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Lack of Superlicence Makes Gutierrez Unavailable as Mercedes Reserve Driver For Now – Wolff

Toto Wolff says the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team would have to look beyond Esteban Gutierrez if they were to require a reserve driver at this stage of the season, with the Mexican currently without the Superlicence needed to race in Formula 1. Both Gutierrez and Stoffel Vandoorne are marked as reserve drivers for Mercedes in 2020, but regulation changes made prior to the season require a driver who hasn’t race in Formula 1 for more than three years is required to have tested a car for at least three-hundred kilometres, something the Mexican has not managed. It also meant that the BWT Racing Point Formula One Team wouldn’t have been able to call upon Gutierrez’s services...
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