Niki Lauda has announced in a Video message to the world champion Team Mercedes, his speedy return. “I was faster out of bed, because I have felt that I am in a big strong family and among friends,” said the 69-Year-old continues to recover from a lung transplant.
The three-time formula 1 world champion, which for the last five years Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the factory teams of Mercedes, had to at the beginning of August to the procedure. At the end of October he had been out of the hospital in Vienna dismissed.
“As you all know, I had a hard time,” said Lauda in the Video. He was sitting in an office chair, wearing a light blue shirt and his Betboo trademark: The red cap.
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— Mercedes AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) 24. November 2018,
The support he had received had been incredible, said the Austrians, and congratulated his Team for the re-title triumph this year. “We could have done a better Job,” said Lauda – Mercedes, won for the fifth Time in a row the constructors ‘championship and another Triumph of Lewis Hamilton for the fifth Time in series the drivers’ title.
At the end of the 51-second-long video that was released via Twitter, then came the “important news: I will be back soon. Come on. And the pressure will come for the sixth title.”
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