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Three-time F1 world champion Niki Lauda has walked away from his managerial role at Air Berlin to focus on his new job at Mercedes GP.
Lauda, a 63-year-old Austrian, had been mixing work in motorsport and aerial transportation for a while now. On top of winning three world championships as a driver, he also headed at different point in time his own airline companies, and Jaguar's F1 team.
Most recently, Lauda became involved in Mercedes' Formula One effort, already making an impact on the team by helping recruiting Lewis Hamilton from McLaren.
Lauda reportedly left Air Berlin to focus on helping Ross Brawn and the whole of the Mercedes F1 team, who lost in December the input of Norbert Haug, get to the top.
"The Board thanks Niki Lauda for his commited, stimulating work for the benefit of the company," said Air Berlin's chairman Dr Hans-Joachim Koerber, as quoted by Autosport.com.
Lauda, a 63-year-old Austrian, had been mixing work in motorsport and aerial transportation for a while now. On top of winning three world championships as a driver, he also headed at different point in time his own airline companies, and Jaguar's F1 team.
Most recently, Lauda became involved in Mercedes' Formula One effort, already making an impact on the team by helping recruiting Lewis Hamilton from McLaren.
Lauda reportedly left Air Berlin to focus on helping Ross Brawn and the whole of the Mercedes F1 team, who lost in December the input of Norbert Haug, get to the top.
"The Board thanks Niki Lauda for his commited, stimulating work for the benefit of the company," said Air Berlin's chairman Dr Hans-Joachim Koerber, as quoted by Autosport.com.