While Lewis Hamilton does not want to “encroach”, he has told Kimi Antonelli that he is there if he needs him.

Hamilton is happy to support his Mercedes replacement in what has been an at times challenging first half-season in Formula 1 for Antonelli. Mercedes promoted their teenage star to an F1 2025 race seat after Hamilton departed for Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton: Kimi Antonelli is ‘a really great lad’

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Debuting with a front-running team in Mercedes, at only 18 years old, as the replacement for Formula 1’s most successful driver, was always going to be a huge task for Antonelli. Though, it has been more of a struggle than the Italian would have expected at certain stages.

After regular points-scoring finishes at the start of his F1 career, Antonelli

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