It still amazes me that these teams are willing to offer up what has to be insane amounts of money to this guy when there is still no absolute guarantee that it will bring success. If we are now at the point where one person makes the difference in a team made up of hundreds of people, then maybe this guy isn't getting the credit he deserves.

It's also amazing how short people's memories are, not every car this guy had his name on won every race. And there were long periods where cars he designed were significantly outclassed by others. Just saying.

So what's the deal with Antonelli? Why are they trying to fast track him into an F1 car? What has he achieved at F2/F3 level?

I seem to be asking that question a lot these days about F1 "talent".

He destroyed the competition on several F4 series on the same year, also winning at GT on his debut. Then went straight to F2. And is already doing some amazing performances, apart from some justified rookie mistakes, but even those show someone that's learning pretty damn fast.