The young German made the step-up from the DTM to F1 this season through his Mercedes ties, and has enjoyed a solid start to his maiden season as a grand prix driver with Manor.

However, should his wider F1 dreams not come to fruition he says that he would look to return to Touring Cars rather than move back to GP2. And that could even mean a move to Australia.

“Yes, Im interested in that,” he told Motorsport.com. “Why not? Its nice [in Australia], isn’t it?”

“If I would not drive Formula 1, I would drive DTM, or V8 Supercars, or IndyCar.

“I have four categories, like I said, Im really interested in. Of course Formula 1, this was always my dream, but if not DTM is great. I really love DTM.

“But apart from that I always loved watching V8 Supercars and IndyCar. So these are the two other series I'm watching and following still. I like it, so…”

Wehrlein has a winning pedigree in tin-tops, having become the youngest ever DTM champion in 2015 when he secured the title for Mercedes.

Additional reporting by Oleg Karpov