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Lauda loses : I bet on Vettel taking pole
Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda bet against his team grabbing the pole position the Chinese Grand Prix, but it was a 10-euro wager he was happy to lose. Speaking to reporters, team boss Toto Wolff pulled out a 10-euro note that he won from the Austrian racing legend Lauda – now a Mercedes part-owner and non-executive chairman – after their star driver Lewis Hamilton seized the top spot start for the race in Shanghai. 'I think he was happy about losing the bet. But generally Nikki Lauda is not happy about losing money overall,' Wolff said, prompting laughs. 'I think he thought, either I win money or I am happy about being on pole. So it was a win-win situation for him. I said: give...
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