Toto Wolff, head of the Mercedes team, has highly rated the Formula 1 prospects of his team's 19-year-old Italian driver, Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
"Antonelli has a long Formula 1 career ahead of him. Kimi could win many championships in the next 10-15 years. We don't want him to stumble under the great expectations placed on him, because if Antonelli performs poorly in the race, people will say: 'Maybe this guy isn't the superstar we thought he was.' We have to stay on track, understand that there will be ups and downs - that's normal for a boy his age," La Gazzetta Dello Sport quotes Wolff.