Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has handed his driving check simply six weeks earlier than he makes his Components 1 debut on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Antonelli is changing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on the crew this season, partnering George Russell.
He turned 18, the minimal age for driving on Italian roads, final August.
“Mission accomplished,” Mercedes wrote on social media, with ticks for each his driving licence and the so-called super-licence he requires to race in F1, above {a photograph} of Antonelli giving a thumbs up in a driving college automotive.
Antonelli has already accomplished a number of thousand miles of testing in an F1 automotive in preparation for his debut season.
He’ll share three days of pre-season testing with Russell on the official check in Bahrain from 26-28 February.
