Ireland's famous oracle, the colorful Eddie Jordan, has delivered his latest prediction: Mercedes will quit F1 at the end of the 2018 season!
The former team owner and TV pundit actually enjoys a pretty good track record when it comes to forecasting F1 events.
Jordan was asked by Auto Bild if he thought Sebastian Vettel would make the move to Mercedes next season, a question which led to his vision of the future.
"No. He has everything he needs at Ferrari. And also because Mercedes will probably pull the plug at the end of 2018," the Irishman said.
"I think they will go for the titles this and next year and then the board of directors in Stuttgart will decide to sell the team and stay only as an engine maker.
"I would do the same," Jordan added.
"Because Mercedes have won everything and can only get worse from now. So it's better to go back to their old core business in Formula 1, which is developing and delivering high tech engines."
Jordan believes this will be the deciding factor in convincing Vettel to ink a new deal with Ferrari sooner rather than later.
"If Vettel suspects this, it really makes no sense for him to leave Ferrari," he said.
Do you think Mercedes will indeed "pull the plug" at the end of 2018? or is Eddie Jordan just looking for controversy?
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