F1 is to mark the passing of three-time champion Niki Lauda with a minute's silence before Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. In a bid to pay further tribute to the Austrian, who passed away earlier this week, all 20 drivers, as well as dignitaries and a number of Lauda’s contemporaries and peers will each hold a red cap during the ceremony, the three-time world champion having sported a red cap ever since his 1976 crash at the Nurburgring. While Mercedes has announced that in tribute to its chairman the Halo device on its two cars will be painted red this weekend, F1, the FIA, the Automobile Club de Monaco and the teams are inviting all fans attending the race to pay their own tribute to...
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