Dieter Zetsche: 'Nico Rosberg has contract for 2017'

Nico Rosberg in action at the Spanish GP on May 14, 2016
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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.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen went on to win yesterday's race.

Toto Wolff the Mercedes GP Executive Director looks on from the pitwall during day four of Formula One Winter Testing at the Circuito de Jerez on January 31, 2014
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