Mercedes Formula 1 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has responded to Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko's recent comments about the pressure on the Italian driver due to driving for a top team.

Antonelli signed with Mercedes for his rookie season in 2025, replacing seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton after his move to Ferrari . Hamilton's bombshell announcement that he was parting ways with the Brackley outfit, where he won six of his seven titles, brought a lot of attention to whom Mercedes would bring in to replace him.

While Antonelli is not at the team to fill Hamilton's shoes, the hype around his arrival was much higher than that around some of the other rookies on the grid. Marko claimed during an interview with F1 Insider that signing with one of the top teams in the c

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