Sad loss of one of motor racing's greats

[guido]

Niki Lauda, Formula One Road Warrior Who Pushed Limits, Dies at 7 - The New York Times

[NCC1701]

Lauda was fearless and one hell of a driver as well.

He exemplified courage in every sense of the word and he won world championships for both Ferrari and McLaren.....that crash at Nuremburg almost killed him and he was racing 6 weeks later

KJ

[ides1056]

a life lived to the fullest, to be sure

[Corso]

Nikki was always one of my favorites, since I was a kid. There was something special about him for sure.

To me, I always picture him in his 312T before any other car. RIP Mr Lauda.

[72gmc]

Yep. RIP.

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[prcrstn8]

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"Lauda missed only two races, appearing at the Monza press conference six weeks after the accident with his fresh burns still bandaged. He finished fourth in the Italian GP, despite being, by his own admission, absolutely petrified. F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck recalls seeing Lauda in the pits, peeling the blood-soaked bandages off his scarred scalp."

(He made it to 70, though, unlike may others. Clark, Donohue, Revson, and Bandini come immediately to mind.)

[Lionel]

Amazing F1 racer. RIP.

[twowheels]

A sad loss. He was a tough SOB and a brilliant F1 driver and businessman. Watch the Graham Bensinger interview. I wonder if his death was the result of his crash injuries.

[sk_tle]

I wonder if his death was the result of his crash injuries.

After having spent roughly a minute in a burning car he had a lot of lungs issues over the years. He was transplanted with new lungs last year but had some complications.