Niki Lauda 1949-2019 Austrian F1 Champion

Three-time Formula One world champion racing driver NIKI LAUDA has died at the age of 70. The Austrian died overnight on Monday, eight months after receiving a lung transplant. Lauda, who won titles in 1975, 1977 and 1984, was hugely admired within F1 after a remarkable career during which he almost died in a fiery crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix that left him severely burned. PICTURED: September 13, 1976: Monza, Italy: NIKI LAUDA, with first wife MARLENE KNAUS, at the Italian Grand Prix, still recovering from his crash six weeks earlier at the Nurburgring, where he was badly burned

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Admired Badly Burned Earlier Fiery Formula Hugely Knaus Lauda Lung Monday Monza Niki Nurburgring Overnight Recovering Remarkable Severely Three-time Titles Transplant

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