Pascal Wehrlein

The former Manor and Sauber F1 driver completed a half-day run with HWA ahead of the team, which is a precursor to Mercedes joining FE as a works operation in 2019/20, making its debut in the electric championship in season five. Fritz explained that HWA had "talked to him" and that Wehrlein also delivered "a good performance" during his FE run, "but at the time when we would have liked to have ...

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On Saturday, Daniil Kvyat was officially announced as Pierre Gasly's replacement at Toro Rosso, leaving the seat currently occupied by Brendon Hartley yet to be confirmed. Wehrlein has ensured that he is a possible option for Toro Rosso by cutting his ties with Mercedes and making himself a free agent. He is understood to have met Marko in Graz last week. Marko admitted that Wehrlein's ... ...

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Wehrlein contested two seasons in F1 with Mercedes backing at Manor and Sauber, but there was no room for him in the works team beyond the reserve role in 2018 and he was placed in the DTM. Since Mercedes is withdrawing from the tin-top series at the end of this season, and is already facing a well-publicised dilemma over junior driver Esteban Ocon's F1 future, it had nothing to offer Wehrlein ... ...

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Wehrlein won the 2015 DTM title for the Silver Arrows and was brought into F1 with Mercedes backing, contesting a season each for Manor and Sauber respectively. He was left off the 2018 F1 grid, and returned to Mercedes' DTM roster – but with the manufacturer departing the championship at the end of the year, it was left with no options to offer Wehrlein “a competitive drive” for ... ...

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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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