This week, the FIA tweaked the foundations, first eradicating the clause that necessitated a legitimate driving licence after which including the road: “On the sole discretion of the FIA, a driver judged to have just lately and persistently demonstrated excellent capacity and maturity in single-seater method automobile competitors could also be granted a Tremendous Licence on the age of 17 years outdated.”
Antonelli has already achieved spectacular success in junior formulation, together with profitable the Italian F4 and ADAC F4 titles in 2022 and the Formulation Regional Center East and European Championships – and thus would have a convincing argument to earn that discretion.
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If the FIA approves his licence, which is extremely doubtless, he could be eligible to participate in both an FP1 or, if required, as a race weekend driver from the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix – fairly than having to attend till his dwelling Italian Grand Prix on the earliest.