Mercedes F1 junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli will move to FIA F2 with FRECA’s Prema in 2024 after winning the title there.
Prema Racing has announced that Italian racing driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli will compete with the team in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Antonelli, who started his career as a monoposto with PREMA at the end of 2021, has enjoyed great success so far, winning five titles in less than two years before joining next season in the highly demanding F1 Junior It will be a step into the series.
An outstanding kart racer, Antonelli won a sensational double driver title in the Italian and German F4 championships in 2023, racking up a record number of wins in the process. After the end of his regular season in FIA Motorsport he competed in the Formula 4 Cup games, winning the gold medal and contributing to Italy’s overall success.
At the beginning of 2023, he was crowned Formula Regional Middle East Championship with three wins and seven podiums. Antonelli was a contender from the start when he entered the Formula Regional European Championship, one of the most competitive junior series at international level.
He put in a great performance that led to a stunning victory in the Drivers’ Championship with two races left in Zandvoort. Antonelli, who has been a junior driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team since the beginning of his career, will support the team in his 2023 FIA F2 Postseason test which will take place at Yas His Marina in Abu Dhabi.
René Rosin: “We are proud to welcome Kimi to our FIA Formula 2 team. He has been with us since the beginning, so we know him very well. But I’m especially proud of what he’s achieved in his first two years playing full-time in Formula racing. Kimi is a talented racer and a great team player, so I’m looking forward to seeing how the 2024 season goes. And we’re focused on helping him make this move as smoothly as possible.”
Antonelli: “I am very happy for this opportunity. It will be a big jump from Formula Regional to Formula 2. I know it will be a big challenge because the standards are very high. It will be a new car for the guys, but it will still be hard. I don’t want to give any expectations, so I will learn as much as possible during testing in preparation for the first race, have fun as always and do a good job. is. I started my single-seater career with PREMA, so I’m very happy to continue with PREMA. Also, PREMA is my second family. I love working with them. ”
[Note: Story corresponds to press release]
