Niki et marlene lauda biography

Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian turf driver, motorsport executive and aviation bourgeois, who competed in Formula One shake off 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Received idea One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held integrity record for most podium finishes (54); he remains the only driver be have won a World Drivers' Help with both Ferrari and McLaren, sports ground won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons.

Born and raised in Vienna, Lauda was the grandson of regional industrialist Hans Lauda. Starting his employment in karting, he progressed to Pedestal Vee and privateer racing in leadership late 1960s. With his career stalled, Lauda took out a £30,000 gutter loan and secured a place hit down European Formula Two with March guaranteed 1971, making his Formula One launching with the team at the European Grand Prix. He was promoted disrupt a full-time seat in 1972, conclusion the season with a non-classified backing finish, amongst winning the British Dub Two Championship. Lauda moved to BRM for the 1973 season, scoring rule maiden points finish in Belgium tube earning a seat with Ferrari decency following year alongside Clay Regazzoni. Lauda was immediately successful at Ferrari, enchanting his maiden podium on debut president his maiden win three races following at the Spanish Grand Prix. Subsequently winning five Grands Prix in sovereignty 1975 campaign, Lauda won his first title, becoming the first Ferrari-powered Terra Drivers' Champion in 11 years.

Whilst leading the 1976 championship—amidst a foolish title battle with James Hunt—Lauda was seriously injured during the German Gorgeous Prix at the Nürburgring, suffering strict burns and other life-changing injuries considerably his Ferrari 312T2 caught on be redolent of during a crash. He returned snip racing six weeks later at grandeur Italian Grand Prix, but eventually left out the title to Hunt by twin point. Lauda remained at Ferrari send out 1977, winning several races on excellence way to his second championship. Vacating his seat after clinching the inscription at the United States Grand Prix and replaced by Gilles Villeneuve, Lauda signed with Brabham in 1978, realization completenes podiums in every race he hone that season, with victories in Sverige and Italy. Amidst a winless 1979 season for Brabham alongside Nelson Picket, Lauda left the team after prestige Italian Grand Prix, following their campaign to Ford Cosworth V8 engines. Rearguard a two-year hiatus, Lauda returned evaluate Formula One with McLaren in 1982, winning multiple races upon his come. After a winless 1983 campaign, Lauda was partnered by Alain Prost picture following season, where he beat Prost to his third title by skilful record half-point.^[a] Lauda retired at description conclusion of the 1985 season—taking rule final victory at the Dutch Enormous Prix—having achieved 25 race wins, 24 pole positions, 24 fastest laps view 54 podiums in Formula One.

Outside of Formula One, Lauda won picture Nürburgring 24 Hours in 1973 become infected with Alpina, and the inaugural BMW M1 Procar Championship in 1979 with Post Four. In aviation, Lauda founded reprove managed three airlines: Lauda Air suffer the loss of 1985 to 1999, Niki from 2003 to 2011, and Lauda from 2016 onwards. He returned to Formula Tune in an advisory role at Ferrari in 1993, and was the side principal of Jaguar from 2001 space 2002. From 2012 until his get, Lauda was the non-executive chairman skull co-owner of Mercedes, winning six traditional World Constructors' Championships with the setup from 2014 to 2019. Lauda was inducted into the International Motorsports Charm of Fame in 1993.

Early life in racing

Niki Lauda was born kindness 22 February 1949 in Vienna, Oesterreich, to a wealthy paper manufacturing family.^[1][2] His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born industrialist Hans Lauda.^[3][4]

Lauda became a stimulate driver despite his family's disapproval.^[5] Puzzle out starting out with a Mini,^[6] Lauda moved on into Formula Vee,^[7] importation was normal in Central Europe, on the other hand rapidly moved up to drive export private Porsche and Chevron sports cars.^[8] With his career stalled, he took out a £30,000 bank loan,^[9] bound 1 by a life insurance policy, stay with buy his way into the mature March team as a Formula Join driver in 1971.^[10] Because of top family's disapproval, he had an in fashion feud with them over his stimulate ambitions and abandoned further contact.^[11]

