Perplexed by Kimi Antonelli’s struggles, Nico Rosberg believes Toto Wolff would get a lot more out of the Italian by confirming him for next season than he would be publicly critising him.

Antonelli has endured a challenging rookie F1 season with Mercedes after his early form gave way to a spate of retirements.

Nico Rosberg’s advice for Toto Wolff and Kimi Antonelli

Although Mercedes team principal Wolff initially brushed it aside as part of the learning experience, backing his driver to bounce back, a P9 at the Italian Grand Prix saw Wolff turn critical of the driver for the first time .

On the back of a disappointing Dutch Grand Prix in which Antonelli was slapped with two penalties for crashing into Charles Leclerc and speeding in the pit lane, the Italian and Mercedes had hoped

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