Mercedes F1 team set to present new car

Mercedes says it will unveil its 2017 Formula One car at Silverstone Circuit while talks continue on Nico Rosberg's replacement.

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Published 5 January 2017 9:06am

Source: AAP

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Mercedes, champion of the Formula One World Championship for the past three years, announced on Wednesday that it will present its new W08 car on February 23 at the Silverstone Circuit.

Mercedes will unveil its 2017 World Championship car just one day before Ferrari presents its prototype in the Fiorano Circuit and four days before the first pre-season tests, which are to be held in Barcelona on February 27.

However, Mercedes said nothing regarding the driver who will pair up with Britain's Lewis Hamilton, after the retirement of his German teammate Nico Rosberg, the current world champion.

Talks are still going on with Finn Valtteri Bottas, who drives for Williams.

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