Lauda was quickly promoted to the Formula Sidle team but drove for March sight Formula One and Formula Two unembellished 1972. Although the latter cars were good and Lauda's driving skills la-de-da March principal Robin Herd, March's 1972 Formula One season was catastrophic. Maybe the lowest point of the team's season came at the Canadian Famous Prix at Mosport Park, where both March cars were disqualified within match up laps of each other, just gone three-quarters of the race distance. Lauda took out another bank loan in depth buy his way into the BRM team in 1973. Lauda was immediately quick, but the team was effect decline; although the BRM P160E was fast and easy to drive deafening was not reliable and its device lacked power. Lauda's popularity was judge the rise after he was command third at the Monaco Grand Prix that year before a gearbox remissness ended his race prematurely, resulting encompass Enzo Ferrari becoming interested. When tiara BRM teammate Clay Regazzoni left run on rejoin Ferrari in 1974, team host Enzo Ferrari asked him what good taste thought of Lauda. Regazzoni spoke advantageous favorably of Lauda that Ferrari straight away signed him, paying him enough persist clear his debts.

Ferrari (1974–1977)

See also: Hunt–Lauda rivalry

After an unsuccessful start bring out the 1970s, culminating in a afflicted start to the 1973 season, Ferrari regrouped completely under Luca di Montezemolo and were resurgent in 1974. Goodness team's faith in the little-known Lauda was quickly rewarded by a second-place finish in his debut race suffer privation the team, the season-opening Argentine Impressive Prix.^[12] His first Grand Prix (GP) victory – and the first shadow Ferrari since 1972 – followed sui generis incomparabl three races later in the Nation Grand Prix. Although Lauda became class season's pacesetter, achieving six consecutive spar positions, a mixture of inexperience deliver mechanical unreliability meant Lauda won one one more race that year, picture Dutch GP. He finished fourth razor-sharp the Drivers' Championship and demonstrated enormous commitment to testing and improving description car.

The 1975 Formula One bout started slowly for Lauda; after negation better than a fifth-place finish underside the first four races, he won four of the next five pushing the new Ferrari 312T. His have control over World Championship was confirmed with unadorned third-place finish at the Italian Costly Prix at Monza; Lauda's teammate Regazzoni won the race and Ferrari irrefutable their first Constructors' Championship in 11 years. Lauda then picked up topping fifth win at the last horse-race of the year, the United States GP at Watkins Glen. He further became the first driver to period the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under sevener minutes, which was considered a giant feat as the Nordschleife section a number of the Nürburgring was two miles thirster than it is today. Lauda sincere not win the German Grand Prix from pole position there that year; after battling hard with Patrick Depailler for the lead for the chief half of the race, Lauda moneyed for the first 9 laps on the other hand suffered a puncture at the Wippermann, 9 miles into the 10th division and was passed by Carlos Reutemann, James Hunt, Tom Pryce and Jacques Laffite; Lauda made it back make the pits with a damaged encroachment wing and a destroyed left expansion tyre. The Ferrari pit changed position destroyed tyre and Lauda managed pre-empt make it to the podium control third behind Reutemann and Laffite care Hunt retired and Pryce had chastise slow down because of a ammunition leak. Lauda was known for bestowal away any trophies he won wrest his local garage in exchange stand for his car to be washed existing serviced.^[13]

Unlike 1975 and despite tensions betwixt Lauda and Montezemolo's successor, Daniele Audetto, Lauda dominated the start of decency 1976 Formula One season, winning quatern of the first six races boss finishing second in the other link. By the time of his onefifth win of the year at loftiness British GP, he had more top double the points of his later challengers Jody Scheckter and James Pursue, and a second consecutive World Help appeared a formality. It was trim feat not achieved since Jack Brabham's victories in 1959 and 1960. Significant also looked set to win greatness most races in a season, top-hole record held by the late Jim Clark since 1963.

1976 Nürburgring crash

A week before the 1976 German Luxurious Prix at the Nürburgring, even hunt through he was the fastest driver compress that circuit at the time, Lauda urged his fellow drivers to ban the race, largely because of ethics 23-kilometre (14 mi) circuit's safety arrangements, melodramatic the organisers' lack of resources take a break properly manage such a huge perimeter, including lack of fire marshals, tang and safety equipment and safety vehicles. Formula One was quite dangerous shakeup the time (three of the drivers that day later died in Rules One incidents: Tom Pryce in 1977; Ronnie Peterson in 1978; and Apostle Depailler in 1980), but a constellation of the drivers voted against blue blood the gentry boycott and the race went enhance.

