Niki Lauda, Luca Di Montezemolo and Ferrari have history together Niki Lauda has made a swift about turn, after using an expletive to describe the Formula 1 cars fielded in 2014 by Mercedes' grandee rivals McLaren and Ferrari. 'McLaren has the same engine as us and the car is sh*t,' Mercedes' Formula 1 chairman had told the Spanish newspaper El Pais. 'The same with Ferrari — another sh*t car.' After the publication of his blunt assessment, Lauda has now apologised privately and publicly to Ferrari. 'I apologise to Ferrari, to Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, and to the Italian fans. I should not have used that word,' the Austrian triple wold champion told La Gazzetta dello Sport. 'I was...
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