Mercedes employees will enter the team's Brackley base via Lauda Drive from now on, after the Silver Arrows unveiled a fine tribute to one of F1's greats.
Niki Lauda was a three-time world champion and will go down as one of the best-ever F1 drivers, with him overcoming incredible odds and challenges in his life to achieve truly great things.
In 2019, we sadly lost the charismatic Austrian but he'll forever remain in the hearts and minds of F1 and motorsport fans, and he now has an extra special place dedicated to him at Mercedes, with them unveiling a road named after him earlier this week.
The road enters their Brackley HQ and will serve as a reminder of what the great man did for Mercedes in their surge to becoming one of the most dominant forces in the history of F1, with him acting as a Non-Executive Chairman and also someone Toto Wolff, Lewis Hamilton and countless others in and outside of the Mercedes team could confide in.
Speaking at the small unveiling ceremony earlier this week, Toto Wolff said of the new road sign:
“It’s a true honour to unveil Lauda Drive and it was great to see so many team members gather to watch the reveal.
"While our dear friend and colleague Niki wouldn’t have wanted us to make a fuss, he would also be proud to have this road named after him. It was a privilege for all of us to work alongside him and I was lucky enough to call him one of my best friends.
"He was a massive contributor to our success, a great sparring partner for me and a strong non-executive chairman, who we miss dearly. I wish he was still here as my friend and as a chairman, because there would have been many questions I’d have liked to ask him this year.
"His legacy lives on in so many shapes and forms, but to know so many people will pass down Lauda Drive in the years to come is very special.”
[Images courtesy of Mercedes AMG F1 team]
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