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Wehrlein confirmed at Sauber for 2017 F1 season

Pascal Wehrlein will race with the Sauber Formula 1 team this year, the Swiss squad confirmed on Monday morning. Wehrlein, who made his grand prix debut with Manor this season, was one of the candidates to land the second seat at the Mercedes team after Nico Rosberg retired at the end of the 2016 campaign. However, Wehrlein, who is part of Mercedes' junior driver programme, lost out to Valtteri Bottas, who is set to be announced at the German squad as Lewis Hamilton's teammate. Williams said at the weekend that a deal to move Bottas to Mercedes was in its final stages. Wehrlein had also previously been linked to a Force India drive, but that went to Manor teammate Esteban Ocon instead....
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