Rosbergs replacement

[Tazio]

According to Claire Williams:

"We need to make sure that if we are to release Valtteri, we have the best credible option to replace him with but also put in the best structure that supports that moving forward. I wish I could announce who it was, but we are still crossing the Ts and dotting the Is at the moment with all of the contracts. We will be making an announcement shortly because we are testing soon and we all want to know who's going to be driving for us."

"We pay for our engines," she continued, "we pay on time for our engines and therefore they don't have any right to come to us and say, 'you need to release this driver for us'. If I decided not to release Valtteri, then Mercedes would be fine and say 'no problem, thank you for thinking about it'."

Translation, the deal is done, we're just not sure Felipe is a desirable replacement.
Maybe they are trying to plug Jense into that seat!