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Mercedes expecting two-horse race in 2015

Niki Lauda says he always knew 2015 would be a tougher challenge for Mercedes. The German outfit utterly dominated last year, but so far in 2015 Ferrari has put up a fight. 'The higher you climb,' the F1 legend and team chairman told Kolner Express newspaper, 'the thinner the air.' Barcelona winner Nico Rosberg, however, said he is not expecting any other teams to intervene in Mercedes' title push. 'No,' he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper. 'Just us and Ferrari.' Lauda continued: 'It quickly became clear to us that Ferrari had found 40 horse power more compared to last year. 'So we had to develop faster as well in order to maintain our competitive edge.' The strategy appeared to have worked...
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