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Ecclestone will not attend Lauda funeral

Bernie Ecclestone says he will not be attending F1 legend Niki Lauda's funeral on Wednesday. Having died late last Monday, 70-year-old Lauda will be buried in his racing suit after a funeral at a gothic Vienna cathedral. Toto Wolff is expected to make a speech, and Lewis Hamilton answered 'of course' when asked if he will also be there. But Ecclestone, the former F1 supremo and lifelong friend of Lauda's, is not making an exception to his usual policy of sitting funerals out. 'I do not want to see Niki dead. He lives on for me,' the 88-year-old told Bild newspaper. Ecclestone's absence is not because the pair were not friends. Lauda once drove for his Brabham team, and the great Austrian's...
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