In addition to the two-driver race line-up, Formula 1 teams typically keep a candidate in reserve as back-up, occasionally hold on to a development driver, and sometimes have an academy of aspiring youngsters desperate to make their mark. Here’s how the picture looks for 2018. Mercedes Mercedes has Esteban Ocon at Force India as the Frenchman continues to gain experience in Formula 1, but its reserve drivers this year are Pascal Wehrlein and George Russell. Wehrlein competed for Manor (2016) and Sauber (2017) but was unable to secure a seat and will this year combine Mercedes reserve duties with a return to the DTM, in a bid to re-capture the crown he gained in 2015, prior to...
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