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Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda 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 record for most podium finishes (54); he won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons, and remains the only driver to have…
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business · Austrian racing driver (1949–2019) · Formula One driver · aircraft pilot · entrepreneur · sporting director · also Niki Lauda, Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda, Nikolaus Lauda, Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, Lauda
Born 22 February 1949 · Died 20 May 2019 · Q78489
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That was a lie. But it would have been foolish to play into the hands of my rivals by confirming my weakness. At Monza, I was rigid with fear.
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“You get your passport quicker, you can argue with a friendly policeman not to pay a fine. But if you’re known in too many places, it’s difficult because you always have to behave well, you’re always watched and you just can’t do anything.”
“That was a lie. But it would have been foolish to play into the hands of my rivals by confirming my weakness. At Monza, I was rigid with fear.”
“The last few years have been some of the most enjoyable I have had in Formula One.”
Yahoo! Sports: Niki Lauda's championship-winning Ferrari 312T returns in Austria as son takes wheel
Bluewin: It has been 50 years since Niki Lauda's horrific accident at the Nürburgring
Yahoo! Sports: Niki Lauda’s first F1 title 50 years ago, in his own words
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autoevolution: A Closer Look at the Mind-Blowing Aerodynamics of the GMA T.50s Niki Lauda
Robb Report: Gordon Murray’s New T.50s Niki Lauda Is a 750 HP Track-Ready Beast
The Drive: Niki Lauda’s Race-Winning Ferrari 312T Formula 1 Car Expected to Auction for $8 Million
The Guardian: Niki Lauda was ‘racing with me’ during Monaco win, says Lewis Hamilton
The Guardian: Lewis Hamilton dedicates Monaco Grand Prix victory to Niki Lauda – video
The Guardian: ‘There is a huge black cloud’: Toto Wolff’s emotional tribute to Niki Lauda
The Guardian: Lewis Hamilton takes time out after death of ‘close friend’ Niki Lauda
The Guardian: My friend Niki Lauda was a street-fighter and a shining talent in F1 | John Watson
The Guardian: Niki Lauda, three-times Formula One world champion, dies aged 70
The Guardian: Niki Lauda: looking back at the life of a Formula One legend – video obituary
The Guardian: The fast show: Niki Lauda’s five greatest F1 races | Giles Richards
The Guardian: US briefing: Trump blocks McGahn testimony, Huawei and Niki Lauda
The Guardian: Niki Lauda obituary
The Guardian: More than a machine: Niki Lauda was an F1 rebel in his own way
The Drive: Formula One Titan Niki Lauda Dead at 70
The Guardian: Niki Lauda: the three-time Formula One world champion's life – in pictures
Yahoo: Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula One Legend Portrayed in the Film ‘Rush,’ Dies at 70
Died 2019-05-20.
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The Guardian: Niki Lauda admitted to hospital with flu five months after lung transplant
Winning six World Constructors' Championships with the team
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The Guardian: Niki Lauda recovering from successful lung transplant in Vienna hospital
LaudaMotion took over the Niki brand and asset after an unsuccessful bid by Lufthansa and IAG
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American sports television network ESPN ranked him 22nd on their "top drivers of all-time" list
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Married Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant for his airline
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Wetzinger donated a kidney to Lauda after the kidney he had received from his brother in 1997 failed
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In 2005, Wetzinger donated a kidney to Lauda after the kidney he had received from his brother in 1997 failed.
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The Austrian post office issued a stamp honouring him
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Managed the Jaguar Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002
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And from 1996 provided commentary on Grands Prix for Austrian and German television on RTL
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And was the team principal of Jaguar from 2001 to 2002
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Lauda returned to Formula One in a managerial position when Luca di Montezemolo offered him a consulting role at Ferrari
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Lauda briefly dated racing driver Giovanna Amati
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And took Lauda's place at McLaren in 1986
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Lauda returned to running his airline, Lauda Air, on his second Formula One retirement
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Lotus boss Peter Warr refused to give Mansell the brakes he wanted for his car and the Englishman retired with brake failure on lap 52
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1984).
By half a point over teammate Alain Prost, due only to half points being awarded for the shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix
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Upon his return to McLaren, his helmet was white and featured the red "L" logo of Lauda Air instead of his name on both sides, complete with branding from his personal sponsor Parmalat on the top
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Played for McLaren (1982–1985) — 79 appearances.
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Lauda returned to racing, for an unprecedented $3 million salary
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For a $1 million salary, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, remembered mainly for his one race in the Brabham BT46B, a radical design known as the Fan Car: it won its first and only race at the Swedish GP, but Brabh
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Played for Brabham (1978–1979) — 31 appearances.
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Achieving podiums in every race he finished that season, with victories in Sweden and Italy
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1977).
Awarded BBC World Sport Star of the Year (1977).
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Winning several races on the way to his second championship and clinching the title at the United States Grand Prix
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Married the Chilean-Austrian Marlene Knaus
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Career landmark: burn.
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Retired Motorsport (1975).
Won 1975 Formula One season (1975).
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Played for Scuderia Ferrari (1974–1977) — 61 appearances.
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Team owner Enzo Ferrari asked him what he thought of Lauda
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With Alpina, and the inaugural BMW M1 Procar Championship in 1979 with Project Four
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Played for British Racing Motors (1973–1974) — 15 appearances.
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Ending the season with a non-classified championship finish, while winning the British Formula Two Championship
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Making his Formula One debut with the team at the Austrian Grand Prix
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Played for March Engineering (1971–1972) — 23 appearances.
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Lauda dated Mariella von Reininghaus from 1968 to 1975.
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Born 1949-02-22.
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