Ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok has warned Andrea Kimi Antonelli that h🌼e’s “expected to deliver” even if Mercedes aren’t in title contention in 2025.

Antonelli will make his F1 debut with Mercedes, replacing168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton.

The Italian, often referred to as Mercedes' wonderkid, has been dubbed potentially the ‘next 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’.

Antওonelli faces the daunting challenge of filling the shoes of a seven-timౠe world champion in a top team like Mercedes.

Mercedes may decide focus on 2026 - when the new regulations are introduཧced - giving Antonelli less pressure in his rookie season.

However, Chandhok belie🐟ves he will still need to perform immediately💃, regardless of Mercedes’ competitiveness.

“No, I don’t think so. I think whether you’re driving for th🌜e team who finished 10th in the championship or the team at the front of the grid. As a rookie in F1, there’s nowhere to hide,” Chandhok said on𝐆 the Sky F1 podcast.

“For Kimi Antonelli, the fact he’s coming in as a rookie but with a top team means 🧸you’re expected to deliver, as Lewis was when he arrived at McLaren when he got nine podiums off the bat. Alsoဣ Oscar Piastri, he’s shown in the last two years.

“The expectations on🔴 rookies are high. You can’t just be there saying, ‘I’m here to learn.’ That excuse is gone with the likes ﷽of Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell, Lewis before that. These rookies have just raised the bar of expectations.”

Rookies reshuffle the F1 2025 grid

Antonelli isn’t the only rookie joining the F1 grid꧃ in 2025🌃.

Oliver Bearman will make his full-time debut at Haas alongside E🍎steban Ocon.

Ocon’s repl❀acement is Jack Doohan at Alpine, while Gabriel Bortoleto has been given the nod over Valtteri Bottas at Sauber.

Isack H🦩adjar could also join t♊hat list if Red Bull decide to promote Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda, potentially opening up a seat at VCARB.

The arrival of several rookies means there🃏 will be no Bottas꧃, Zhou Guanyu, Kevin Magnussen or potentially Sergio Perez on the grid next year.