Mercedes is keeping the door open to a potential move for Sebastian Vettel due to its experience of surprising driver decisions. Team principal Toto Wolff has previously said the defending champions must factor in Vettel when looking at its future driver line-up, with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas out of contract at the end of the season. Wolff says he is sincere when he makes such comments, pointing to Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement in 2016 as why teams need to keep options open and consider certain scenarios. “First of all, it is not lip service because we owe it to a four-time world champion not to come out and say straight away ‘no’,” said Wolff (pictured at right,...
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