Xtreme Racing News

It was announced officially yesterday that Pascal Wehrlein has pulled out of the 2nd F1 race of the season this weekend due to lack of fitness again the same reason he missed the season opener in Melbourne. Wehrlein was involved in a crash at the Race of Champions event a few months ago in America and was put in concussion protocol. Sauber's 3rd driver/replacement driver Antonio Giovinazzi will drive the car again in China after making his F1 debut 2 weeks ago, he finished 12th in the event. Little interesting here as Mercedes AMG Petronas boss Toto Wolff praised Wehrlein to come back strong and claimes that he has all the bad luck. Wehrlein was in the running for Mercedes as Nico Rosberg's replacement after the 2016 World Champion suddenly retired 24 hours after winning it. Mercedes claimed Wehrlein needed more experience and could get the car when Valtteri Bottas leaves the team. "That took courage and selflessness, which I know earned him a lot of credit within the team" claimed Wolff but another team boss in a lower series was not impressed saying Wehrlein is selfish for coming out that he is unprepared and it shows how soft he is. Sauber is still unsure about Wehrlein's status after this week.