Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that he gave three-time World Champion Niki Lauda 'information' back in 2012 that Lewis Hamilton was on the market, with Red Bull having hoped that the 38-year-old would leave McLaren. Red Bull viewed McLaren as a bigger challenger than Mercedes at the time, meaning they viewed Hamilton as a 'threat' whilst he was at the Woking-based side. The hope was that Hamilton and McLaren would struggle if the seven-time World Champion left, especially to a team like Mercedes who were a midfield competitor at the time. Of course, Marko sharing the information with Lauda ended up being a 'complete misjudgement', with Hamilton having gone on to win six...
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