Gwen Lagrue

Mercedes may have endured a bumpy 2022 in F1, but tasted success with its junior team. Its advisor Gwen Lagrue explains the junior arm’s aims

When Lotus was taken over by Renault for 2016, its junior team ended with it. Not every driver sank with the Lotus ship, as Alex Albon and now Dorian Boccolacci have shown

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has added 11-year-old Alex Powell to its junior programme, with the Jamaican joining 12-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli as a karter on the scheme