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Marko: Mercedes do not trust their own junior program
Red Bull's Helmut Marko has taken a swipe at Mercedes' lack of confidence in their own junior driver programme as it becomes increasingly apparent that the German team will replace retired Nico Rosberg with Valtteri Bottas and not Pascal Wehrlein. During a talk show on Servus TV, featuring Mercedes F1 chairman Niki Lauda and Marko, the latter taunted, 'You have a junior program and in it you have the highly regarded Wehrlein, but it does not look like he will get the drive. That means you do not trust your own junior program…' Lauda went on the defensive, 'I must correct you on that. The junior program is a junior program where our young drivers should gain experience.' 'Of course...
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