Mercedes F1 non-executive chairman promotes a competitor!

Mercedes AMG F1 non-executive chairman Niki Lauda took a trip down memory lane yesterday at the Red Bull Ring.

Lauda put himself behind the wheel of a 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL, the very Alpina entry he raced at the Nurburgring 6 hours event some 45 years ago.

After Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff encouraged Porsche to join the F1 fray on friday, Lauda has followed suit with a bit of promotion for another Merc competitor, the Bayerische Motoren Werke company!