24 February, 2013 Dieter Zetsche Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has played down expectations ahead of Mercedes' fourth-consecutive season as a works formula one team. The Brackley based team has made big changes for 2013; swapping Michael Schumacher for Lewis Hamilton, ousting Norbert Haug and installing Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff in upper management. 'It was evident in the last few years that we have had a good engine, maybe the best, and good drivers, but we were not competitive because of the chassis,' Zetsche said in an interview with Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper. 'We did not get to the level that is expected of Mercedes, so the team management had to be reinforced,' he insisted....
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