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Wehrlein: 'Mercedes didn't want to burn me with top F1 seat'
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Pascal Wehrlein says that Mercedes probably did him a favour by not signing him in 2017 as a replacement to retired world champion Nico Rosberg. As a Mercedes protégé, the 22-year-old German was thought to be first in line to inherit the plum Silver arrows drive, but the German team ultimately privileged experience over youth when it hired Valtteri Bottas. Patience is a virtue when it comes to waiting for a top F1 seat, according to Wehrlein. "Toto told me he didn't want to burn me," he told Germany's Sport Bild. "He said they still believe in me and that I should instead build myself up in peace. Of course I hoped for a change to the world champion...
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