More than two years has been since Niki Lauda left the world. May 2019 the legendary Austrian racer has passed away, having previously served as chairman of the team's supervisory board Mercedes.
Otherwise it is Lauda symbolically still present in Mercedes garage, but Helmut Marko he would like to be his compatriot in the season 2021 also actually present. Because Lauda would be based on a good relationship with Mark helped to quell the fierce duel of the teams Mercedes in Red Bull. "Especially when the dispute between Mercedes and us has boiled over to boiling point, then we would like Niki to be present,”Said the consultant Red Bulland on television ServusTV.
"I believe that it would certainly not have escalated to that extent at that time,He emphasizes Marko. Because while camping Brand in Tota Wolff, the head of the Mercedes team, despite national affiliation, they don't understand very well, so they are Marko in Lauda cultivate a good relationship. They regularly sat together in the paddock at breakfast, which is also something that Marko after the death of Lauda he misses him very much.
All their breakfasts would probably be few in the 2021 season "heavier and fiery“As he imagines Marko. "Because Lauda didn't want to lose either.“However, he is a consultant Red Bull Racing convinced: “However, he would have accepted this more calmly and sensibly."It simply came to our notice then poisonous verbal arrow in the direction of the current team leadership Mercedes and their reactions.