RIP Niki Lauda

[mongers]

Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula 1 legend, dies at 70

21 May 2019 

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70, his family says, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant.

The legendary Austrian took the title for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and McLaren in 1984.

For many, he will be remembered for his remarkable recovery and return to racing after being badly burned in a crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix.
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One of the greats.

[Habbaku]

  One of the few racers I paid attention to. RIP.

[Maladict]

 

[Duque de Bragança]

RIP

Very famous indeed, he even showed up in a 70's Japanese cartoon (nobody called them anime back then) called Grand Prix or Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix. Pretty close at times to F1 back then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Emblem:_Hawk_of_the_Grand_Prix

PS: heard on French radio

Victime de très graves brûlures en 1976, Nikki Lauda s'est éteint hier.

Now that's some punning!

[Grey Fox]

Godspeed, driver.

[The Brain]

RIP