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Wolff and Lauda disagree on Vettel talks

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has claimed the Silver Arrows did hold talks with Sebastian Vettel, but team principal Toto Wolff has a different version of events. Vettel had been linked with a move to Mercedes at the end of the 2018 season when Lewis Hamilton's current deal expires, but the German has now signed a three-year extension with Ferrari. Lauda was quizzed about Mercedes' involvement with Vettel since the start of the year and suggested that talks had taken place between two parties. 'We discussed it briefly once with him, but the more competitive Ferrari goes the less the reason he would want to leave,' Lauda told Sky F1. 'So therefore we stopped right away a couple...
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