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Lauda: Nico told me he is 1000% sure of his decision

Mercedes F1 team chairman Niki Lauda is convinced that Nico Rosberg's decision to quit Formula 1, five days after being crowned World Champion, is definite and permanent. Speaking to BBC, Lauda revealed, 'I spoke to him afterwards to find out because I did this twice in my career and I really wanted to make sure it was not a quick decision which he might regret and I wanted to find out how sure he is.' 'Of my question: how sure are you and he said: 1,000%. Then I knew that it is over, you cannot convince him any more.' As for the announcement made last week, Lauda said, 'I was really surprised – this was never on my radar that this could happen. It is a huge loss because we had the...
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