Lauda about Hamilton

“My father was really proud of Lewis”

At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton will bid farewell to Mercedes after twelve years. The "Krone" spoke to ServusTV expert Mathias Lauda about his father's big coup in signing the future record-breaking world champion.

"This is a first for me. Being in a hotel room with a stranger at two in the morning," said Niki Lauda, who died in 2019, with a smile on his face, recalling his first meeting with Lewis Hamilton in Singapore in September 2012. A statement that Lauda's son Mathias also remembers well.