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Lauda willed Hamilton DNF in Singapore
Niki Lauda has revealed that he was begging for Lewis Hamilton to drop out of the lead of last year's Singapore Grand Prix to help persuade the Briton to leave McLaren for Mercedes in 2013.Speaking ahead of the weekend's Autosport Awards, the Austrian told Reuters that he felt he needed divine intervention after Hamilton appeared unsure of the move away from the team that had nurtured his rise to the top flight. Lauda explained that clandestine meetings with his target were not being helped by McLaren's return to front-running form, and left him pleading for a mishap in the following night's race around Marina Bay."I had to see him in his room between two to four in the morning,”...
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