Lance Stroll, a Williams development driver, has caught the eye of Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.
Canadian teen Stroll is currently leading the highly-competitive European F3 season, combining that race seat with a role at Williams.
The 17-year-old said this week that he is eyeing the reportedly expiring contracts of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, but it appears that Wolff also has an eye on him.
"He works extremely hard," Wolff said of Stroll, "but his intelligence and maturity is something else as well."
Wolff said that when it comes to Stroll, he is even more impressed with his maturity level than he is with that of F1 sensation Max Verstappen, who is a year older.
"Max behaves more like a youngster," Wolff told La Presse newspaper.
"Max is a teenager. In the car he is extremely good, but when you are with him, he's a boy. But Lance's maturity is surprising at just 17 years old."
The 2016 championship continues tomorrow with the Canadian Grand Prix.
