Mercedes Favourites to Retain Constructor’s Championship

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Having comfortably won both the Drivers and Constructor’s Championship this year, even Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes that Mercedes are the overwhelming favourites for the Formula 1 title next season.

Despite losing World Champion Nico Rosberg, with the World Champion having retired just five days after winning the first title of his career, the bookmakers have still backed the British team to repeat their achievements from this year in 2017.

Horner stated that “Mercedes have a few things going on with drivers and technical staff but they have a very strong team. It will be interesting to see who they opt for in their spare seat because their options look relatively limited.”

With much speculation still surrounding Mercedes’ hunt for a replacement for Rosberg, it seems likely that either Valterri Bottas or Pascal Wehrlein will join Lewis Hamilton. Williams have recently …

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