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The Italian has been involved in a Testing of Previous Car (TPC) programme, having participated in around 10 sessions so far behind the wheel of older Mercedes F1 cars. Wolff believes that this has been a positive for Antonelli, with the programme set to continue prior to his F1 debut next year.
This was also something that Wolff chose to remain focused on rather than loaning the youngster out to the Williams team, a move that had been speculated about earlier in the season, before the team opted to replace Logan Sargeant with Argentinian racer Franco Colapinto.
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“The TPC testing this year was really important,” the Team Principal said. “We will be continuing with that because when you look at the blueprint back in the day that Lewis [arrived], it was a lot of testing to prepare not only for the driving but also going through a race weekend. [That] preparation is what we’ve done.
“When thinking about an opportunity at Williams, we opted to continue with our programme and continue to educate Kimi, finishing with doing another FP1 session and then doing Abu Dhabi [for the post-race test] and taking it from there.”
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