Kimi Antonelli and Jack Doohan both wanted the sꦰame 🐼race number for their rookie F1 season in 2025.

Antonelli has won the tug-of-war over 𝐆the coveted #12.

F1 regulations state that drivers must select aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ number which is permanent throughout their career.

A number only becomes vacant if the previous holder has been awܫay from F1 for two seasons.

No driver has used #12 since 2019.

But Mercedes’ Antonelli and Alpine’s Doohan both wanted it.

“I have many numbers that I like, but 12 is a special one,” said Antonelli. “൩I have been using it since F4. It always went well, so there’s no reason to change it for next year.”

Antone♉lli ran with #12 when he drove for Mercedes in FP1 at the F1 Italian Grand Pꦚrix.

Notably, Ayrton Senna ran with #12 for several years inᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ the 80s.

Antonelli must have ap💦plied for the #12 before Doohan in order to have received the nod from the F🅷IA.

“I will choo🐷se #12," Doohan said before the number was taken by Anton൩elli.

"I've been thinking about it over the summer break and then we locked it in, so 12 will be the number I start my Formu♑la 1 season with."

Doohan must now choose a new number to kickstart his F1 career with, knowing it will follow him for his entire d𝐆uration in 🃏the series.