Germany Mercedes Junior Team
FoundedMercedes Junior Team (2014 (2014))
BaseBrackley, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Team principal(s)Gwen Lagrue (co-Director)
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (co-Director)
Current driversFIA Formula 2
Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Formula 4
Jamaica Alex Powell
China Yuanpu Cui
Karting
Spain Luna Fluxá
United Kingdom Kenzo Craigie
Websitehttps://www.mercedesamgf1.com/team

The Mercedes Junior Team is an initiative by the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team to help nurture talent from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team. All eligible drivers have been promoted to Formula One, with Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon and George Russell, the latter driving for Mercedes from 2022.

Current drivers

Driver Years Current series Titles achieved as Mercedes Junior Team member
Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli[1] 2018– FIA Formula 2 Championship Formula Regional European Championship
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
CIK-FIA European Championship - OK (2x)
WSK Euro Series - OK
WSK Euro Series - OKJ
WSK Super Master Series - OKJ
WSK Open Cup - OKJ
WSK Final Cup - OKJ
23° South Garda Winter Cup - Mini ROK
24° South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ
WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini
ROK Cup International Final - Mini ROK
Jamaica Alex Powell[2] 2019– Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship
Euro 4 Championship		 ROK Cup Superfinal - Mini ROK
24° South Garda Winter Cup - Mini ROK
WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini
Champions of the Future - OK
Denmark Frederik Vesti[3] 2021– European Le Mans Series none as Mercedes Junior Team member
China Yuanpu Cui[4] 2021– Formula 4 UAE Championship
F4 British Championship		 none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Spain Luna Fluxá[5] 2022– TBA none as Mercedes Junior Team member
United Kingdom Kenzo Craigie[6] 2023– TBA none as Mercedes Junior Team member

Former drivers

Driver Years Series that driver competed as Mercedes Junior F1 Team(s)
Germany Pascal Wehrlein[7] 2014–2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2014–2015, 2018)
Formula One (2016–2017)		 Manor (2016)
Sauber (2017)
France Esteban Ocon[8][9] 2015–2019[note 1] GP3 Series (2015)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2016)
Formula One (2016–2018)		 Manor (2016)
Force India (2017–2018)
Renault (2020)
Alpine (2021–)
United Kingdom George Russell[10] 2017–2021 GP3 Series (2017)
FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018)
Formula One (2019–2021)		 Williams (2019–2021)
Mercedes (2020, 2022–)
Estonia Paul Aron[11][12] 2019–2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023) None
United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard[5][13] 2022 F4 British Championship (2022) None

Notes

  1. ↑ Despite Ocon being released from the junior team, he is still managed by the academy's boss Toto Wolff.

References

  1. ↑ "Mercedes: sarà Andrea Kimi Antonelli l'erede di Lewis Hamilton? (Mercedes: will Andrea Kimi Antonelli be the heir to Lewis Hamilton?)". 3 February 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Korney, Stephanie (10 April 2019). "Alex Powell, 11, Becomes First Jamaican, Caribbean Driver to Sign with Formula 1 Team". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Frederik Vesti - Junior Drivers". 19 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mercedes sign 13-year-old Chinese karter Yuanpu Cui to junior programme | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Class of 2022: The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team's Junior Programme". 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mercedes announce seven junior drivers for 2023 – including new British recruit". 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "NEWS: Mercedes and Pascal Wehrlein to part ways". Mercedes AMG F1. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Collantine, Keith (7 May 2015). "Ocon joins Mercedes' young driver roster". RaceFans. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Noble, Jonathan (30 August 2019). "Renault "very clear" Ocon deal is no Mercedes loan". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "George Russell: World champions Mercedes sign teenager from King's Lynn". BBC Sport. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Scott, Mark (5 July 2019). "Mercedes add 15-year-old Aron to junior ranks". PlanetF1. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Scout, Formula (27 November 2023). "Paul Aron confirms exit from Mercedes-AMG F1 Junior Team". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Series, F1 Feeder. "Daniel Guinchard has confirmed to F1 Feeder Series he would part ways with the Mercedes Junior Team". Twitter. Retrieved 5 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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