The Mercedes Formula 1 team has dedicated winning its sixth consecutive constructors’ world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix to the late Niki Lauda. Three-time world champion Lauda played an instrumental role at Mercedes as the German manufacturer’s non-executive chairman between 2012 and until his death earlier this year, having overseen all of the team’s previous title triumphs throughout the V6 hybrid era. Victory for Valtteri Bottas and a third-place finish for Lewis Hamilton was enough for Mercedes to seal the 2019 constructors’ time at Suzuka, as the team equalled Ferrari’s record of six straight titles from 1999-2004. “I think we want to dedicate this to Niki...
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