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Contents. Niki Lauda. Andreas Nikolaus " Niki " Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the ...
On 20 May, 2019, 70-year-old Niki Lauda passed away peacefully in hospital. His funeral in Vienna was attended by many drivers and dignitaries who paid solemn tribute to one of the sport’s greatest heroes. Text - Gerald Donaldson. During his remarkable F1 career Niki Lauda was called both a hero and a villain.
May 21, 2019 · Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has passed away, aged 70. The Austrian, who had a lung transplant last August, won the F1 drivers’ championship in 1975 and 1977 with Ferrari, and again in 1984 with McLaren. In 1976 he staged one of the greatest sporting comebacks in history when, just six weeks after being badly injured in a ...
May 21, 2019 · Niki Lauda, who has died aged 70, was a three-time Formula 1 world champion, non-executive chairman of the world champion Mercedes team, and one of the biggest names in motorsport. He was also a ...
Aug 17, 2024 · Niki Lauda was an Austrian race-car driver who won three Formula One (F1) Grand Prix world championships (1975, 1977, and 1984), the last two of which came after his remarkable comeback from a horrific crash in 1976 that had left him severely burned and near death.
May 21, 2019 · Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. Lauda, who underwent a lung transplant in August, "passed away peacefully" on Monday, his family said. The legendary ...
May 21, 2019 · Austrian Lauda, who won the drivers championship in 1975, 1977 and 1984, died aged 70 on Monday. He almost died following a crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. Despite ...
Jul 28, 2021 · Forty-five years ago, Niki Lauda survived a horrific, fiery crash at the Nurburgring yet recovered to fight for the 1976 World Championship. In the latest Beyond The Grid podcast, former Ferrari Team Manager Daniele Audetto gives a first-hand account of the crash, Lauda’s recovery, and his heroic return at Monza…. Immediately after the accident on August 1, 1976, Audetto was ordered to ...
May 21, 2019 · Niki Lauda, March 712M - Cosworth with Dieter Quester, March 712M - BMW. Photo by: LAT Images. A subsequent row led to an estrangement from his father, and Lauda was thereafter obliged to make it ...
Niki Lauda quickly demonstrated that the technical ability to hone one’s car to mechanical perfection was every bit as important as being able to drive it quickly. Born into a prosperous Austrian business banking dynasty, Niki outraged his family by borrowing $30,000 to buy a place in the March F1 team for 1972 alongside Ronnie Peterson.
