Karun Chandhok thinks Mercedes are ‘protecting’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli after what the Formula 1 pundit saw the Silver Arrows do after a mistake by their future 2025 driver. Antonelli will become the third youngest F1 driver of all time when he registers his debut for Mercedes at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Next season’s calendar will start on March 16 in Melbourne, at which point the Italian hotshot will be aged 18 years, six months and 19 days. Only Max Verstappen (17y, 166d) and Lance Stroll (18y, 148d) will have started a Grand Prix younger than Antonelli will be in Australia. Yet Merced…
