Mercedes F1 sign world champion driver after who has already matched Lando Norris

Karting champion Ethan Jeff-Hall has reportedly joined the Mercedes inferior programme for the 2025 play up of his archetypal run successful single-seaters with Argenti Motorsport

Mercedes person snapped up wonderkid Ethan Jeff-Hall, who astatine conscionable 16 has been signed for their inferior team.

Last year, helium followed successful the high-speed tracks of Lando Norris by claiming the world karting crown. Jeff-Hall dramatically secured the CIK-FIA World Championship rubric connected the past thigh of the last contention successful 2024.

Before him, stars similar Norris, who took the rubric successful 2014, Nyck de Vries and Vitantonio Liuzzi made past successful that class earlier joining the Formula 1 elite. This year, the teen sensation is gearing up for his maiden outing successful single-seaters aft being confirmed arsenic a young Mercedes prodigy, reports Formula Scout.

He's acceptable to pain rubber successful the British Formula 4 championship, driving for Argenti Motorsport. When that determination was confirmed helium said: "Heading into the 2025 British F4 play with Argenti Motorsport, I'm excited and acceptable to look the challenge.

"Winning championships similar Ginetta Juniors and the FIA World Karting rubric has taught maine a batch astir consistency, adaptability, and handling unit astatine the highest level.", reports the Express.

"I cognize British F4 is simply a large measurement up, but I consciousness assured that my erstwhile experiences volition assistance maine rapidly accommodate to the car and the competition. I'm anxious to learn, propulsion myself, and purpose for beardown results from the start. It's a caller chapter, and I'm acceptable to springiness it everything I've got."

Jeff-Hall has joined the star-studded Mercedes inferior programme, which includes 2024 inferior satellite karting champion Kenzo Craigie and runner-up James Anagnostiadis. The team's 2025 line-up besides features pistillate prodigy Luna Fluxa.

At the Formula 4 level, Alex Powell continues to alert the emblem for Mercedes, having been with the squad since 2019, portion Chinese endowment Yuanpu Cui remains with the Brackley-based outfit aft a stint with Argenti Motorsport. Doriane Pin represents the squad successful F1 Academy, aiming for the rubric aft missing retired to the ascendant Abbi Pulling successful 2024.

For Jeff-Hall, there's anticipation helium could 1 time correspond the Silver Arrows connected the F1 grid, fixed Mercedes' proven committedness to nurturing their inferior drivers - arsenic evidenced by their 2025 pairing of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, some of whom climbed the ranks wrong the team.

Antonelli's vocation way successful peculiar volition beryllium 1 that each talented youngster wrong their ranks volition privation to emulate. Aged conscionable 18, helium was the erstwhile chosen by Mercedes brag Toto Wolff to beryllium fast-tracked into F1 to capable the sizeable void near by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton aft the Brit's determination to permission for rivals Ferrari.