Verlayn: I want to have a very strong team-mate

The newly appointed pilot Meter Pascal Verlayn said he hopes his fall a strong teammate with whom to a race track and they can grow thanks to competition between them. We still do not know who will take the last free place on the grid, namely the neighboring garage until Pascal in Manor, but it will be known soon. German hopes just be a "very good".

There are rumors that it may be one of the pilots last year's team - Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens, or the pilot GP2 Rio Haryanto. "Hope is a very good pilot, so we mutually pressure. Of course, I will focus on myself and my own performance, but I want to be strong," said Pascal. Last year, when he was racing in the DTM, Veerlayn test for Mercedes and Force India. Eventually he managed to make the transition from the one-vehicles to cars and now will start with a small team, but at least you'll gain experience, as he explained. "Everything here is less than Mercedes, but very professional. I'm sure this year will be able to make a big step forward. It is difficult to say exactly how much, because last year, lagging behind competitors was immense, but I think the Manor is a good team. Besides this is a great place for a young driver like me - to develop and gain experience. optimistic I am and I hope we can catch up, "said the German, who chose the number 94 for his career in F1. Veerlayn competed with that number last year in DTM, when he won and became the youngest champion in history. The reason I choose it is that this is the year in which it was born - 1994.The other pilot, who made his debut in F1 this year, Jolyon Palmer. Competitor Renault will compete under number 30.

The numbers of pilots:

3 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)

5 - Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)

6 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

7 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

8 - Romain Grosjean (Haas)

9 - Marcus Eriksson (Sauber)

11 - Sergio Perez (Force India)

12 - Felipe Nasr (Sauber)

14 - Fernando Alonso (McLaren)

19 - Felipe Massa (Williams)

20 - Kevin Magnussen (Renault)

21 - Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas)

22 - Jenson Button (McLaren)

26 - Daniel Kwiat (Red Bull)

27 - Nico Hülkenberg (Force India)

30 - Jolyon Palmer (Renault)

33 - Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)

44 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

55 - Carlos Sainz Jr. (Toro Rosso)

77 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams)

94 - Pascal Veerlayn (Manor)