Nico Rosberg World Champion!

[Greasy]

1 year contract for Mercedes employee Di Resta until Alonso's able.

[henners88]

One chap nobody is even giving a thought to is Vandoorne. I think he would be a great replacement for Rosberg. He would fit well into the team and Toto likes him.

I thought he had been confirmed as Buttons replacement at McLaren for 2017?


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[driveace]

1 year contract for Mercedes employee Di Resta until Alonso's able.

What you taking ? Rosberg was dour or had no personality BUT neither has Paul di Resta ,he has NO charisma at all even though I own one of Paul di resta,s race suit signed by himself and it might go up in value if that happened I am sure we will see the cow jump over the moon first .Why do Mercedes NEED to wait for any other driver ? All the drivers (Well 60%) would give their right arm to drive that car

[Greasy]

What you taking ? Rosberg was dour or had no personality BUT neither has Paul di Resta ,he has NO charisma at all even though I own one of Paul di resta,s race suit signed by himself and it might go up in value if that happened I am sure we will see the cow jump over the moon first .Why do Mercedes NEED to wait for any other driver ? All the drivers (Well 60%) would give their right arm to drive that car

Quite simple really, they would take a single year contract so they could sort out a longer length deal with a proven driver, Di Resta is in the Merc family, DTM and Williams reserve and knows how to pedal well enough to be a number 2 until the proven champions are available and out of current contracts. Also, what are you taking thinking that charisma is in any way important in this situation???

[Nitrodaze]

I thought he had been confirmed as Buttons replacement at McLaren for 2017?


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In this quite unique situation, anything is possible. With Ron Dennis gone from Mclaren, l would not be surprised if the Mclaren drivers decide to head off as well.

[Nitrodaze]

1 year contract for Mercedes employee Di Resta until Alonso's able.

If Mercedes want a stop gap driver, they would give Wehrlein a chance to gain experience working with Hamilton. But you never know, Di resta may get the chance, but l really doubt it.

[Greasy]

We don't even know if its a partner for Hamilton yet

[truefan72]

IMO Wehrlein gets the seat, if not him, i think DiResta gets a crack at the seat

[Nitrodaze]

We don't even know if its a partner for Hamilton yet

Good point but it would be as surprising as Rosberg stopping, if Mercedes dumps their star driver. It depends on how pissed they are ofcourse.

[Greasy]

I reckon Lewis is much safer now Rosbergs retired, but I still think the team are pretty pissed off... Although they did have exactly the same crap to deal with last year.