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Niki Lauda: F1 legend back in hospital five months after lung transplant | The Independent | The Independent
![Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article16175601.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_Formel-1-Grand-Prix-Spanien-1976-Jarama-02051976-Boxengasse-Ferrari-Box-Niki-Lauda-Ferrari-31.jpg)
Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online
![TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track. TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track.](https://external-preview.redd.it/dY3yooSt8s5CeRZ-K12mhlzcPI6_c9PZ0suixyU-aHM.jpg?auto=webp&s=ba8492374a3b6d38e99cac435669a1c53f68f7a8)
TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track.
![As Niki Lauda dies aged 70, TOM LEONARD on the story behind Grand Prix legend's incredible recovery | Daily Mail Online As Niki Lauda dies aged 70, TOM LEONARD on the story behind Grand Prix legend's incredible recovery | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/21/21/13781554-7055469-image-a-22_1558471655580.jpg)
As Niki Lauda dies aged 70, TOM LEONARD on the story behind Grand Prix legend's incredible recovery | Daily Mail Online
Formula 1 on X: "Niki Lauda survived a huge crash #OnThisDay at the 1976 #GermanGP. Miraculously, he was back racing six weeks later. https://t.co/BXLUpXWprw" / X
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