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Wolff ‘in tears every half hour' over Lauda loss

Speaking to the press in a team briefing, Toto Wolff was highly emotional when paying tribute to the late, great Niki Lauda, his colleague at Mercedes and close friend. Lauda had suffered a series of health setbacks following a lung transplant last year and passed away on Monday, surrounded by his family. “As you can imagine, this is very difficult, very difficult for the team, for all of us and it is very difficult, most importantly, as a friend', said Wolff. 'It’s not an easy situation to try to go back to racing, especially not in Monaco with so much media attention in front of all of you. I’m trying to keep it together emotionally, in speaking about a friend. 'This is what...
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