Niki Lauda knows a thing or two about Ferrari and of late there have been suggestions that the Maranello Scuderia might look at prying the Austrian legend away from Mercedes, but according to big boss Sergio Marchionne who insists there is no place with the Reds for the man he calls a prophet. Lauda – now Mercedes F1 team chairman – won two F1 world championship titles with Ferrari after leading the Italian team, in those days under the leadership of Enzo Ferrari, out of the doldrums in the mid-seventies Marchionne was asked if Lauda could be tempted back to Ferrari, to which he replied, 'Niki Lauda is fundamental in Mercedes. He always understands what happens in the mind of...
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