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Mercedes inundated with applications
Practically 'half' the Formula 1 grid and 'maybe more' have already called Niki Lauda asking about the vacant Mercedes race-seat. With Mercedes having dominated Formula 1 in recent year, winning three successive championship doubles, Nico Rosberg's vacated seat is the hot property for 2017. The German announced on Friday, five days after winning the World title, that he is retiring from Formula 1. Lauda, a a Mercedes non-executive director, has been fielding calls ever since. 'Practically half of Formula One and maybe more. I am constantly taking calls,' he told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport. But while Mercedes tweeted that ambition would trump experience in the criteria, Lauda reckons...
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