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Mercedes: The candidates to replace Rosberg

F1i looks at the candidates to replace Nico Rosberg at Mercedes following the world champion's shock decision to retire from F1

Nico Rosberg stunned the Formula One world - and the wider sporting one as a whole - with his announcement on Friday that he would be retiring from F1 with immediate effect. It was a brave announcement, and Rosberg answered many personal questions in explaining his decision.

The one big question remaining, however, is who will replace the 2016 drivers' champion? Rosberg has been a big part of the Mercedes dominance and he now leaves probably the most coveted seat on the grid available alongside Lewis Hamilton.

On the following pages, F1i takes a look at the various candidates Mercedes will be evaluating, and attempts to rank the probability of each driver joining the reigning champions for next season.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.