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Wehrlein hopes Haryanto keeps Manor seat

Pascal Wehrlein says he always knew his 2016 Manor teammate Pascal Wehrlein was a good driver. Indeed, amid reports labelling the Indonesian government-backed Haryanto as merely the next bankrolled ‘pay-driver' in F1, fellow rookie Wehrlein insisted months ago that 'Rio is being portrayed as worse than he is'. Indeed, after four races head-to-head in 2016, the Mercedes-sponsored reigning DTM champion Wehrlein and 23-year-old Haryanto are 2:2 in qualifying. 'I already said from the beginning that Rio is not a bad driver,' Wehrlein, 21, is quoted by Speed Week at the DTM season opener last weekend. 'If he was fourth in GP2, and in my opinion not with a team that could win the...
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