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Wehrlein pushing to advance F1 career

Pascal Wehrlein says he was more than happy to step in at the last minute and test the championship-leading Mercedes on Wednesday. The German marque turned heads early on Wednesday morning when it suddenly decided against putting Esteban Ocon, also Renault's reserve driver, in the car as per schedule. Some suspected Mercedes didn't want to give a works rival an information boost by then sending the 19-year-old back to his duties at Renault. Wehrlein, who has been loaned by Mercedes to Manor this year, said the last-minute call-up after Nico Rosberg drove the car on Tuesday was 'totally unexpected'. 'The team called me on Tuesday night. They couldn't complete their testing programme and...
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