Pascal Wehrlein

Wehrlein has moved back to the DTM, which he won in 2015, after losing his Sauber drive to Ferrari protege Charles Leclerc.Mercedes made it clear it wanted to keep its junior driver involved in F1 in some capacity."With Pascal we couldn't find the right solution and he's back in the DTM, but he's our reserve," said Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff."We will see which options open ...

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The Mercedes protege lost his Sauber seat to Formula 2 champion Charles Leclerc and is not in the frame to get the last vacant seat at Williams.Instead he is weighing up a return to the DTM, where he was champion in 2015 before graduating to F1 with the now-defunct Manor team the following year.However, Mercedes team principal Wolff has publicly backed Wehrlein's ability and c ...

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Though Wehrlein scored all five of Sauber's 2017 points, the qualifying gap between him and Ericsson was the smallest of any team pairing on the F1 grid.Wehrlein arrived at Sauber as a Mercedes protege who had been considered as a replacement for retiring world champion Nico Rosberg, fresh from scoring a point for Manor in his F1 rookie season and with a CV that included the 2015 DTM ...

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Wehrlein scored all five of Sauber's 2017 points via eighth place in the Spanish Grand Prix and 10th in Azerbaijan, but has lost his seat to Formula 2 champion Charles Leclerc for '18 amid Sauber's enhanced relationship with Ferrari and new Alfa Romeo tie-up.Though the Barcelona drive was the statistical high point, Wehrlein reckons he performed better than that in the second half of ...

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The Mercedes protege is unlikely to be on the F1 grid next year after losing his Sauber seat to Formula 2 champion Charles Leclerc while Sergey Sirotkin is set to get the last remaining drive at Williams.Mercedes is currently assessing the alternative racing programmes available to Wehrlein for 2018."Pascal is in a difficult position because there is not really an open spot for next ...

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Mercedes has been working hard to persuade Williams to take Wehrlein, with the obvious possibility of including a commercial element in any deal, such as a discount on the team's power unit costs.However, Wolff says that Kubica, who will test the FW40 in Abu Dhabi next week, deserves the opportunity to make a comeback."I think it has been clearly said that Williams's priority is ...

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Wehrlein revealed that he started struggling after the Malaysian grand prix - he was 15th and last in Japan, retired at Austin and could only beat one car in Mexico.Wehrlein believes that something has been wrong with his car, as he’s been forced to run a different setup to teammate Marcus Ericsson, but is hopeful new parts brought by Sauber will fix the problem.“We changed many ...

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Wehrlein’s deal with Sauber expires at the end of the season, with the Swiss team expected to give Ferrari junior driver and F2 champion Charles Leclerc one of the seats for 2018.Incumbent Marcus Ericsson and Ferrari junior Antonio Giovinazzi are in contention for the second seat as well as Wehrlein.Wolff is pushing Williams to take Wehrlein alongside Lance Stroll, but the team is in ...

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Many F1 teams have battled to get their 2017 cars under the weight limit, especially as aerodynamic development parts have been added.Mercedes had to put its car on a diet earlier in the season, and Valtteri Bottas revealed after the recent Malaysian GP that Mercedes also removes sensors after Friday practice due to weight concerns.Sauber estimates it has been running between four ...

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