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Horner ‘encouraged' Merc to sign Hamilton
Christian Horner 'encouraged' Mercedes to sign Lewis Hamilton in a bid to 'weaken' McLaren only for the Brit to win back-to-back titles with Mercedes. With Red Bull on a charge at the beginning of the decade, Hamilton had approached the Milton Keynes squad seeking a race-seat. But with Horner concerned that the British racer and Sebastian Vettel would not gel as a partnership, he instead got onto Mercedes non-executive director Niki Lauda to sign him. Horner had hoped that Mercedes swooping in on Hamilton would weaken McLaren but little did he know what a formidible partnership Hamilton and Mercedes would prove to be. 'He wanted to drive for Red Bull,' the Red Bull team boss told F1 Racing...
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