{"id":183368,"date":"2025-10-01T20:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/183368\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:43:11","slug":"wolff-makes-things-clear-about-antonellis-future-at-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/183368\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolff makes things clear about Antonelli’s future at Mercedes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toto Wolff<\/a> has set the record straight on Kimi Antonelli<\/a>\u2019s contract situation, reiterating Mercedes’ intention to secure him for the long-term future.\u201cKimi will be 100% with Mercedes in 2026\u201d- Toto Wolff<\/p>\n

Speaking about the young Italian\u2019s situation on the eve of the Singapore weekend, the Austrian told Sky Sports that Kimi\u2019s future will still lie in Brackley next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those stories about Kimi going to Williams or Alpine are completely ridiculous. There\u2019s a 0% chance. Kimi will be 100% with Mercedes in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mercedes has yet to officially announce the contract renewals of its two drivers, although Max Verstappen himself ruled out any market speculation weeks ago by confirming he will remain with Red Bull next season.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Kimi Antonelli in Baku<\/p>\n

Ralf Schumacher sees no future for Sainz at MercedesOn the eve of the Baku GP, at a time when Antonelli was under heavy pressure due to results that were slow to come, Ralf Schumacher had suggested a hypothetical swap with Carlos Sainz, stating that the Spaniard \u201cwould be available at any time.\u201d<\/a>However, in light of the positive fourth-place finish in Azerbaijan, the former German driver backtracked, praising the Italian\u2019s performance and admitting that he now finds it hard to see the \u201cdoor opening again for Carlos Sainz.\u201d<\/a>Before Baku, Antonelli was coming off another difficult home weekend at Monza, where he was out of FP2 after just a few minutes due to a spin into the gravel, with the Austrian labelling his weekend as \u201cunderwhelming.\u201d<\/a>GPblog’s latest F1 Paddock UpdateWant to stay up-to-date with what happens in the F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog’s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog’s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff has set the record straight on Kimi Antonelli\u2019s contract situation, reiterating Mercedes’ intention to secure him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-183368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}