From GMM
Norbert Haug, Mercedes-Benz's motorsport boss, has admitted interest in seeing his German countryman Nico Rosberg at the wheel of a McLaren.
Rosberg, 23, is out of contract at Williams at the end of the season, and - while happy with the Grove team's progress this year - is openly assessing his options for 2010.
With Lewis Hamilton the darling of the works team and under long-term contract, the seat in question is the one currently occupied by Finn Heikki Kovalainen, who joined McLaren last year to replace Fernando Alonso.
At the same time at the end of 2007, McLaren pushed to hire Rosberg but found the German securely under contract.
"We had to respect it," Haug told spox.com in Monaco. "How things develop, we cannot discuss in public, but we have known Nico long enough and he is a man on the list.
"It is clear that he is on many teams' lists," the German added.
photo:Williams
Norbert Haug, Mercedes-Benz's motorsport boss, has admitted interest in seeing his German countryman Nico Rosberg at the wheel of a McLaren.
Rosberg, 23, is out of contract at Williams at the end of the season, and - while happy with the Grove team's progress this year - is openly assessing his options for 2010.
With Lewis Hamilton the darling of the works team and under long-term contract, the seat in question is the one currently occupied by Finn Heikki Kovalainen, who joined McLaren last year to replace Fernando Alonso.
At the same time at the end of 2007, McLaren pushed to hire Rosberg but found the German securely under contract.
"We had to respect it," Haug told spox.com in Monaco. "How things develop, we cannot discuss in public, but we have known Nico long enough and he is a man on the list.
"It is clear that he is on many teams' lists," the German added.
photo:Williams