Mercedes prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli has crashed just minutes into his F1 practice debut at the Italian Grand Prix. 

The 18-year-old, who is heavily tipped to replace Ferrari-bound 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton next season, spun off into the barriers at Parabolica less than 10 minutes into Fri🔯day's opening practice session at Monza. 

Antonelli had already set a time good enough for fourth in the early FP1 timesheets and had just set a purple middle sector before losing control of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell's Mercedes at the final corner. 

The Italian was unhurt in the collision but it marks a far from iไdeal start to the weekend for Mercedesജ.

Hamilton, driving the other Mercedes, was the fastest driver o꧃n track at the time of Antonelli's incident, which red-flagged the🦋 session.

Antonelli's crash was a blow to his hopes of making an impact on🧸 home soil in Italy.

In front of his compatriots, hisไ first spell in an official F1 season ended miserably.

It w🍨as also a less-than-ideal start to a weekend where Antonelli might hope to be confirmed as a 202ꦕ5 Mercedes driver.

Hamilton's switch to Ferrari🐻 next year means Mercedes have been hunting for a replacement all season.

With only a few seats remaining before the 2025 F1 driver line-up is com♏plete, Mercedes have nowhere else to turn so it seems like they intend൲ to back the prodigiously-gifted Antonelli.

Wolff's faith in Antonelli long-term has been compared to Red Bull's decision to put a teenage Max Verstappen into the car. ꧂;