Is Oliver Bearman vs Andrea Kimi Antonelli a key F1 battle ✨between future cham♔pions?

British teenager Bearman has already penned a deal wiဣth Haas to be promoted from Formula 2 in 2025ℱ.

He is likely to be joined on the F1 grid by Antonelli, who is the outstanding candidate to 🐼replace Lewis 🐭Hamilton at Mercedes.

“We’ve always been following each other and stepping up around the same time,” Bearman told Sky🗹 Sports.

“I’ve known Kimi for a long time, we🌠 raced each other a little bit in F4, a🔯 lot on the simulator. Now we are team-mates in F2.

“I💫 hope for him that he will be in F1 as well beca🅰use he deserves it.

“One day I ﷺhope to fight for a world cಞhampionship with him, because I think that’s the trajectory that we’re both aiming for.”

Bearman and Antonelli are both representing Prema Racing in F2 this 🐭year.

Bearman won the sprint in Austria, while🍌 Antonelli has won the sprint at Silverstone and the feature race in Hungary.

Antonelli is seventh in the championship♋, Bearman 15th.

More significantly, Bearman made a hugely impressive F1 debut earlie🌊r this season.

He deputised for the unwell Carlos Sainz i💟n a Ferrari in Jeddah, finishing ahead of fellow Brits Lewis Hamil꧟ton and Lando Norris.

Bearman 🔜could even become a future Ferrari teammate of Hamilton’s.

“I think Ferrari is one of the most iconic brands in the world, of course within racing and F1,” Bearmꦓan said.

“If you draw a car, it’s red. It’s a brand tওhat’s synonymous with racing, with victory, with success and with fantastic driv𝐆ers as well.

“To have made my deꦦbut with Ferrari, that hasn’t happened for 🎀a very long time. The fact that I became the youngest Ferrari driver was something very special for me.

“Of course, I want to win world championships. To do that with Ferrari is my drea🐲m. They’ve been supporting me since 2021. They’ve seen something from me early on.

“They decided𓆏 to trust in me, and even just to put me behind the wheel in Jeddah was a big risk fro🌞m Ferrari’s side.

“That shows that they believe in me, that they trust in my capab🌼ility, and of course one day I would love to win a championship, especially with Ferrari.”