So the plan is to dive through the Silverstone weekend and look forward to Budapest! © MOTORSPORT NETWORK 2021. Seems incredible but Ericsson is now entering his fourth season in F1. Edited by MRswede, 16 April 2017 - 13:53. Great debut by Giovinazzi today; he may very well be in the frame for a race seat at Ferrari next year. Click on the Site to see Pascal Wehrlein's career results at that track.. Glossary. PW: For Budapest we are set for a big upgrade. Q: Can you talk us through your season so far? German Pascal Wehrlein completes the 2016 grid, alongside fellow rookie Rio Haryanto, at Manor and will make his F1 debut in Australia.. Yes there have been difficult races since then, but we knew that this would happen. He has so much experience in motorsport and in many other ventures outside racing. PW: It is no secret that my start to the season was very difficult. Of course, I have heard all these rumours as well. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Decisions are made by others and I am only here to drive - to perform as well as I can. Correct, Wehrlein pitted under the SC and Ericsson did not. Community Forum Software by IP.Board, Antonio Giovinazzi to replace out of shape Pascal Wehrlein for Australian Grand Prix, Pascal Wehrlein found a second on Marcus Ericsson, who has had more time in the car. Twice I scored points, with the clear highlight of Barcelona, which was exceptional for us finishing in P7 - even if with the penalty it was finally P8. The start to 2017 in Bahrain was not bad. Ericsson had traffic on both his fastest laps in Q1 though. He avoided a contact that would have been 100% his own fault. The talented Wehrlein will have a seat in 2017, but where? If Ericsson really had issues they won't last forever, so he'll need to perform either today or in Russia in order to confirm his claim. I have a contract for this season so I am only focusing on this year â and the rest is a bit like the Valtteri thing: I cannot influence anything. Pascal Wehrlein (s.18. Assume that Sauber will want to be very clear on avoiding a repeat of Australia; meaning that they will probably make a firm decision on who's driving before even arriving in China. This would suggest a car/engine/setup problem that they haven't found yet. That aside, Giovinazzi did absolutely fine on his debut. LONDON (AP) — Pascal Wehrlein will drive for Formula One team Sauber this season. Wehrlein only outqualified Ericsson because he crashed his car and denied Ericsson of finishing his second attempt, where he was faster. Pascal Wehrlein (born 18 October 1994 in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a German-Mauritian racing driver, who won the 2015 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship and is therefore the youngest ever DTM Champion. Free and simple registration required to view this content, © 2003-2021 Formula One World Championship Limited. That aside, Giovinazzi did absolutely fine on his debut. It is mid-season and time to reflect on the achievements, on acclimatising to a new team, coming to terms with a new team mate â and spending a lot of time in Switzerlandâ¦. Trending. Let's see if he's back in the car at any point this year. Is that a distracting factor as a driver? And as far as final standings go - Ericsson is yet to finish ahead of any of his team mates in F1 in the final standings right? It felt like I had never been away, never been injured. So, Ericsson barely stayed in front of Giovinazzi, who just ran this morning in Melbourne. Pascal Wehrlein has been confirmed as a Sauber driver for 2017, ending months of speculation about his future. I want to be there when it counts. Not bad for a driver, who just recently didn't have much fitness. Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein withdrew from the Australian Grand Prix as a precaution after an injury at the Race of Champions interrupted his training regime, prompting concerns that he would not be able to cope with the greater physical demands placed on the drivers by the 2017 generation of cars. You can physically feel this desire in the team. PW: Yes, I do have expectations of Fred â and the team. All rights reserved. He could help Sauber. I used to work with him in DTM. Props to Toto for sticking by his young guns. New Porsche recruit Pascal Wehrlein says he is keen on scoring a maiden Formula E victory for himself and the German manufacturer in the upcoming 2020/21 season. And the Sauber facilities are great. I always am a little bit suspicious when drivers suggest car issues. Please don't disturb the bashing with facts. Pascal Wehrlein: Hopefully soon. Jan 16, 2017, 4:01 AM Pascal Wehrlein will race with the Sauber Formula 1 team this year, the Swiss squad confirmed on Monday morning. Almost all the car â or all the aero side â will be new, so that should give us a good performance boost. We caught up with the German to get his personal take on what lies ahead… 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We won't see Pascal in that car again... Edited by thegamer23, 25 March 2017 - 06:24. 02:06. Considering the useless strategy, Ericsson did fine until his gearbox broke. Q: What are your expectations of Fred? I'm sure Ericsson will qualify ahead of Wehrlein at some point this season, but overall I expect Wehrlein to keep his current advantage. Pascal Wehrlein on Mercedes 2017 - Autosport Awards 2016 . Less than two tenths is give-or-take territory and Ericsson has about that much of a handicap with the engine compared to Wehrlein. Yes, Valtteri is doing a good job and he deserves it. I really respect Fred. And it's not like Ericsson is a total slouch, contrary to public mythology. I donât worry about that. Both only did one stop though, so the difference strategy wise wouldn't been that big. But these are the kind of performances (i.e beat Ericsson) Wehrlein should do if he wants to move into a better team next year. He is a very successful man. Ericsson had a good pace on the second set of tyres. Giovinazzi has perhaps made things very difficult for Sauber. Q: When you say that you have a contract for this year, does that mean that 2018 is completely open? So to be honest, that strategy not to pit him was pretty idiotic. If he is not faster than Ericsson he deserves to be. PW: I love to go to Switzerland. SCALE 1/5 Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Looking promising. A very good performance yesterday. Right now I donât have these tools to make it happen. In his rookie season with Manor in 2016, Wehrlein scored the team's only point with a 10th-place finish in Austria. Wehrlein must be better than the driver who was occasionally outqualified by Haryanto last season, or it's Ericsson's to lose. But imagine: P7 with the Sauber! (Without even a quali sim) Did not improve a lot in q2 either from that time by the look of it But we will see soon enough if there's something in it. He messed up sector two in his fastest lap, so it was a bit crappy qualifying session overall. Pretty sure Wehrlein won't be fit enough for China either - he never did more than ten laps in testing and was limited to half-days, so Antonio will get another chance to shine. 2017 Race of Champions - Felipe Massa vs. Pascal Wehrlein (1).jpg 3,264 × … I've been very rude about Pascal and his "fitness issues" but hope he has put that behind him now. PW: First and foremost, the team wants to do better than we are doing now or did last season. Very frustrating for Sauber. If's and but's are reserved for the ones who didn't quite get there. Wehrlein came to Formula E after a two-year stint in Formula 1 with Manor and Sauber between 2016 and 2017. The injury matter was pretty tough. It's also better when it's the team that issue the statement, rather than the driver. Media in category "Sauber C36 of Pascal Wehrlein" The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. Em 2018, Wehrlein mudou-se para a Fórmula E , sendo contratado pela equipe Mahindra Racing para disputar a temporada de 2018–19 . I thought this would happen. (Laughs) And then we have to take the opportunity and bag the points. He raced in Formula One for Sauber and Manor and besides scoring the only point of the 2017 season for Sauber, he drove in a total of 39 races for the two teams. from it.motorsport (..on 31/3 , not 1/4) Pascal Wehrlein will do free practice in China. That they have n't found yet joined Mahindra racing for the 2018-19 season and was signed for. 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