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Lauda hit out at Rosberg’s shock decision to quit Mercedes

Lauda criticises Rosberg over shock decision Niki Lauda has hit out at Nico Rosberg's decision to quit Mercedes just days after winning the world championship. The German's decision was just as shocking to his bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda as it was to the rest of the world. 'He told me it was because of stress,' team chairman Lauda told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. And he also told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag: 'I am a notorious planner, always with an emergency plan, and even I did not expect such a thing.' Lauda admitted he is even a little angry. 'On one hand, you have to accept if Nico wants to go,' he said. 'But on the other, Nico signed a two year contract with us in...
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