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Lauda leaves airline to focus on Mercedes

Retired triple Formula One champion Niki Lauda has left the board of Air Berlin so he can devote more time to his new role with Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes Formula One team, the airline said on Thursday. Austrian Lauda was named as non-executive chairman of the British-based team's board when 2008 champion Hamilton was signed from McLaren last September. Since then, Mercedes have announced the departure of motorsport chief Norbert Haug after more than 20 years in the high-profile job. Lauda, 63 and a former Jaguar team principal, is expected to play a link role between the team and Stuttgart car manufacturer. The Austrian retired from Formula One racing in 1985 to focus on his aviation...
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