Niki Lauda News
A red three-pointed star on the engine cover is one of several on-car tributes to the Austrian at Sunday`s Monaco Grand Prix, with the `halo` head protection device painted red as a reference to Lauda`s familiar red cap.
Niki, the three-time F1 world champion, died on Tuesday around five months after undergoing a lung transplant.
Four times MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez drove a Formula One car for the first time at the Red Bull Ring in Austria on Tuesday but said his focus remained firmly on two wheels for the next few years at least.
Earlier on Sunday, Mercedes non-executive team chairman Niki Lauda said that he expected Nico Rosberg's replacement to be announced before the end of the year.
Ecclestone said before Sunday`s race that "honestly, sincerely" he did not know whether Liberty were buying into the sport and had nothing more to say.
Mercedes insiders dismissed the reports of their strife.
Red Bull`s billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz appears to have lost interest in Formula One and could go through with threats to quit, according to triple world champion and Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda.
Jenson Button hit back at Niki Lauda on Saturday after the Austrian Formula One great suggested the driver had told him he wanted to stay at McLaren next year and any uncertainty was about money.
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