Having emerged as Formula One's star driver amid a 1975 title win and leading the 1976 championship battle, Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring during which his Ferrari 312T2 burst into flames, and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering ...

When did Niki Lauda crash at Nurburgring?

Daniele Audetto [R] with Lauda at the Nurburgring on August 1, 1976. “It was something that you have to live this moment to understand how good, how determined, how strong, was Niki Lauda,” says Audetto. “He was not only a champion – of course he won three world championships – but he was an incredible man.

Who was the racing driver who got badly burned?

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 ...