Formula 1 will honour Niki Lauda at this weekend’s showcase Monaco Grand Prix, with teams and drivers on Wednesday still coming to terms with the triple F1 World Champion’s death. The Austrian, who died on Monday aged 70, won in Monaco with Ferrari in 1975 and 1976 but was latterly the Mercedes team’s non-executive chairman and shareholder with principal Toto Wolff. An F1 spokesman said a tribute was in the works, with details to be confirmed. Others said a minute’s silence was planned for before the race. Five times F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who paid an emotional tribute to the Austrian on Instagram, made a paddock appearance but was exempted from a scheduled FIA-organised...
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