Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has passed his driving test six weeks before the opening of his F1 debut season in the Australian GP.
Kimi Antonellithat turned the minimum driving license of 18 years last August, replaces the seven times the world champion who has been transferred to Ferrari this Formula 1 season Lewis Hamilton and drive George Russell alongside.
The Mercedes team celebrated an Italian driving license on social media, where Antonelli is posing for a thumb, showing a driving school in the car.
Already before his driving license, Antonelli, which was promoted to the top promise of Mercedes, passed the superlial for the F1 series.
Antonelli has already conducted several thousand kilometers of tests with F1 as he prepared for his debut season. He shares a three -day test sculpture with Russell in an official test in Bahrain 26-28. February.
The F1 season will be boosted on March 16 at Melbourne, when Antonke will be the third youngest driver in F1 history at the age of 18 and 203 Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen after.
Verstappen, who has been hugging the last four world championships, won the opening win of his F1 career in 2016 in the Spanish GP while in the Red Bull wheel 18 and 228.
Antonell has a seam to break the record, but it would require a profit from the first three F1 races of the season.