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Lauda: The red flag saved us otherwise Ferrari would have won
Niki Lauda has slammed claims which have emerged in the media suggesting that Mercedes is still sandbagging, one race into its 2016 Formula 1 championship campaign. It was rumoured the dominant champions of 2014 and 2015 held fire on its full performance potential over the winter, and Red Bull's Helmut Marko charged even after Melbourne that Mercedes could actually have 'lapped the field'. The suspicion is that, amid the political goings-on, a close battle between Mercedes and Ferrari will calm suggestions the current ‘power unit' era has been an abject failure. But when asked if Mercedes was really worried about being beaten by Ferrari in Australia, F1 legend and team chairman...
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