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Replacing Bernie Ecclestone not easy – Lauda

F1 legend and Mercedes F1 team chairman Niki Lauda Niki Lauda has played down mounting speculation he is in pole position to succeed Bernie Ecclestone. It is claimed that Ferrari's Sergio Marchionne, backed by Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, is advocating that a group of three should take over from the 85-year-old F1 ‘supremo'. 'When I think about the sporting side, then for me Niki Lauda is one of the hottest candidates,' Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko told Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper. F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman Lauda, however, is not racing away with the job. 'If some people here believe that it is easy to replace him (Ecclestone), they are mistaken,' the 67-year-old...
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