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Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein says that he is not dwelling on the fact he missed out on the 2017 Mercedes seat.
The young German is a Mercedes junior driver, and was poised to take a seat at the team for the upcoming season but instead the Silver Arrows went for Finn Valtteri Bottas due to Wehrlein's lack of experience.
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"I've already forgotten about it completely," Wehrlein is quoted by the German broadcaster RTL. "From the moment it was clear that I would be with Sauber this year, I focused completely on that," he added.
Wehrlein enters his second year in Formula 1 after making his debut in 2016 with Manor who are no longer part of the grid. The 22 year old scored a point for the team and himself last year at the Austrian Grand Prix, but was chosen over former team mate Esteban Ocon for a Force India seat.
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I'm sure he's disappointed, just needs to show Merc what they missed out on