Niki Lauda

10 1973 Monaco GP, Monte Carlo<br>BRM P160E<br>Started: 6th<br>Result: Retired <br><br><br>Niki Lauda, BRM P160E<br>Photo by: Sutton Images<br><br><br>Niki Lauda, BRM P160E<br>Photo by: Sutton Images<br><br><br>By 1973 Lauda was in considerable debt thanks to the loans he had taken out to pursue a motorsport career, and was paying for a BRM F1 drive via instalments. Some financial ...

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For Lauda's third Formula 1 title was one of the most incredible in the championship's history, and won by statistically the smallest margin - just half a point.<br>In an interview conducted in 2017, Lauda talked Autosport through that season from his perspective.<br>Eight times the battle for the drivers' crown has been decided by a single digit - 1958, 1961, 1964, 1976, 1981, 1994, 2007 and 2008 ...

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Lauda stands out not only as a driver, but as an irreplaceable persona who helped shape the sport over the course of four decades.<br>First he was a racer with March, BRM, Ferrari, Brabham and McLaren, but he later became a consultant and ambassador for the likes of Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes.<br>Piola describes Lauda as the greatest personality he ever met, and characterises his return to the ...

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Race: 1984 Portuguese GP, Estoril<br>Car: McLaren MP4/2<br>The race of my life is very easy to choose. It was the last race in 1984 in Portugal, when I won the championship by half a point from my team-mate Alain Prost.<br>I think this was the most difficult race for me. At the end of 1983 Prost lost his drive with Renault - nobody expected that. John Watson still hadn't signed his contract with ...

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Three-time F1 world champion Lauda played an instrumental role as Mercedes’ F1 chairman to sign Hamilton from McLaren, holding regular talks with the British driver through 2012.<br>Hamilton has since won five F1 titles for Mercedes, as well as helping the team’s charge to six consecutive constructors’ championships and a number of unprecedented F1 feats.<br>Marking the first anniversary ...

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Formula 1 was a very different place the last time the coastal resort of Zandvoort hosted a grand prix. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was in the twilight of his career, doing battle with rising stars like Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Nelson Piquet was right in the middle of his illustrious F1 career, heading towards a tough end to his time at Brabham.<br>Not for the first time, the 1985 ...

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