biography
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Lauda, Niki
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popular name of Nikolas Andreas Lauda
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pronunciation:
[lowda]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1949– )
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| biography:
| Motor-racing driver, born in Vienna, Austria. He was world champion racing driver in 1975, 1977 and 1984. In 1976 he suffered horrific burns and injuries in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburg Ring. Despite a series of operations, he remained a contender for the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix, but finally declined to race because of adverse weather conditions. He then refuted rumours that he had lost his nerve by winning again in 1977. Going on to drive for Brabham involved a two-year absence from Grand Prix racing. He crowned his come-back with McLaren by winning his third and last Grand Prix championship in 1984. He retired in 1985 and became the proprietor of Lauda-Air. |
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