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Haug admits Mercedes defeats led to F1 departure
By Editor on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Norbert Haug has admitted he is stepping down due to Mercedes' lack of success as a works team since 2010.
But in an interview with Germany's Bild daily, he denied reports he is being made a scapegoat.
'No, I'm not,' said Haug, who served as the German marque's motor sport vice president for more than two decades.
'If I had nothing to do with our failures in the last three years, then I would have nothing to do with our victory in China this year,' said the 60-year-old, 'and I wouldn't like that.'
But why has Haug been axed, and not the Brackley based team's British principal, Ross Brawn?
'Because over 22 years I have borne the overall...
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