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Lauda rules out replacing Ecclestone
Niki Lauda with Bernie Ecclestone
Niki Lauda on ruled out suggestions he is a candidate to replace Bernie Ecclestone as Formula 1 supremo.
Embroiled in a bribery scandal, the sport's current chief executive on Friday actually named Lauda, the great triple world champion and Mercedes team chairman, as a potential successor who could potentially be named 'tomorrow'. Lauda doesn't think so.
'No, I will not be boss of Formula 1!' the Formula 1 legend told German newspaper Bild. 'I have a job at Mercedes with a contract that goes up to and including 2017. Anyway, I do not think about things that will not happen,' said Lauda.
But what about when that Mercedes contract expires? By then, Ecclestone...
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