F1: Haryanto secures Manor drive for rest of year

Rio Haryanto has resolved doubts over his seat with Manor and is set to complete the 2016 Formula 1 season with the team.

Haryanto joined Manor at the start of the year, but with only enough funding in place to cover up to and including the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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Manager Piers Hunnisett has been working hard behind the scenes to secure the amount required to see Haryanto through to the end of the year, which is close to being in place.

"At the moment I'm quite confident things are going to turn out well," said Haryanto. "I've obviously been focusing a lot on doing the best job I can and getting the results I wanted, that I don't get distracted by things going on behind me.

"What happens now is all down to my management, and from what I've been told by my management, everything seems quite good. I just have to keep on pushing, to keep doing the best I can and get the best results for the team."

Asked by Autosport whether Hunnisett had expressed confidence regarding a drive for the second half of the season, Haryanto replied: "That's what I've been told. I'm happy. I now just have to focus on my job, and that's it."

Contacted by Autosport with regard to Haryanto's position, Hunnisett said: "The situation has taken a positive turn over the last couple of weeks. There are just a few things that need finalizing, but it is now looking good for Rio to continue with Manor for the rest of the season."

MOTIVATION HIGH AFTER POINTS FINISH - WEHRLEIN

Manor heads into this weekend's British GP on a high in the wake of Pascal Wehrlein giving the team only the second points finish in its 126-grand prix history last time out in Austria.

"It's given everyone in the team a lot of motivation," said Wehrlein. "When I was in the factory on Tuesday I saw many happy faces."

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Pinpointing the reasons behind the performance, Wehrlein added: "The most important thing were the tires because we could make them work.

"They were in a really good temperature window where they have not been before.

"Normally we have struggled to get temperature into the tires, and this time they were a lot better, and we also had a small update as well from Williams.

"With the new surface at the track you could see in the lap times this year we were much quicker than last year, and when you go quicker you put more energy into the tires."

Originally on Autosport.com