Mercedes F1 star in loved-up snap to celebrate ANNIVERSARY

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Mercedes star in loved-up snap to celebrate ANNIVERSARY

Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes F1 in 2025

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Monday 14 October 2024 22:57

An upcoming star of Formula 1 has been pictured on social media in a romantic snap with his partner, celebrating the pair's anniversary.

Stars of the track have had a mini-break from F1 over the past couple of weeks, with the action returning to COTA for the US GP this weekend.

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Mercedes currently sit fourth in the constructors' standings, 112 points behind closest rival Ferrari, who they will lose star driver Lewis Hamilton to next season, having been paired up since 2013.

Taking the British icon's place will be Mercedes junior Kimi Antonelli, a young talent whom the F1 paddock have been patiently waiting to welcome, with many branding him the next Max Verstappen.

Antonelli competes in F2 and is currently sixth in the drivers' standings, but impressed Mercedes principal Toto Wolff with his speed during his debut for the Silver Arrows, despite a crash during FP1 at Monza.

Kimi Antonelli will join George Russell at Mercedes F1 from 2025

Antonelli crashed on debut with Mercedes in FP1 at Monza

Antonelli celebrates anniversary

The 18-year-old is set to be propelled to F1 stardom next season as he joins Wolff's Mercedes outfit as George Russell's team-mate.

Currently enjoying a break away from the track before F2 returns to Qatar in November, Antonelli took to social media this week to celebrate outside of his racing achievements.

The Italian star shared an image of himself and his girlfriend via his Instagram story to celebrate their first year as a couple.

The young stars were initially pictured on the account of Antonelli's partner, Eliska Babickova, who herself is a racer and has competed in karting championships, becoming the 2023 Italian champion of the OK karting class.

Baibickova posted a loved-up image of the pair with the caption: "One year of us?", to which Antonelli replied: ❤️?, also posting his own tribute via his story.

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Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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