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Three-time champion of Formula 1 Niki Lauda traded their trophies and cups for the right free car washes his car to the end of life. He told about it in interview Reuters, commenting on the dissatisfaction of the current Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton appearance of the prizes.
     "In my day, almost all the cups were disgusting, I didn't care. I told the owner of one car that if it will be for the rest of my life free to wash my car, you can take all," explained Lauda, adding that the owner of the car wash agreed to this exchange.
     However, according to 66-year-old Austrian, he lost this right due to the death of the owner and subsequent restructuring of a sink in a gas station. The cups were returned to the Laud, but soon the children of the former auto racer sold them on eBay.
     Before Grand Prix of great Britain, passing in the current weekend on the Silverstone track in Northamptonshire, Hamilton complained about representability awarded to the racers trophies. "Last year I was given some plastic object. It's not exactly a trophy for Formula 1," said the pilot in an interview with BT Sport.