pressure of a contract and I think he'd be driving knowing it's probably his only season there and just make the most of it and enjoy it, I think he'd keep George on his feet. It fits the jigsaw pieces for Sainz at Audi if Max doesn't leave RB to Mercedes (I think it's unlikely he will now) as I don't think Perez is probably going anywhere next year if he can pull * enough * points in. That would be at Zhou's expense though which would be a shame, though it's probably inevitable anyway. It's not going to change Logan's outcome at the end of the year, he's not driving in 2025 but it'd feel harsh to kick him out before the end of the season, and Kimi can come in for 2025 through Williams, maybe follow a similar journey to Russell as you said. If he's a generational talent in the making then there's no harm in looking after his development and keeping him close until he's ready for a top seat. I'd be quite happy to see those line ups for next year and I think sets up a really interesting field, especially when you have Kimi vs Albon and some incredible rivalries in 3-4 other teams. Bottas not moving actually could change the face of the grid next year, the seat at Mercedes could draw in someone from any of those teams and entire line ups could look very different. Especially with Magnussen's contract in doubt, Hulk's seat vacant and the VCARB drivers/seats on the table. Not sure if the Alpine boys are safe long-term but I think that Mercedes '25 seat and in proxy this Williams '24 seat are key to how the grid looks next year.
Is it me or is it a Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney background music? XD
I hope it happens. I’d love for him to get called to early and be a bust with how hyped he is
my exact same thoughts😂
Hear me out, I have watched Antonelli in F2 and he does really stand out so far in F2. He is going to at least need a few more years in F2 to develop as a driver. Now I think a driver to replace Hamilton is Ocon or Albon, and if Antonelli was to get a seat is could be with Williams or Audi
From the perspective of WIlliams it might be worth a punt. Sargent is already sticking the car into the barrier most weekend and when he doesn't struggles for pace. Sticking a potential prodigy into his seat most likely wouldn't increase their repair bill and would give them a better chance to have two quick drivers whilst having a lot more attention on the team.
James and toto both say they aren’t brining him in at imola
Did you say 17 ? I thought they put an 18+ age restriction for F1 after verstappen
Bottas to Williams seems more and more likely, but 1 year at Merc before swapping Kimi and Bottas would make a lot of sense for both... Kimi gets experience. Bottas gets another year with Merc while Williams gets right then takes on Bottas to further develop the car.
Rushing a kid this young into F1 with little experience in F2 is just stupid.
I think Latifi would be a better choice than Sargent. Only time he scored points was when other points scores got disqualified so why not go for a rookie max skipped F2 and turned out fine so why not.
Kimi, this is James, you will not have the seat, I repeat, you will not have the seat🤣
Toto is just very, very affraid he's gonna miss out on a prodigy due to age (again).
Kimi needs time in f2. He's skipped f3 altogether. 2025 is as early as it should be, however Seargeant is probably on his way, although his crash in Miami was clearly not his fault
Vowles wouldnt take Mick in for this year after seeing his testing and sim performances. He doest what he thinks is best for Williams. Seems that he has confidence in what young Kimi has shown. Also, it could be it was only disappointment over hopes in his home race, but Sargeant sounded so defeated on team radio over the weekend
Did everyone just forget about the "Verstappen rule", that you need to be over 18 to get a full superlicense? Kimi's 18th birthday is on August 25th this year, I doubt they'll make an exception for him.
He'll also need a regular road-going driver's license to qualify for the superlicense, and I'm not sure what's the age requirement for that in Italy (most likely 18, as in most of Europe), nor how long does it take to get one.
Toto just says fuck it and puts Logan in LH's seat, that's why Antonelli gets his place lol
I’ve been seeing for quite a while now that Mercedes should bring Bottas back in as a test, subject guinea pig someone to help them that they’re already familiar with to try and get them back on the up and up before they bring in Kimi because I feel like unless Mercedes get back on track they’re only setting their junior up for failure and I would not want to see a driver lose their career basically because the team they joined was falling apart, and I think at the stage of his career that Bottas is, he’s the perfect person to be a fill-in on a 1+1 contract depending on how Kimi does William allowing Mercedes to continue to use him until Kimi is ready.
What about the fact that 18 years old is the minimum age to get in to a formula 1 seat?? I'm very confused. Has everyone forgotten or am I trippin?
