News Details

Wehrlein's F1 chances in 2016 fading

 XPB Images Mercedes Motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the manufacturer's DTM champion and F1 reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein has but a small chance of joining the ranks of Formula 1 in 2016. Wehrlein was considered to be a prime candidate for a seat at Manor given the British team's switch to Mercedes power for next year, but the current hefty price tag associated with a drive with the British outfit is out of Mercedes' reach. Wolff suggested a 4 million budget had been allocated by Mercedes for its protégé, an amount the German manager said was 'by far not enough' to secure a seat with Manor. Wolff also expressed concerns over rumors that Indonesian GP2 racer Rio Haryanto...
Full Story »
9y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff admits not confident of Manor-Wehrlein deal

Talks to secure Mercedes reserve and DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein a seat...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Manor seat for Wehrlein unlikely says Wolff

Talks to secure Mercedes F1 reserve and DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein a...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Wehrlein's 2016 Manor seat looking less likely - Wolff

Pascal Wehrlein's chances of securing a seat with Manor on the grid in...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Wolff could let Hamilton, Rosberg fight it out

Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff believes he may have to run Formula...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez continues MotoGP dominance with Argentina...

Marc Marquez continued his MotoGP winning streak as he earned a...

Marc Marquez demolishes lap record to take pole in...

Marc Marquez demolished his own lap record to take a stunning pole...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Date set for IndyCar’s inaugural Grand Prix of...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a date for the first running on the...

Takuma Sato to contest 16th Indy 500 with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal close in on summer signing, deal at...

Arsenal's pursuit of Martin Zubimendi is now at an advanced stage,...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta ‘pushing hard' for Andrea Berta to...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is reportedly making a strong push to bring...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.