Pascal Wehrlein has jumped to the defenc🌟e of the 'underrated' Rio Haryanto after suggesting his former Manor Racing t𝕴eam-mate could have out-performed Esteban Ocon in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Ocon makes his F1 debut this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps after being called up to replace Haryanto, the highly-ratedꦺ Frenchman qualifying 18th (starting 17th) for his first attempt.

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However, with Wehrlein cracking Q2 en route to 16th (15th after penalties) on the grid, the German suggests Manor could have had two cars in the second phase of qualifying for 💙🌜the first time if Haryanto was still competing.

Throwing his support behind the Indonesian racer, Wehrlein admits🍸 it is a shame Haryanto has been demoted to reserve driver, calling him 'underrated and underestimated'

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"Esteban is a very highly-rated dr﷽iver and to beat him by half a second in qualifying was very good and I'm happy wi🐻th that.

"Maybe now you can see that Rio was actually very good and performi🅷ng really well and I feel liꦦke today he could have done the same, so I think everyone underrated him or underestimated what he could do. I feel a bit sad for that because actually he was a good team-mate and he did a good job."

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