niki lauda

Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! Three-time F1 champion Niki Lauda, who recovered from a near-fatal accident to become one of motor racing's greatest drivers, has died aged 70.

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Far from it, his family disapproved and refused to finance his career, but Lauda plodded on, racing in the lesser ranks before getting his first break in Formula 1 with March. Born to a wealthy family in Vienna, Niki Lauda did not use the conventional methods of a man his means to become a world champion race driver.

He broke out in 1975, winning five races to capture his first world championship.The 1976 racing season is one of the most storied in F1 history. Born to a wealthy family in Vienna, Niki Lauda did not use the conventional methods of a man his means to become a world champion race driver.

He joined the Brabham team for the 1978 F1 season, but, after winning just two races over two years because of the inferior cars he was given, he retired from racing in September 1979 to focus on Lauda Air, the airline that he had founded earlier in the year. However, his relationship with Ferrari was strained by his decision to withdraw from the previous season’s final race and—having already clinched the title—he, in protest of his treatment, stopped racing for the team with two events left in 1977.

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Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Lauda was born into a wealthy paper-manufacturing family that disapproved of his interest in racing.

Far from it, his family disapproved and refused to finance his career, but Lauda plodded on, racing in the lesser ranks before getting his first break in Formula 1 with March.

Niki Lauda, byname of Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, (born February 22, 1949, Vienna, Austria—died May 20, 2019, Vienna), 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. Who was the first non-American-born driver to win the Indianapolis 500?

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In 1971 he secured a loan against his Lauda raced in the 1973 F1 season as a member of the British Racing Motors team. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.

Through nine races, Lauda had five victories and more than twice as many points in the championship standings as his closest competitor.

Niki Lauda, Actor: Heiteres Bezirksgericht. Lauda was lured back into racing in 1982 when he was offered what was then the most lucrative driver contract in F1 history from the The rivalry between Lauda and Hunt during the 1976 F1 season was the basis of

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History at your fingertips Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In 1974 he signed with the prestigious Scuderia Ferrari team and garnered his first career F1 victory (as well as an additional win), finishing the season in fourth place.

Lauda tried to get the other drivers to agree to a Lauda won three races and finished in second place six times in 1977 to win another world championship.

Niki Lauda was perhaps the most heroic and simply remarkable figure in the history of Formula 1, and yet the striking thing about him was how down-to-earth he was.

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