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Mercedes can fight top three in 2013 claims Lauda
10 February, 2013 Niki Lauda
Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel is the best, but Mercedes can be a top-three contender in 2013, claims Niki Lauda, the triple world champion who is the straight-talking expert pundit for German television RTL.
But he is also now Mercedes' 10 per cent shareholder and board chairman, and despite an up-and-down Jerez debut for the new Brackley-built W04, Lauda sounded optimistic about the future.
'My big joy is that the Mercedes can now compete with the top three teams,' he told Bild newspaper.
But Lauda acknowledged that world champion Vettel, who drives for Red Bull, is still in front.
Asked to assess the opening four test days of the 2013 pre-season,...
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