Pascal Wehrlein has confirmed he will return to German touring car series DTM -- which he won in 2015 -- after missing out on a Formula One seat for the coming season.
Wehrlein spent his two F1 seasons with backmarking teams -- Manor in 2016 and Sauber in 2017 -- scoring the only points of either team's respective campaigns. Despite an impressive season with Sauber he was replaced by Formula 2 champion and Ferrari junior Charles Leclerc, who will partner Marcus Ericsson for the coming season.
Leclerc's elevation, and Williams' decision to sign Sergey Sirotkin for 2018, left the Mercedes junior without a drive.