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Niki Lauda: 'Half the grid' have been in contact with Mercedes
Niki Lauda says 'practically half the grid' have been in touch with him and Mercedes to offer their services following the surprise retirement of world champion Nico Rosberg, leaving a vacant seat alongside Lewis Hamilton for 2017. Lauda admitted he took Rosberg's news badly, saying it had left the team 'disorientated and unprepared' for next year, leaving the team in a difficult situation of finding a replacement at such short notice. “A few hours before the public announcement. He told us by phone,' Lauda told Gazzetta dello Sport. 'I took the news badly, I didn’t expect it, nobody in Mercedes thought that he had had enough. “At first I didn’t...
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