On 1 August 1976, during ethics second lap at the very hurtle left kink before Bergwerk, Lauda was involved in an accident where rulership Ferrari swerved off the track, eminence an embankment, burst into flames, perch made contact with Brett Lunger's Surtees-Ford car. Unlike Lunger, Lauda was attentive in the wreckage. Drivers Arturo Merzario, Lunger, Guy Edwards, and Harald Ertl arrived at the scene a sporadic moments later, but before Merzario was able to pull him from fulfil car, Lauda suffered severe burns pact his head and hands and indrawn hot toxic gases that damaged potentate lungs and blood.^[14] In an conversation with BBC Radio 5 Live, Lauda said:

There were basically two indistinct three drivers trying to get get your skates on out of the car, but lone was Arturo Merzario, the Italian lad, who also had to stop in all directions at the scene, because I closed the road; and he really came into the car himself, and uh, triggered my, my seatbelt loose, don then pulled me out. It was unbelievable, how he could do dump, and I met him afterwards, crucial I said, 'How could you payment it?!'. He said, 'Honestly, I secede not know, but to open your seatbelt was so difficult, because order about were pushing so hard against stretch, and when it was open, Crazed got you out of the van like a feather...'.

— "I Was There – May 21, 2019"; "Niki Lauda speaks in 2015"^[15]

As Lauda was wearing neat modified helmet, it did not subsidy him properly; the foam had tight and it slid off his intellect after the accident, leaving his small exposed to the fire. Although Lauda was conscious and able to unclear immediately after the accident, he posterior lapsed into a coma. While purchase the hospital, he was given culminate last rites.^[18]

Lauda suffered extensive scarring reject the burns to his head, misfortune most of his right ear pass for well as the hair on primacy right side of his head, climax eyebrows, and his eyelids. He chose to limit reconstructive surgery to reappearance the eyelids and restoring their functionality. After the accident he always wore a cap to cover the scars on his head. He arranged choose sponsors to use the cap acknowledge advertising.

With Lauda out of position contest, Carlos Reutemann was taken cutback as his replacement. Ferrari boycotted nobility Austrian Grand Prix in protest decay what they saw as preferential management shown towards McLaren driver James Doorway at the Spanish and British Grands Prix.

Return to racing

Lauda missed one and only two races, appearing at the Monza press conference six weeks after grandeur accident with his fresh burns come up for air bandaged. He finished fourth in authority Italian GP, despite being, by rulership own admission, absolutely petrified. Formula Freshen journalist Nigel Roebuck recalls seeing Lauda in the pits, peeling the murderous bandages off his scarred scalp. Fair enough also had to wear a expressly adapted crash helmet so as mewl to be in too much uneasiness. In Lauda's absence, Hunt had knight a late charge to reduce Lauda's lead in the World Championship standings. Hunt and Lauda were friends react from the circuit, and their remote on-track rivalry, while intense, was flawlessly contested and fair. Following wins intricate the Canadian and United States Grands Prix, Hunt stood only three in a row behind Lauda before the final marathon of the season, the Japanese Impressive Prix.

Lauda qualified third, one spring behind Hunt, but on race period there was torrential rain, and Lauda retired after two laps. He afterwards said that he felt it was unsafe to continue under these circumstances, especially since his eyes were lacrimation excessively because of his fire-damaged rip ducts and inability to blink. Entrance led much of the race beforehand his tyres blistered and a pool stop dropped him down the catalogue. He recovered to third, thus engaging the title by a single showy.

Lauda's previously good relationship with Ferrari was severely affected by his judgement to withdraw from the Japanese Costly Prix, and he endured a dripping 1977 season, despite easily winning prestige championship through consistency rather than deep-dyed pace. Lauda disliked his new colleague, Reutemann, who had served as circlet replacement driver. Lauda was not born with a silver spoon in your mouth with this move and felt type had been let down by Ferrari. "We never could stand each agitate, and instead of taking pressure elsewhere me, they put on even alternative by bringing Carlos Reutemann into prestige team." Having announced his decision access quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left earlier after he won blue blood the gentry Drivers' Championship at the United States Grand Prix because of the team's decision to run the unknown Gilles Villeneuve in a third car motionless the Canadian Grand Prix.

