Toto Wolff has provided the latest update on Mercedes’ vacant 2025 F1 se꧅at, stressing the team’s replacement is a “data decision”.

Mercedes still have a seat to fill and are searching for a replacement for168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton, whose blockbᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚuster switch to Ferrari for next season was confirmed back in February, a move which sparked the driver market into li🍸fe.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz, the driver Hamilton will replace at Ferrari, has been linked with Mercedes but the Silver Arrows are believed to be leaning towards promoting their teenage prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli into a full-time F1 seat alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell after just a single season in Formula 2.

“It’s a data 🐷decision,” Wolff told Sky Sports at the Hungarian Grand Prix. “Obviously when you look at Kimi, the team hasn’t really found a good grip this year which can happen.

“But he’s seventh [in F2 qualifying] and Ollie Bearman, who’s clearly a very good driver, is 14th, they both struggle with the car. It’s not🌌 saying one is better than the other one but they struggle with the car in specific sessions.

“We will see what he’s doing in an F1 car - that’s the most important. As for the rest of the driver market, there is something instinctive that tells me ‘don’t rush’ and I couldn’t even t🤪ell you what it isꦑ.”

When pushed by Nico Rosberg as to whether he was hinting at Max Verstappen, Wolff replied: “I have a really good relationship with a driver called Nico Ros♕berg, that was on the peak of his doing, won a championship and then he said he doesn’t want this anymore.

“Things can happen.”

Verstappen, who is under contract until the end of 2028, has repeatedly insisted he has no intention of leaving Red Bull despite being p🍌ublicly courted by Wolff. 

It has been reported that the thre꧟e-time world champion has a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave Red Bull if Helmut Marko also departed the t🔯eam.