![]() In contrast to the Red Bull equivalent, the Mercedes Junior Programme is far more selective. Andrea Kimi Antonelli - Formula Regional European.Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images Mercedes current young drivers In karting, Spanish-born Thai Enzo Tarnvanichkul makes it three current Red Bull Juniors who, ironically, share their given names with the founder of one of the Milton Keynes squad’s biggest rivals!įrederik Vesti, Prema Racing, leads Victor Martins, ART Grand Prix In the Spanish F4 Championship, French youngster Enzo Deligny is already a race winner with Campos Racing. The most competitive of all the F4 championships in the world is the Italian, and it’s Red Bull Junior Arvid Lindblad leading the way – the Briton is in his first full season of car racing with the all-conquering Prema Racing squad. ![]() Also with Hitech is Japan’s Souta Arao, who is racing in Britain’s GB3 series but has yet to repeat his impressive form from last year’s French F4 Championship. That influx of Red ‘Calves’ to F2 leaves just one in Formula 3, in the form of Sebastian Montoya, the son of Juan Pablo learning his trade with Hitech. And Norwegian Dennis Hauger is a race winner with MP Motorsport. American Jak Crawford and Frenchman Isack Hadjar have teamed up at Hitech, like Maloney in their rookie season after stepping up from success in F3. ![]() Enzo Fittipaldi – grandson of two-time world champion Emerson – and Barbadian Zane Maloney are also performing well for Rodin Carlin. Japanese Ayumu Iwasa was already a Honda protege when he was picked up by the scheme, and he is an outside title bet with the DAMS team. No fewer than six Red Bull Juniors are racing in F2. In an arena that is ferociously competitive, he’s firmly in the mix for the crown. He’s currently occupying Gasly’s old seat in Japan’s Super Formula series with the Honda-powered Team Mugen squad. Liam Lawson is unquestionably the prospect closest to an F1 breakthrough. Under the stewardship of the notoriously difficult-to-impress Helmut Marko, it’s been in existence for over 20 years now, and has produced world champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen plus grand prix race winners Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly.Īlex Albon and Yuki Tsunoda are other graduates on the 2023 F1 grid, while further alumni include Formula E champions Jean-Eric Vergne and Sebastien Buemi, World Endurance and Le Mans conqueror Brendon Hartley, plus Daniil Kvyat. The Red Bull Junior Team is the daddy of them all. Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Red Bull & AlphaTauri current young drivers So who are the crop of youngsters under the wings of the F1 teams, and where are they racing? Some of these ‘academies’ are more extensive in their training and budgetary support and more effective than others, but at least it shows that the F1 elite are keeping the door ajar for those who are good enough – and helping them on their way. ![]() There are no fewer than 48 candidates across the junior programmes of the F1 operations – some of whom weren’t even born when Lewis Hamilton made his F1 debut, let alone Fernando Alonso! Some drivers even return to the cockpit of F1 machinery after time away because they’re seen as a better option than giving a newcomer an opportunity.īut that’s not to say that teams aren’t scouting the next generation.
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