Wehrlein’s role

Former Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein will work with Ferrari this season in a development role. Wehrlein, who spent two years racing in F1 in 2016 and ’17 with Manor and Sauber, split with long-time backer Mercedes at the end of last year following a season back in the DTM. He made a shortlived Formula E race debut last weekend with the Mahindra team where he was crashed into on the first lap and will combine his racing commitments with work on Ferrari’s simulator.