Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has admitted that his team are missing the influence and presence of late F1 icon Niki Lauda.
The three-time world champion took the title for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and then again for McLaren in 1984. After retiring from F1, the legend moved into management performing a consultancy role with Ferrari before being made team principal with Jaguar.
In 2012, the Austrian was made non-executive chairman at Mercedes and played a key part in signing Lewis Hamilton from McLaren the following year. Under his stewardship, Mercedes won five constructors titles while Hamilton devoted his sixth world championship crown in 2019 to Launda after his death earlier that year.
