Is Oliver Bearman vs Andrea Kimi Antonelli a key F1 battle 💃between future champions?

British teenager Bearman has already penned a deal with Haas to be promoted from For🌃mula 2 in 2025.

He is likely to be joined on the F1 grid by Antonelli, who is the out🧸standing candidate to replace Lewis Hami🅘lton at Mercedes.

“We’ve always been following each other and stepping up arounꦗd the same time,” Bearman told Sky Sports.

“I’ve kn🍰own Kimi for a long time, we raced each other a little bit in F4, a lot on the simulator. Now we are team-mates in F2.

“I hope for him𓆏 that he will be in F1 as well because he deserves itও.

“One day𝐆 I hope to fight for a ౠworld championship with him, because I think that’s the trajectory that we’re both aiming for.”

Bearman and Ant🍌onelli are both representing Prema Racing in F2 this year.

Bearman won the spri𒆙nt in Austria, wh♛ile Antonelli has won the sprint at Silverstone and the feature race in Hungary.

Antonelli i💟s seventh in the championship, Bearman 15th.

More significantly, Bearman made a hugely impressiv🥃e F1 debut earlier this season.

He depuꦅtised for the unwell Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari i✱n Jeddah, finishing ahead of fellow Brits Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris.

Bearman🐲 could even become a future Ferrari teammate of Hamilton’s.

“I think Ferrari is one of the most iconic brands in the world, of course within racing and F1,♏” Bearman said.

“If you draw a car, it’s red. It’s a brand that’s synonymous w💎ith racing, with victory, with success and with fantastic drivers as well.

“To have made my debut with Ferrari, that hasn’t happened for a very long time. The fact that I became the 𓃲y🔴oungest Ferrari driver was something very special for me.

“Of course, I want ဣto win world championships. To do that with Ferrari is my dream. They’ve been suppor💙ting me since 2021. They’ve seen something from me early on.

“Thꦑey decided to trust in me, and even just to put me behind the wheel in Jeddah was a 🔯big risk from Ferrari’s side.

“That shows that they believe in me, that they t🤪rust in my capability, and of course one day I would love to win a championship, especially with Ferrari.”