The output of Nico Rosberg has made a grill that looked more or less seated upside down. The unexpected cessation of the current champion has given a post season very busy, full of rumors of all kinds, many are pilots who have been located in the seat of a Mercedes, but finally all the rumors have dissipated today with the official announcement.
which will occupy the position left and will be teammate of Lewis Hamilton in 2017 is the finlandes Valteri Bottas. The young pilot of Williams were a great asset to the team of Grove, by his talent and already experience, but finally Mercedes has won the pulse, possibly in exchange for favorable treatment for the English team in terms of motorization.
To repair the output of Bottas, the team Williams had a plan B, and was asking Felipe Massa, who announced that it was withdrawing permanently from F1 last year to 2016, again. Massa has a lot of experience and is a good pilot, something that needs to Williams for next year if you do not want to be take with a rookie and another pilot without much experience on your side or with less talent…
Pascal Wehrlein was in the Manor, but in the absence of knowing what is happening with the team, whether he disappears or stays on the grill this year, and after deciding on Bottas. Wehrlein has no other to look for a seat desperately not to stay out the next year before the unknown that was his current team. The pilot of the quarry of Mercedes is up finally to Sauber.
therefore, the grill is:
Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Valteri Bottas | |
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Ferrari | Kimi Räikkönen | Sebastian Vettel | |
Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Daniel Ricciardo | |
McLaren-Honda | Fernando Alonso | Stoffel Vandoorne | |
Willams | Felipe Massa | Lance Stroll | |
Toro Rosso | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Daniil Kvyat | |
Force India | Sergio Perez | Esteban Ocon | |
Haas | Romain Grosjean | Kevin Magnussen | |
Renault | Nico Hulkenberg | Joylon Palmer | |
Sauber | Marcus Ericsson | Pascal Wehrlein | |
Manor | * | (without pilots confirmed | , or participation) |
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