During contract negotiations with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff again found himself asking ‘what would Niki do?' Wolff and Lauda became great friends during their time at Mercedes where Lauda served as non-executive chairman, with the three-time World Champion playing a crucial role in bringing Hamilton to the Silver Arrows back in 2013. Sadly Lauda passed away back in 2019 shortly before the Monaco Grand Prix race weekend, and ever since Wolff has often asked himself what Lauda would have done when needing guidance in a certain situation. “In a funny way, when I ask myself, ‘what would you have done, Niki?’ the answer comes to me immediately, because he was so...
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