Niki Lauda
Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)
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- Austria rank#69
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Six weeks after a fireball at the Nürburgring left him with severe burns and life-changing injuries, he climbed back into a Ferrari cockpit. He lost that 1976 title by a single point — then won two more.
About
Born in Vienna in 1949, the grandson of an industrialist, Andreas Nikolaus Lauda borrowed £30,000 to buy his way into Formula Two with March in 1971, made his Grand Prix debut that year, and landed at Ferrari by 1974. He won his first world title in 1975, becoming Ferrari's first champion in over a decade. Leading the 1976 championship, his Ferrari 312T2 caught fire in a crash at the Nürburgring; he returned six weeks later at Monza, eventually losing to James Hunt by one point. He won his second title with Ferrari in 1977, moved to Brabham in 1978, then abruptly walked away mid-1979. He retur…
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Teams
- McLaren1982–1985
- Brabham1978–1979
- Scuderia Ferrari1974–1977
- British Racing Motors1973–1974
- March Engineering1971–1972
Season stats
| 1982–1985 | 79 |
| 1978–1979 | 31 |
| 1974–1977 | 61 |
| 1973–1974 | 15 |
| 1971–1972 | 23 |
Awards
- BBC World Sport Star of the Year
- Grand Gold Decoration of Styria
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Sources
- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- WikidataHigh confidencewikidata · wikidata.org
- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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