4:51 You don't require a super licence for a Friday free practice session. There is a much looser rule for this & it should not be a problem for underage drivers to take part in a free practice session on Friday.
Basically, assuming all three committees of the FIA really agree, this would open the door for other super(talents) (from other junior squads) rising early to the top class of open wheel racing.
Mercedes is doing everything it can too distract from the fact that this year's Formula 1 car feels even slower every weekend. I do believe that they are trying to secure this talent early on (preferably at Williams F1). Which could open the possibilty of even younger guys appearing in F1?
Also, Kimi should not underestimate his market value & maybe look for alternatives.
It will be interesting to see whether Kimi Antonelli's Formula 1 career really begins in mid-May.
It would be a shame to replace Sargeant after a good sprint result in Miami.
See how he goes in a William or an Alpine....... ??? Not good im thinking...
Surely they could get Bearman in the car. Experience before going straight to Ferrari and gives Williams time to make a decision
They aren’t replacing Logan this season. James said it himself. They have no plans to replace Logan this season.
1000% agree Logan showed great potential in the feeder series, rushed to F1 he’s shit
Antonelli hasn’t even done 1/3rd of the season, showing great potential tho but I guarantee you if he gets rushed and put in the car rn he’d do no better
Your takes have sadly been quite good this year… Mind telling us the bloody lotto numbers!
Bold of you to assume Sargeant would cross the finish line in Miami…
just a friendly reminder that Logan is 21st in a 20 car championship
Logic dictates a single practice indeed. And perhaps have a shoe in on case of issues with any of the drivers.
Merc should focus on fixing their car instead of looking for a replacement for a 7 time World Champion
Its a little unjust to put the AusGP24 crash into here as that was Albon. Not him.
Inb4 he joins de vries in formula e hell a few years later
Oh god…
Williams COULD do something really funny in snatching Felipe Drugovich from the Aston reserves, thus dooming them to have to find a new route to get rid of lance stroll 🙃
I think kimi is a massive talent and justified reasons on why everyone is talking about him, toto is putting all his eggs into that basket!
If Albon is joined by Bottas at Williams then I will be decked out in their meech head to toe next season. Please please please please please 🙏🙏🙏
Not saying that this would be a much better idea, but given that he turns 18 a few days before Monza, I highly doubt that they asked for the exception to have him in a race seat for an Italian GP
Or maybe they just want him to, if Logan get'S the boot, to do a Lawson. Filling in until they find some one else, so that he could get a feeling this year and come in full time next year. How knows Toto might even force that in rotation with Mick, he doesn't have to pay for the repairs^^
Nobody's gonna do it. We are going to enjoy more of Logan's brilliance in Imola and beyond. At least, Vowels has said so, and Toto as well.
So you're saying... there will be a new Kimi on the line up.
I personally think that sergeant was placed in f1 too early. And I really feel like it’s crazy unfair to be dumping him not even halfway through this season. He has had some fairly decent performances recently. Japan he looked actually solid he was in contention for points until Williams messed up his pit stop. All these rumors too are clearly getting in his head too. Who wouldn’t? It’s silly and if this does happen I’ll have lost a lot of faith in Williams. I’m not a fan of dumping a driver too early. Plus I think Albon has crashed more than sargeant this year. I am biased though because I feel like sargeant is the only chance we have to get an American on the grid.
Williams already confirmed Antonelli won’t be in their car at Imola.
Can't make a impression in f2 yet, maybe 2026.
I didnt think they could race F1 til they are 18?
Sir blessed snoop dogged things? I am confused 😂
I don't think drivers need a superlicence to take part in fp sessions do they?
Williams would be in hot water for favoring a Mercedes Junior in their seat- all the previous Mercedes Juniors in Williams were PRIOR to the Williams Academy existing.
"Come to the Williams Academy, join our team, then get one-upped by Toto's juniors!"
Fuck it all
bring in Ritomo Miyata to F1
Correct me if I'm wrong but he can't race in F1 being 17 years old. After Max they passed regulation stating all drivers had to be 18 or older. Unless he's turning 18 in the coming weeks in that case disregard my last.
This is what the super licence request was attempting to make null and void. If they fail you’re right he can’t race till August