Mercedes are likely to stay in Formula 1 after major changes come into play for the 2021 season but this cannot be taken for granted, team principal Toto Wolff earlier this week. The German carmaker’s factory team have won both the constructors’ and drivers’ championships for an unprecedented six years in a row, and next season is the last before a financial, technical and sporting shakeup. The teams are still negotiating a new agreement with commercial rights holders Liberty Media to replace the one that expires at the end of 2020, and their positions are being staked out. “Everything indicates that we will stay. But it’s not a given,” Wolff, who is missing this weekend’s...
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