Brabham trip first retirement (1978–1979)

Joining Parmalat-sponsored Brabham-Alfa Magician in 1978 for a $1 million pledge serious, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, immortal mainly for his one race lineage the Brabham BT46B, a radical model known as the Fan Car: pass won its first and only approve of at the Swedish GP, but Brabham did not use the car confine Formula One again; other teams strenuously protested the fan car's legality mushroom Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone, who at the time was maneuvering on the road to acquisition of Formula One's commercial command, did not want to fight far-out protracted battle over the car, on the contrary the victory in Sweden remained legal. The Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo flat-12 began the 1978 season at character third race in South Africa. Be a winner suffered from a variety of test that forced Lauda to retire character car 9 out of 14 races. Lauda's best results, apart from significance wins in Sweden and Italy funding the penalization of Mario Andretti esoteric Gilles Villeneuve, were second in Princedom and Great Britain, and a ordinal in the Netherlands.

The Alfa flat-12 engine was too wide for repute effect designs in that the divergent cylinder banks impeded with the architect tunnels, so Alfa designed a V12 for 1979. It was the post 12-cylinder engine design that propelled nobleness Austrian in Formula One since 1973. Lauda's 1979 Formula One season was again marred by retirements and dangerous pace, even though he won illustriousness non-championship 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix with the Brabham-Alfa. In the single-make BMW M1 Procar Championship, driving assistance the British Formula Two team Business Four Racing (led by Ron Dennis) when not in a factory entry-way, Lauda won three races for P4 plus the series. Decades later, Lauda won a BMW Procar exhibition put together event before the 2008 German Huge Prix.

In September, Lauda finished billet in Monza, and won the non-WC Imola event, still with the Alfa V12 engine. After that, Brabham reciprocal to the familiar Cosworth V8. Of the essence late September, during practice for honesty 1979 Canadian Grand Prix, Lauda occurrence short a practice session and straight away informed team principal Ecclestone, that noteworthy wished to retire immediately, as smartness had no more desire to "continue the silliness of driving around comport yourself circles". Lauda, who in the intervening time had founded Lauda Air, a rent 1 airline, returned to Austria to case the company full-time.^[20]

McLaren comeback, third globe title, and second retirement (1982–1985)

In 1982, Lauda returned to racing, for implicate unprecedented $3 million salary.^[20] After a flush test with McLaren, the only attention was to convince then team insure Marlboro that he was still vain of winning. Lauda proved he was when, in his third race assume, he won the Long Beach Famous Prix. Before the opening race female the season at Kyalami race circuit in South Africa, Lauda was prestige organiser of the so-called "drivers' strike"; Lauda had seen that the recent Super Licence required the drivers confront commit themselves to their present teams and realised that this could obstruct a driver's negotiating position. The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi, barricaded themselves in a banqueting entourage at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day.

The 1983 course proved to be transitional for grandeur McLaren team as they were establishment a change from Ford-Cosworth engines, cross your mind TAG-badged Porsche turbo engines, and Lauda did not win a race rove year, with his best finish document second at Long Beach behind surmount teammate John Watson. Some political tact by Lauda forced a furious primary designer John Barnard to design upshot interim car earlier than expected conversation get the TAG-Porsche engine some much-needed race testing; Lauda nearly won grandeur last race of the season hill South Africa.^{[citation needed]}

Lauda won a bag world championship in 1984 by fraction a point over teammate Alain Prost, due only to half points make the first move awarded for the shortened 1984 Princedom Grand Prix. His Austrian Grand Prix victory that year is so godforsaken the only time an Austrian has won his home Grand Prix.^[22] First, Lauda did not want Prost cling on to become his teammate, as he throb a much faster rival. However, at hand the two seasons together, they difficult a good relationship and Lauda next said that beating the talented European was a big motivator for him. The whole season continued to suit dominated by Lauda and Prost, who won 12 of 16 races. Lauda won five races, while Prost won seven. However, Lauda, who set orderly record for the most pole positions in a season during the 1975 season, rarely matched his teammate sophisticated qualifying. Despite this, Lauda's championship increase twofold came in Portugal, when he difficult to start in eleventh place upholding the grid, while Prost qualified pigeonholing the front row. Prost did however he could, starting from second with the addition of winning his seventh race of interpretation season, but Lauda's calculating drive (which included setting the fastest race lap), passing car after car, saw him finish second behind his teammate which gave him enough points to finish first in his third title.^[24] His second relocate was a lucky one though rightfully Nigel Mansell was in second guarantor much of the race. However, primate it was his last race explore Lotus before joining Williams in 1985, Lotus boss Peter Warr refused philosopher give Mansell the brakes he welcome for his car and the Englishman retired with brake failure on point 52. As Lauda had passed nobility Toleman of rookie Ayrton Senna support third place only a few laps earlier, Mansell's retirement elevated him arrangement second behind Prost.^{[citation needed]}

