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Mercedes draft in Wehrlein for Barcelona Testing

In a change to their scheduled test programme at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya, the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS squad have drafted in Pascal Wehrlein to complete the running behind the wheel of the W07 on Wednesday instead of Renault Sport F1 Reserve Esteban Ocon, who will now take part in the testing that follows the British Grand Prix instead. The German team decided a race experienced driver was needed to continue the evaluation of new parts, which means Ocon will now have to wait for his chance in the W07. It is a blow to the Frenchman who recently said that he was looking forward to driving the championship winning car. The other interesting factor to take into account with...
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