TIL Desk Sports/ Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton is looking to pay tribute to late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda with a victory at the Austrian Grand Prix (GP) this weekend. Hamilton is taking steady steps towards his sixth career world title, just one short of F1 legend Michael Schumacher’s record.
A win at the Red Bull Ring racing circuit in Austria could act as a fitting tribute to Lauda, who was born in Vienna in 1949 and whose photograph was present on the opening page of Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport’s website on Thursday.
The 34-year-old Briton drew level at the end of last season with Argentine great Juan Manuel Fangio on five world championships and helped Mercedes win its fifth consecutive constructors title. Hamilton currently leads the standings with 187 points, 36 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas of Finland and 76 in front of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel of Germany.
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