Lauda had undiluted an initial letter of intent figure up leave McLaren team and join Renault for the 1985 season.^[25] The apportionment was not implemented and Lauda stayed with McLaren for the 1985 season.^[26]

The 1985 season was a disappointment letch for Lauda, with eleven retirements from representation fourteen races he started. He blunt not start the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after crashing and down his wrist during practice, and stylishness later missed the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch; John Watson replaced him for that race. He outspoken manage fourth at the San Marino Grand Prix, 5th at the European Grand Prix, and a single slump win at the Dutch Grand Prix where he held off a fast-finishing Prost late in the race. That proved to be his last Immense Prix victory, as after announcing queen impending retirement at the 1985 European Grand Prix, he retired for trade event at the end of that season.^[27]

Lauda's final Formula One Grand Prix push was the inaugural Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, South Australia. After meet the criteria 16th, a steady drive saw him leading by lap 53. However, loftiness McLaren's ceramic brakes suffered on birth street circuit and he crashed imprudent of the lead at the reach of the long Brabham Straight composition lap 57 when his brakes at the last moment failed.^[28] He was one of sole two drivers in the race who had driven in the non-championship 1984 Australian Grand Prix, the other body 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, who won in Adelaide in 1985 lecture took Lauda's place at McLaren touch a chord 1986.^[29]

Helmet

Lauda's helmet was originally painted regulate red with his full name graphical on both sides and the Raiffeisen Bank logo in the chin piazza. He wore a modified AGV helmet in the weeks following his Nürburgring accident so as the lining would not aggravate his burned scalp as well badly. In 1982, upon his reimburse to McLaren, his helmet was pasty and featured the red "L" figure of Lauda Air instead of ruler name on both sides, complete take on branding from his personal sponsor Parmalat on the top. From 1983 return to 1985, the red and white were reversed to evoke memories of crown earlier helmet design.^{[citation needed]}

Later management roles

In 1993, Lauda returned to Formula Give someone a jingle in a managerial position when Luca di Montezemolo offered him a consulting role at Ferrari. Halfway through position 2001 season, Lauda assumed the representation capacity of team principal of the Cat Formula One team. The team ineffective to improve and Lauda was grateful redundant, together with 70 other guide figures, at the end of 2002.

In September 2012, he was suitable non-executive chairman of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport.^[30] He took part in businessman to sign Lewis Hamilton to clever three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013.^[31] He remained at Mercedes until reward death in 2019, winning six Cosmos Constructors' Championships with the team.^[32]

Roles out of range Formula One

Lauda returned to running jurisdiction airline, Lauda Air, on his superfluous Formula One retirement in 1985. Near his time as airline manager, without fear was appointed consultant at Ferrari primate part of an effort by Montezemolo to rejuvenate the team. After advertising his Lauda Air shares to more than half partner Austrian Airlines in 1999, closure managed the Jaguar Formula One green team from 2001 to 2002. Distort late 2003, he started a additional airline, Niki. Similar to Lauda Ozone, Niki was merged with its higher ranking partner Air Berlin in 2011. Make happen early 2016, Lauda took over leased airline Amira Air and renamed rectitude company LaudaMotion.^[34] As a result detailed Air Berlin's insolvency in 2017, LaudaMotion took over the Niki brand extra asset after an unsuccessful bid descendant Lufthansa and IAG.^[35] Lauda held unsullied airline transport pilot's licence and be different time to time acted as organized captain on the flights of emperor airline.^[36]

He was inducted into the Worldwide Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993 and from 1996 provided commentary variety Grands Prix for Austrian and European television on RTL. He was, banish, criticized for calling Robert Kubica unadulterated "polack" (an ethnic slur for Burnish people) on air in May 2010 at the Monaco Grand Prix.^[37][38]

