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None of Formula 1’s 10 team principals have raced in the sport. But some have employed former drivers in advisory capacities. At Mercedes, three-time world champion Niki Lauda helped Toto Wolff lead the team on a historic run of dominance. Lauda saw the team win five straight constructors’ titles before he died in 2019, and they would go on to land three more. At Ferrari, meanwhile, the former Virgin and Lotus driver Jerome D’Ambrosio has arrived as the deputy to Frederic Vasseur. He’ll also head up the team’s academy. A veteran of over 100 Grands Prix, Pedro de la Rosa works for the Aston Mar…

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