(Florent Gooden DPPI for Renault Sport F1)
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team non-executive chairman Niki
Lauda believe that rivals Infiniti Red Bull Racing will be stronger this season
following a tough 2014 campaign for the Milton Keynes based outfit.
The team went into the 2014 season off the back of four
consecutive Drivers and Constructors championship’s, they struggled during
winter testing as the sport moved from 2.4 Litre V8 engines to 1.6 litre V6
turbo charged power units.
Daniel Ricciardo made the step up to the senior team
from Scuderia Toro Rosso replacing Mark Webber.
The Australian comprehensively beat team mate and four time
world champion Sebastian Vettel, winning three Grand Prix in Canada, Hungary
and Belgium.
Despite struggling in 2014 the team finished a distant second
place in the Constructors championship behind champions Mercedes. This season
the team have a new driver with Daniil Kvyat joining Daniel Ricciardo,
replacing Sebastian Vettel who has joined Kimi Raikkonen at Scuderia Ferrari.
Speaking to Autosport Lauda stated that he feels Red Bull
will be closer to Mercedes this year but he is unsure of how close the Milton
Keynes based outfit will get to the Brackley based outfit. He is unsure about
how Scuderia Ferrari will get on this season but expects McLaren-Honda to
struggle this season.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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