Toto Wolff has admitted it is possible Valtteri Bottas could be replaced at Mercedes by a bigger name for 2018. Some expressed surprise when it emerged that, despite being prised out of his Williams contract, Finn Bottas has signed only a one-year deal for 2017.
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Mercedes-AMG confirms Valtteri Bottas for ’17 F1 seat
It’s official: Valtteri Bottas will take 2016 F1 Drivers Champion, Nico Rosberg ‘s seat in the Mercedes-AMG F1 team’s now-vacant seat for the 2017 season. The 27-year-old Finn joins the 2014, 2015 and 2016 F1 Constructors’ champion with nine podium finishes under his belt, though he is still on the hunt for his first F1 race win.
Bottas replaces Rosberg at Mercedes, Massa back at Williams
With Bottas moving on, F1 team Williams said Monday that Felipe Massa will come out of retirement to race for a fourth consecutive season. Rosberg retired only five days after beating Hamilton to his first world title in November.
Valtteri Bottas’ future set to be clarified in coming week
Valtteri Bottas’ much-touted switch from Williams to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes appears set to be clarified over the next week. Claire Williams, deputy team principal of Bottas’ current marque, has confirmed an announcement is imminent on whether the Finn will be free to fill the seat at Mercedes vacated by Nico Rosberg, who unexpectedly announced his retirement soon after winning last year’s Formula One world title.
Will 4 engines be enough in 2017?
There’s nothing new about the notion of sandbagging during the first tests of 2017 because Formula 1 is a high-stakes endeavor and teams have always been keen to reserve their true pace for the first races of the season. “We really won’t know in Barcelona testing where the teams are as that’s a period where they won’t want to show their hand,” said Hembery at Autosport International.
Nico Rosberg says he will watch the F1 2017 opener from the couch
… up there with friends,” he said. “Apart from that, nothing at the moment. What I need is competition. There are other sports I also have passion for. I know that even if I play tennis, I can get a similar sort of thrill and fun out of it. So let’s …
Singapore: F1 fans want race to continue amid city’s plan to ditch sport, survey says
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel takes his victory lap and waves to his fans at the Singapore F1 Night Race on Sept 25, 2011 in Singapore, Southeast Asia. Image via Meister Photos / Shutterstock are keen for the race to remain there, despite negotiations between organisers and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone seemingly stalled, according to a survey conducted by British research firm YouGov. race expires this year and Ecclestone and organisers are still in negotiations about extending beyond 2017, though he suggested in an interview with a German autosport magazine last November that talks were not progressing well.
Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix in the each of the last three years
… of the British sporting summer, as happens with almost every other circuit on the F1 calendar and numerous other sports events in the UK. Speaking to Press Association Sport, Hill said: “This is a much-loved national event but, for whatever reason, …
Driver Pascal Wehrlein scored a championship point for Manor in 2016
The team failed to secure fresh investment ahead of the 2017 season, which begins with the Australian Grand Prix on March 26, putting hundreds of jobs and their future in the sport at risk. Geoff Rowley, joint administrator at FRP Advisory, acknowledged the team need significant ongoing investment if they are to continue competing in F1.
Sport24.co.za | Manor Racing enters administration
Formula One team Manor Racing has gone into administration and will collapse without fresh investment, administrators confirmed to AFP on Friday. Administrators FRP Advisory said there was “a very limited window of opportunity” to save the team before the 2017 season starts with the Australian Grand Prix on March 26. The administration process, which allows insolvent companies to continue running under special measures, affects Manor’s operating company, Just Racing Services Limited .
Chandhok Praises Tesla Model S After Electric GT Test
Donate Now! Help PaddockTalk.com go ad-free in 2017! Former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok was hugely impressed with the race-prepared Tesla Model S that will contest the new Electric GT Championship in 2017, after testing the car at Circuit Calafat last week. Chandhok has vast experience across a range of disciplines and in 2010 became only the second Indian driver ever to race in Formula 1, where he contested 11 Grand Prix with HRT and Caterham.
Rebellion Racing Confirm Two Car Effort In 2017 Fia Wec Prost, Beche, Piquet, Senna Confirmed
Donate Now! Help PaddockTalk.com go ad-free in 2017! Today, REBELLION Racing are pleased to announce that the team will enter two Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 cars in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours. At the same time, the Swiss team is proud to confirm four of their six drivers for the coming FIA WEC campaign.
Chief Technical Officer Pat Symonds to Leave Williams
Donate Now! Help PaddockTalk.com go ad-free in 2017! Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC today announces that Pat Symonds will be stepping down from the role of Chief Technical Officer of WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING at the end of 2016. Pat joined Williams towards the end of the 2013 Formula One season on a three-year contract, and in that time has helped oversee a strong turn around in the team’s performances on the race track, with 14 podiums secured over the past three seasons.
Michael Schumacher update: Ex-teammate reveals more about F1 legend’s …
Schumacher’s family have kept silent over his health as he reprotedly recovers at home in a medically-induced coma. British F1 star Johnny Herbert was teammates with Schumacher at Benetton in 1994 and 1995 when the German claimed two of his seven titles.