Mercedes a😼re set to make a “mistake” in their♋ choice of replacement for Lewis Hamilton.

That’s༒ according to Eddie Jordan, the former F1 team boss who worries for the rookie driver that is likely🌟 to step into Hamilton’s shoes.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the teenage talent who has come through the Mercedes ranks, is widely reportedꦍ to be stepping up into Formula 1 next season.

Mercedes are yet to confirm who will r𓄧eplace Ferrari-bound Hamiltඣon.

“I think he will go w🐠ith Antonelli even though I think it’s a mistake,” Jordan told his Formula For Success podcast.

“You are putting incredible pressure on him.

“Mercedes should be fighting for a constructors’ championship while they still l🧸ook after Antonel♒li, which is what Toto want to do.

“But putting him in the limelight, a rabbit in the headlights… you just don’t 𝔍want that. It’s n🍃ot fair.

“He’s not doing enough in Formula 2 at the moment to give me 🥂the inspiration that he i𒆙s ready to win grands prix and take on the pressure at Mercedes.”

It♒alian driver Antonelli is still only 17 years old, and bypassed F3 to ജstep into a rookie season in F2 this year.

He h🌃as won one sprint race and one feature race 𝔉so far.

But Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has reguღlarly spoken of Antonelli’s prodigious talent.

W꧃ith just three seats remaining to complete the 2025 F1 driver line-up (Sauber, RB and Mercedes) there are no high-profile candidates remaining to r🥃eplace Hamilton.

Wolff’s faith in Antonelli looks set to result in the 🐻teenager getting t♚he nod to pick up where Hamilton leaves off in 2025.