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Lauda to confront Ecclestone over Mercedes TV blackout
Mercedes F1 team chairman Niki Lauda will travel to London this week to ask F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone about Sunday's peculiar coverage of the Japanese grand prix. Mercedes, having cruised to a one-two at Suzuka after its Singapore slump, was not alone in wondering why the silver cars were on screen for precisely 5 minutes and 56 seconds of the almost 90-minute coverage from lights to flag. 'I can't say much but even the pitstop of Lewis (Hamilton) – the leader – we only saw him driving out. We didn't even see how they changed the wheels,' said Lauda, the F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman. RTL, the free-to-air broadcaster in Germany, also admitted its concerns publicly....
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