Lauda: Drinks brand leaves opposition standing

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Following Sebastian Vettel's title win at Suzuka, Niki Lauda spoke of the back-to-back champion in glowing terms: "It's hard to see how he could have carried it off in greater style. The end of the season is still a long way off, yet here he is with the championship already sewn up."

He sees the fact that Vettel didn't crown his achievement with a win on track as merely a minor blemish: "OK, he only managed third place today, but after the team botched his pit stops, he was never going to finish any higher."

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