Mercedes Junior Team

Mercedes Junior Team
Founded	2014; 12 years ago
Base	Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
Team principal(s)	Gwen Lagrue (co-Director)
Current drivers	Formula Regional; Rashid Al Dhaheri; Formula 4; Andy Consani; Kenzo Craigie; Luna Fluxá; Ethan Jeff-Hall; F1 Academy; Payton Westcott; Karting; James Anagnostiadis; Many Nuvolini; Niccolò Perico ; Devin Titz
Website	https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/team

Founded2014; 12 years ago

Team principal(s)Gwen Lagrue (co-Director)

Current driversFormula Regional

Andy Consani

Kenzo Craigie

Ethan Jeff-Hall
F1 Academy

James Anagnostiadis

Many Nuvolini

Niccolò Perico

Devin Titz

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. Four drivers have been promoted to Formula One while part of the Junior Team: Pascal Wehrlein (2016), Esteban Ocon (2016), George Russell (2019), and Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025). Of these, Russell and Antonelli have raced for the Mercedes works team.

Driver	Years	Current Series	Titles achieved as Mercedes Junior Team member
Luna Fluxá^[1]	2022–	F4 Spanish Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Kenzo Craigie^[2]	2023–	UAE4 Series Italian F4 Championship E4 Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
James Anagnostiadis^[3]	2024–	Karting (OK)	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Rashid Al Dhaheri^[4]	2025–	Formula Regional Middle East Trophy Formula Regional European Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Andy Consani^[4]	2025–	UAE4 Series Italian F4 Championship E4 Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Ethan Jeff-Hall^[5]	2025–	F4 British Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Many Nuvolini^[4]	2025–	Karting (OK-J)	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Niccolò Perico^[6]	2026–	Karting (OK-NJ)	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Devin Titz^[6]	2026–	Karting	none as Mercedes Junior Team member
Payton Westcott^[7]	2026–	F1 Academy Italian F4 Championship	none as Mercedes Junior Team member

Driver	Academy experience		F1 experience with Mercedes	F1 experience with other teams
Driver	Years	Former series	F1 experience with Mercedes	F1 experience with other teams
Pascal Wehrlein	2014–2018	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2014–2015, 2018) Formula One (2016–2017)	N/a	Manor (2016) Sauber (2017)
Esteban Ocon	2015–2019	GP3 Series (2015) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2016) Formula One (2016–2018)	N/a	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	2018–2024	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–	N/a

Driver	Years	Series that driver competed as Mercedes Junior
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)
Alex Powell^[10]	2019–2025	Karting (2019–2023) Italian F4 Championship (2023–2025) F4 Middle East Championship (2024–2025) E4 Championship (2024–2025) Formula Regional European Championship (2025)
Frederik Vesti^[11]	2021–2024	FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022–2023) European Le Mans Series – LMP2 (2024)
Yuanpu Cui^[12]	2021–2025	Karting (2021–2023) Euro 4 Championship (2023) Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024) F4 British Championship (2024) F4 Chinese Championship (2024) Formula Regional Middle East Championship (2025) GB3 Championship (2025) Formula Regional European Championship (2025)
Daniel Guinchard^[1]^[13]	2022	F4 British Championship (2022)
Doriane Pin^[14]	2024–2025	Formula 4 UAE Championship (2024) F1 Academy (2024–2025) Formula Regional European Championship (2024–2025) Formula Regional Middle East Championship (2025)
Julia Montlaur^[4]	2025	Karting (2025)
Noah Strømsted^[4]	2025	FIA Formula 3 Championship (2025)

v t e Driver development programs
Formula One	Alpine Academy AMF1 Driver Development Programme Audi Driver Development Programme Ferrari Driver Academy Haas Driver Development Programme McLaren Driver Development Programme Mercedes Junior Team Red Bull Junior Team Sauber Academy Williams F1 Team Driver Academy
Marque aligned	Citroën Junior Team Honda Formula Dream Project TGR Driver Challenge Program
Sportscar racing	McLaren GT Driver Academy Porsche Junioren SMP Racing
Country aligned	FFSA Academy Team USA Scholarship
Other	Drivers Edge Development Escudería Telmex KCMG Driver Development Project Racing Steps Foundation Reiter Young Stars
Satellite team

Graduates to Formula One

Founded	2014; 12 years ago (2014)
Base	Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
Team principal(s)	Gwen Lagrue (co-Director)
Current drivers	Formula Regional Rashid Al Dhaheri Formula 4 Andy Consani Kenzo Craigie Luna Fluxá Ethan Jeff-Hall F1 Academy Payton Westcott Karting James Anagnostiadis Many Nuvolini Niccolò Perico Devin Titz
Website	https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/team