As an 18-year-old rookie taking over Lewis Hamilton's spot at Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is having an introduction to Formula 1 unlike any other. Fortunately, he's had some advice from the seven-time champion.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, 18, is the young man chosen by Mercedes to fill the seat vacated by Lewis Hamilton when the seven-time F1 champion chose to leave for Ferrari

There will be nowhere to hide when the season starts in Australia on March 16, and the pass will be no problem, with Antonelli taking over the seat vacated by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton when he left Mercedes for Ferrari.

Attack fully from the start', that's the strategy that Kimi Antonelli intends deploying in his debut Formula 1 campaign.

Mercedes chose to replace Hamilton with 18-year-old Antonelli in what could prove to be an interesting subplot ahead of the opening race of the new season in March.