Prior to the Italian Grand Prix last August, Mercedes announced that Andrea Kimi Antonelli would slide into the vacant seat by Lewis Hamilton, and he became the third driver in the Formula 1 history. Ta. The announcement took place a few days after Antonelli's 18th birthday.
It's certainly a celebration, but young drivers have recently reached another milestone.
Passed his driving test.
Antonelli announced that he had passed the driver's license exam and shared photos on a social media on Monday. In the caption that “the mission has been completed,” Antoneri was standing up his thumb from the driver's seat of Volkswagonglf.
The history of F1 is full of humorous stories of drivers who are struggling to pass the road drive test. For example, Max Verstappen I recently made a joke He almost failed in his first exam. “The judge told me to go to the right, I left,” Verstappen recalled last year. “Then I didn't give up the way [to pedestrians at a crossing]。 He was not very happy. I discussed with him because they thought they were not actually at the intersection.
“Yes, lucky [pass]。 If I didn't, that would be pretty embarrassing. I think he was kind to me. “
The Genson button was not so lucky. He said that the champion of the 2009 F1 driverRacing modeAccording to his instructor.
Regarding Antonelli, his successful test comes before his first full -time season in F1. It also comes after a change of FIA regulation that needs to obtain a road license before driving in F1. After Verstappen made his F1 debut at the age of only 17, the FIA has established a regulation that requires a driver to hold a valid driver's license at the age of 18. However, the FIA speculated that the regulations were deleted last June and opened the door last season to make their debut.
It didn't happen, but Antonelli was prepared with his FIA Super License, putting a road license in his pocket for his debut with Mercedes this season.
