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Wolff: Rosberg shows ‘Plan B' is needed

Toto Wolff has said it is important for Mercedes to consider many driver line-up options for next year and 2019 given Nico Rosberg's shock retirement. Mercedes are expected to keep Valtteri Bottas as Lewis Hamilton's team-mate for the 2018 season, but the Brit's current deal would need to be renewed for the 2019 campaign and beyond. 'There is certainly a component that in F1 you need to have a fall-back solution, a plan B,' Wolff told Motorsport.com. 'Even having a contract doesn't necessarily mean that everything is going to be like it is. There could be a change of circumstances. 'What we have now is a plan A, and then there is obviously various possible plays afterwards, because the...
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