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Brawn: Lauda convinced Mercedes to pay big bucks for Hamilton
F1 managing director Ross Brawn, who guided Mercedes' efforts as a works outfit in F1 from 2010 to 2013, revealed that it was Niki Lauda who crucially convinced the manufacturer to pay big bucks for Lewis Hamilton's services in 2013. Hamilton has often recounted how Brawn had visited the then McLaren driver at his mother's house at the end of 2012 to lay out Mercedes' enticing plans for the future. While the Brit was impressed with what he heard and ready to jump ship from McLaren to Mercedes, he would only consider a change if Mercedes acceded to his lofty financial demands, set at an estimated $25 million! Mercedes team members share their favorite Lauda stories "Our first common...
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