Mercedes sign wonderkid Ethan Jeff-Hall, 16, who achieved feat not even seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton managed

MERCEDES person snapped up 16-year-old wonderkid Ethan Jeff-Hall to articulation their inferior team.

Jeff-Hall turned heads aft dramatically securing the CIK-FIA World Championship rubric connected the past thigh of the last race successful 2024.

Not adjacent seven-time satellite champion Lewis Hamilton achieved specified a feat.

Hamilton - who won six satellite titles with Mercedes - didn't get his hands connected a satellite karting crown earlier bursting onto the motorsport country successful 2007 astatine 22 years old.

Jeff-Hall is bidding to travel successful Lando Norris' footsteps, aft the McLaren prima took the karting rubric successful 2014 earlier joining F1.

Fellow Brit Jeff-Hall is present gearing up for his maiden outing successful single-seaters aft being confirmed arsenic a young Mercedes prodigy.

The rising prima retired of Trent Valley Kart Club is acceptable to pain rubber for Argenti Motorsport successful the British Formula 4 championship this season.

Mercedes are connected to Argenti done laminitis and squad manager Michael Meadows, who has household ties to the Silver Arrows.

When news of his step-up was confirmed, Jeff-Hall said: “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.

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“It’s a caller chapter, and I’m acceptable to springiness it everything I’ve got.”

Jeff-Hall joins a star-studded formed successful the Mercedes junior programme.

Kenzo Craigie, 14, clinched the inferior satellite karting crown successful 2024 and remains successful the academy, arsenic does runner-up James Anagnostiadis.

Female prodigy Luna Fluxa is besides successful the team’s line-up for 2025.

While Chinese imaginable Yuanpu Cui remains with the Brackley-based portion aft representing Argenti Motorsport past term.

For Jeff-Hall, there's anticipation helium could 1 time correspond the Silver Arrows connected the F1 grid 1 day.

Mercedes person a proven committedness to nurturing their inferior drivers.

Former whizz-kids Kimi Antonelli and George Russell volition brace up and correspond the squad connected the F1 grid this season.

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 Hamilton aft the 41-year-old's determination to leave for rivals Ferrari.