The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce that Pascal Wehrlein will complete the team’s driver line-up for the 2017 Formula One World Championship. He will race alongside Swede Marcus Ericsson who continues with the Swiss team.
sure, and RAI was better.godlameroso wrote:Did we watch the same 2013?FrukostScones wrote:A-Bap wrote:God I would love to see Grojean join the team. It wouldn't be a bad choice either because he's quick, probably quicker than Nico was, and very smart and pretty experienced, too. And holy --- would he give Hamilton fits.
LOL, he was slower than RAI, how can he be faster than ROS (who is just 0.1xx off HAM)
his garage probably?ThommyH wrote:Button posted this photo yesterday. But where was it taken? Perhaps at Mercedes?
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Yeah I'm not disagreeing mate. I agree, I just can't see anyone other than Wehrlein in that Merc at the moment. Any other would (maybe) too risky, but then there are a lot of big names who (as we speak) contact Merc for that open seat. We all know the likes of Fernando, Kimi or Seb can drive and there's still alot of time till testing. Knowing how management of Merc is, don't like any risks, I'd say they are fairly conservative.Vasconia wrote:It´s common sense. Yes, Alonso and Hamilton would push like crazy people, the spectacle for us would be fenomenal but for Mercedes it would be a nightmare to manage.WaikeCU wrote:Conservative Germans being conservative.f1316 wrote:I really think it'll be Wehrlein. They've been angling to get him in for a while, need to show faith in their young driver program, and it'll likely save them a lot of hassles as I think Lewis will have a consistent edge. If Mercedes still have a sizeable performance advantage, it'll be easy to put all their eggs in the one basket.
I hope I'm wrong - the Alonso idea is the most interesting to me (and Wolf has spoken of him being an option to replace their drivers in the past) - but I think it's much easier all round for Mercedes to go with their home grown guy.
In what universe is that ever going to happen?cma wrote:Hows about Hamilton to Mclaren as a swap for Alonso and Wehrlein in the 2nd seat.
AMUSMercedes is now faced with the task of finding replacement. The most logical choice would be Pascal Wehrlein. But it does not seem quite so logical. For who wants to beat the Superteams Ricciardo / Verstappen with Red Bull and Vettel / Räikkönen with Ferrari, actually needs two GP winners in the team.
According to Mercedes-Teamchef Toto Wolff, one wants to deal with the topic of Rosberg succession starting next Monday: "For the team, it is a somewhat unexpected, but also an exciting situation. We are faced with the challenge that the new technical regulations are ahead of us and we have a free Mercedes cockpit before the season. We will now take the necessary time and examine all the variants and then take the right path for the future. "
Based on what I've seen him do in the Haas...he's more formidable than people think.FrukostScones wrote:A-Bap wrote:God I would love to see Grojean join the team. It wouldn't be a bad choice either because he's quick, probably quicker than Nico was, and very smart and pretty experienced, too. And holy --- would he give Hamilton fits.
LOL, he was slower than RAI, how can he be faster than ROS (who is just 0.1xx off HAM)
No, he said "First time I've seen my Brawn car since winning the World champs.."FrukostScones wrote:his garage probably?ThommyH wrote:Button posted this photo yesterday. But where was it taken? Perhaps at Mercedes?
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Ok, then he is in the Merc next year.ThommyH wrote:No, he said "First time I've seen my Brawn car since winning the World champs.."FrukostScones wrote:his garage probably?ThommyH wrote:Button posted this photo yesterday. But where was it taken? Perhaps at Mercedes?
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