Force India could sign George Russell as their third driver for 2018 with Bob Fernley saying they want a long-term relationship with the Mercedes protege. read more »

Force India is closing on a deal to make Mercedes protege George Russell its reserve driver for the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

Force India to give Mercedes protege George Russell his FP1 debut in Brazil. read more »

Newly-crowned GP3 champion George Russell says he is ready to provide a solution to the British driver shortage in Formula 1, with the Mercedes protege telling the F1 Report he... read more »

Ferrari protege Charles Leclerc, 2017's runaway F2 championship leader, will make his F1 weekend debut for Sauber in four Friday Practice sessions in the final two months... read more »

Red Bull's Helmut Marko believes former protege Sebastian Vettel will go on to win this year's title. read more »

Helmut Marko tips former protege Sebastian Vettel for 2017 F1 title read more »

Ferrari protege Charles Leclerc pipped Stoffel Vandoorne to the quickest time on day one of Formula 1's post-Hungarian Grand Prix test at the Hungaroring read more »

Sauber has announced that Honda protege Nobuharu Matsushita will drive the C36 at next weeks' test at the Hungaroring. read more »

McLaren protege Lando Norris will make his sportscar debut at the Dayton 24 Hours next January. Norris, 17, joined McLaren's young driver scheme after… read more »

Mercedes protege George Russell will carry out in-season testing for the manufacturer in Hungary. Russell joined Mercedes' young driver programme for 2017… read more »

For the first time this season at the Spanish Grand Prix, both Pascal Wehrlein and Esteban Ocon scored points, with the Mercedes-Benz protege's impressing Toto Wolff. read more »

Pascal Wehrlein has revealed that his Sauber team expected the Mercedes-Benz protege to be out for the opening four races of the season due to his back injury. read more »

McLaren has announced its junior programme line-up for the coming season, with 2016 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Lando Norris becoming a fully-fledged protege of the team read more »

Marcus Ericsson has welcomed new team-mate Pascal Wehrlein to Sauber and believes that the "highly-rated" Mercedes protege will boost the Swiss… read more »

British protege George Russell has joined the Mercedes junior programme alongside Pascal Wehrlein and Esteban Ocon for 2017 read more »

Former Renault team boss admits protege Nico Hulkenberg found it difficult to accept his departure. read more »

Mercedes protege Esteban Ocon has revealed that he held talks with Renault over a 2017 seat before he was signed by Force India on a two-year… read more »

How will Manor's Mercedes protege fare as he becomes the latest F1 driver to take the challenge? For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook:... read more »

Manor driver Pascal Wehrlein says he is eager to understand why team-mate and fellow Mercedes protege Esteban Ocon was selected for the vacant Force India… read more »

Mercedes protege and current Manor driver Esteban Ocon will switch to Force India for the 2017 campaign, alongside incumbent Sergio Perez, after signing a… read more »

Ferrari protege and GP3 championship leader Charles Leclerc will take part in opening practice for Haas at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. It will be the... read more »

Ferrari-backed youngster Charles Leclerc will graduate to the GP2 Series next year, Haas team boss Guenther Steiner has confirmed. Leclerc joined Ferrari's… read more »

Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein says he would be happy to stay with Manor for a second season. read more »

Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein is looking forward to driving the Manor in the US for the first time. read more »