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DRIVER MARKET: Mataraci's move to Mercedes AMG Petronas for the 2022 season.
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It's official, Mirabella Mataraci will join Mercedes for the 2022 F1 season, shocking the world of motorsport.
There has been talk about the late Williams's driver's move to the dominating F1 team for the past months. After the shocking outcome of the 2021 F1 season in Abu Dhabi, it hadn't taken long before Mercedes reached out to the female driver. When the news dropped there weren't many who believed that it would happen. It was a surprising move from Mercedes because of their star drivers' intense rivalry since she joined F1.
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Mataraci had her debut in the Formula Series back in 2014. She had officially joined Lanan Racing in the British Formula 4 in 2012, but she had taken a year-long break in 2013, her reasonings unknown to the public. But when she decided to come back, her old team had opened up a seat for her and their choice proved to be a great success. In the three years, she stayed in the British F4, she won two championships for Lanan Racing and in 2017 she was offered a seat by Prema Powerteam in F3, next to her childhood friend, Mick Schumacher. Again in that season, she won the championship for Prema Powerteam.
In 2018, Mataraci was offered a seat in the British racing team, Carlin. After two successful years in F2, ending up at P2 with 283 points in 2018 and winning the championship in 2019 with 292 points.
