Lump
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I'm with smiffy. Either vettel or even verstappen. Jenson has a williams seat in a seasons time, so cant see him not keeping his year off.
Nico and Lewis
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Button has also retired has he not ?
For me it will be either Wehrlien or Ocon both in the Mercedes program and both would leave Hamilton as a number 1
They could look to recruit someone like Sainz or Bottas
For me it will be either Wehrlien or Ocon both in the Mercedes program and both would leave Hamilton as a number 1
They could look to recruit someone like Sainz or Bottas
Craigg
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No. The official line is a year off, with an option to return in a McLaren should Alonso not decide to fulfill his contract.
Would love to see him alongside Lewis.
HomerJSimpson
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What about Raikonnen. Good driver, not too high maintenance off the track
ger147
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All of the top guys already have a contract for next season, Kimi included.
Mercedes will either go for a young guy from one of the smaller teams or a stop gap for a year while they line up a bigger name for 2018.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Has anyone ever tried to buy out another driver. In other sports the contract is rarely binding. In football hardly worth the paper their written on
ger147
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No chance of Ferrari helping out Mercedes in that situation. Money doesn't come into stuff like that in F1 between teams such as those.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Fair enough. Was just putting it out there as I'm not really into F1 and especially all the off road goings on
SaintHacker
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The big guns are all confirmed for nextseason so I think Mercedes will go for Werlein, which will leave Lewis as out and out no.1 driver and keep the parent company happy by having a German driver in the team. Then 2018 they will have the option of going for Alonso/Vettel/Verstappen. Personally I would love to see Max and Lewis in the same team, although I'm not sure Mercedes could afford all the repairs!
andycap
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Give the drive to Suzi Wolff, that would shake it up 
bobmac
Major Champion
She won't fit in the cockpit in a few months
