Robin Raikkonen, the 11-year-old lad of erstwhile Formula 1 satellite champion Kimi Raikkonen, has signed for Red Bull.
Nicknamed 'Ace', the youngster has impressed successful karting championships and volition articulation Red Bull's operator improvement programme successful 2027.
The programme has produced F1 drivers specified arsenic Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen - some four-time champions.
Robin's father, nicknamed 'Iceman', was the astir caller Ferrari operator to go satellite champion, claiming his sole rubric successful 2007.
The Finn claimed 21 wins and 103 podiums from 349 F1 starts earlier retiring successful 2021. He besides competed successful the World Rally Championship and Nascar.
"We are each thrilled and excited that Robin has been chosen to further his racing way arsenic a subordinate of the Red Bull inferior team," said 46-year-old Kimi.
"They connection a compelling and broad programme to make and nurture Robin's advancement implicit the coming years and supply him with each the acquisition required to make his earthy talent."
Red Bull squad main Laurent Mekies said Robin has "already demonstrated exceptional quality successful karting".
"His speed, racecraft and earthy endowment person established him arsenic 1 of the astir promising young drivers successful his property group," Mekies added.
"At the aforesaid time, helium impresses with his maturity, his calm attack and his wide absorption connected driving.
"Our extremity is to make him measurement by step, without placing immoderate unnecessary unit connected his shoulders.
"The way done motorsport is simply a agelong 1 and we volition springiness him the time, enactment and resources helium needs to maximise his potential."
Robin follows successful the footsteps of Ella Hakkinen, the girl of Finland's treble satellite champion Mika Hakkinen, who joined McLaren's operator improvement programme past year.
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