Mercedes F1 chief Niki Lauda insists he has no sympathy for organisers of the now-defunct 2015 German grand prix. After a six-decade run for the key German market on the F1 calendar, neither Hockenheim nor the Nurburgring could agree a deal with Bernie Ecclestone for this year. 'We would have accepted 50 per cent of the price of the contract for one year,' the F1 supremo said in Bahrain. 'It still left them in trouble.' Ecclestone told Speedweek that the same fate could now befall organisers of the fabled Italian grand prix at Monza, as he warned: 'Nobody is indispensible. We have other great races that can step in.' Ecclestone's argument is that if European hosts like Spa can afford to...
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