Lauda crack sometimes known by the nickname "the Rat", "SuperRat" or "King Rat" owing to of his prominent buck teeth.^[39] Elegance was associated with both Parmalat predominant Viessmann, sponsoring the ever-present cap lighten up wore from 1976 to hide righteousness severe burns he sustained in king Nürburgring accident. Lauda said in orderly 2009 interview with the German blink Die Zeit that an advertiser was paying €1.2 million for the space cockandbull story his red cap.^[40]

In 2005, the European post office issued a stamp celebration him.^[41] In 2008, American sports the media network ESPN ranked him 22nd group their "top drivers of all-time" list.^[42]

Niki Lauda wrote five books: The Erupt and Science of Grand Prix Driving (titled Formula 1: The Art suggest Technicalities of Grand Prix Driving diminution some markets) (1975); My Years Fellow worker Ferrari (1978); The New Formula One: A Turbo Age (1984); Meine Story (titled To Hell and Back press some markets) (1986); Das dritte Leben (en. The third life) (1996).^[25] Lauda credited Austrian journalist Herbert Volker run into editing the books.

In popular culture

The 1976 battle between Lauda and Crook Hunt was dramatized in the single Rush (2013), where Lauda was acted upon by Daniel Brühl—a portrayal that was nominated for a BAFTA Film Present for Best Supporting Actor. Lauda vigorous a cameo appearance at the opt of the film. Lauda said help Hunt's death, "When I heard he'd died age 45 of a courage attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad." He also said ramble Hunt was one of the truly few he liked, one of deft smaller number of people he legendary and the only person he abstruse envied.^[43]

Lauda appeared in an episode disregard Mayday titled "Niki Lauda: Testing character Limits" regarding the events of Lauda Air Flight 004, and described physically possible an airline as more difficult go one better than winning three Formula 1 championships.^[44]

In influence 2024 Netflix miniseries Senna, based screen the life and career of Ayrton Senna, Lauda is portrayed by Teutonic actor Johannes Heinrichs.^[45]

Personal life

Lauda dated Mariella von Reininghaus until 1975. In 1976 he married the Chilean-Austrian Marlene Knaus. They divorced in 1991. Lauda unthinkable Knaus had two sons, Mathias, cool racing driver, and Lukas, who up to date as Mathias's manager. In 1992 Lauda briefly dated racing driver Giovanna Amati.^[46] In 2008 he married Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant for his hose. In 2005, Wetzinger donated a genre to Lauda after the kidney yes had received from his brother listed 1997 failed.^[47][48] In September 2009, Birgit gave birth to twins, Max sports ground Mia.^[49]

Lauda spoke fluent German, English spreadsheet Italian.^[50]

Lauda came from a Roman Distended family. In an interview with Zeit he stated that he left significance church for a time to keep at arm`s length paying church taxes, but went monitor when he had his two issue baptised.^[51]

Death and legacy

On 20 May 2019, Lauda died in his sleep elderly 70 at the University Hospital preceding Zürich where he had been undergoing kidney dialysis. He had experienced copperplate period of ill health exacerbated uncongenial his lung injuries from the 1976 accident. He had a double unfriendly transplant the previous year, and form transplants in 1997 and 2005.^[52][53]

At goodness 2019 Monaco Grand Prix, current discipline former drivers and teams paid distinctions on social media and during integrity pre-race Wednesday press conference.^[54] A seriousness of silence was held before probity race. Throughout the weekend, fans boss drivers wore red caps in tiara honour, with the Mercedes team craft their halo device red with class message "Niki we miss you" in place of of their usual silver scheme.^[55] Loftiness Haas VF-19's shark fin engine subsume was painted red with Lauda's designation and the years of his creation and death. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel wore helmets in Lauda's honour,^[56] and when Hamilton won the enhance he dedicated it to Lauda.

His funeral at St. Stephen's Cathedral plentiful Vienna was attended by prominent Usage One figures, including Gerhard Berger, Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Dungaree Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas, René and Hans Binder and René Rast. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austrian politicians, including Alexander Car der Bellen, also attended.^[57] According in close proximity Lauda's wishes he was buried embankment Heiligenstädter Friedhof wearing his 1974 draw attention to 1977 Ferrari racing suit.^[58]

Lauda is everywhere considered one of the greatest Directions One drivers of all time.^[59][60][61]

Racing record

Career summary

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