Founded | 2014 |
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Base | Brackley, Northamptonshire, England |
Team principal(s) | Gwen Lagrue (co-Director) |
Current drivers | Formula 4 Alex Powell Yuanpu Cui F1 Academy Doriane Pin Karting Luna Fluxá Kenzo Craigie James Anagnostiadis |
Website | https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/team |
The Mercedes Junior Team is a driver development programme by the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team to help promote drivers from karts through the feeder series ladder to promote them to their Formula One team. All eligible drivers have been promoted to Formula One, with Pascal Wehrlein, Esteban Ocon and George Russell, the latter driving for Mercedes from 2022. Andrea Kimi Antonelli is set to drive for Mercedes from 2025 onwards.
Driver | Years | Current series | Titles achieved as Mercedes Junior Team member |
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Alex Powell [1] | 2019– | F4 Middle East Championship | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
Yuanpu Cui [2] | 2021– | GB3 Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
Frederik Vesti [3] | 2021– | IMSA SportsCar Championship | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
Luna Fluxá [4] | 2022– | Karting (OK) | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
Kenzo Craigie [5] | 2023– | Karting (OKJ) | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
Doriane Pin [6] | 2024– | F1 Academy Formula Regional European Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
James Anagnostiadis [7] | 2024– | Karting (OKJ) | none as Mercedes Junior Team member |
This list contains the drivers that have graduated to Formula 1 with support from Mercedes. Therefore, drivers who have had support in the past and entered Formula 1 through other means are not included. Drivers who drove for other teams while still part of Mercedes' youth setup are highlighted in italics.
Driver | Academy experience | F1 experience with Mercedes | F1 experience with other teams | |
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Years | Former series | |||
Pascal Wehrlein | 2014–2018 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2014–2015, 2018) Formula One (2016–2017) | — | Manor (2016) Sauber (2017) |
Esteban Ocon | 2015–2019 | GP3 Series ( 2015 ) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2016) Formula One (2016–2018) | — | Manor (2016) Force India (2017–2018) Renault (2020) Alpine (2021–2024) Haas (2025–) |
George Russell | 2017–2021 | GP3 Series (2017) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2018) Formula One (2019–2021) | 2020, 2022– | Williams (2019–2021) |
Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 2018– | Italian F4 Championship (2021– 2022 ) ADAC Formula 4 Championship ( 2022 ) Formula Regional Middle East Championship ( 2023 ) Formula Regional European Championship ( 2023 ) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2024) | 2025– | — |
Driver | Years | Series that driver competed as Mercedes Junior | F1 Team(s) |
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Paul Aron [8] [9] | 2019–2023 | Italian F4 Championship (2019) ADAC F4 Championship (2019) Formula Renault Eurocup (2020) Formula Regional European Championship (2021–2022) Formula Regional Asian Championship (2022) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023) | None |
Daniel Guinchard [4] [10] | 2022 | F4 British Championship (2022) | None |
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