MAY 16, 2016

Rosberg has contract for 2017 says Zetsche

Nico Rosberg looks set to stay at Mercedes beyond 2016.

Nico Rosberg looks set to stay at Mercedes beyond 2016.

Before the sensational first-lap crash with teammate Lewis Hamilton on Sunday, Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche suggested to the German media that championship leader Rosberg has secured a new contract.

"Both drivers are under contract for the forthcoming season," Speed Week quotes him as saying.

(GMM)