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{{Short description|Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Niki Lauda | image = Anefo 933-1302 Niki Lauda 29.10.1984.jpg | caption = Lauda in 1984 | birth_name = Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|02|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Allied-occupied Austria]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|05|20|1949|02|22|df=y}} | death_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland | resting_place = [[Heiligenstädter Friedhof]] | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Marlene Knaus|1976|1991|end=div}} * {{marriage|Birgit Wetzinger|2008}} }} | children = 4, including [[Mathias Lauda|Mathias]] | module = {{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes | nationality = {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Formula One drivers from Austria|Austrian]] | Years = {{F1|1971}}–{{F1|1979}}, {{F1|1982}}–{{F1|1985}} | Team(s) = [[March Engineering|March]], [[BRM]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Brabham]], [[McLaren]] | Races = 177 (171 starts) <!-- StatsF1 lists 180 participations for Lauda, out of which AUT-76, NED-76, and CAN-77 are actually non-appearances --> | Championships = 3 ({{F1|1975}}, {{F1|1977}}, {{F1|1984}}) | Wins = 25 | Podiums = 54 | Poles = 24 | Fastest laps = 24 | Points = 420.5 | First race = [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix]] | First win = [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix]] | Last win = [[1985 Dutch Grand Prix]] | Last race = [[1985 Australian Grand Prix]] }} }} '''Andreas Nikolaus''' "'''Niki'''" '''Lauda''' (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian [[racing driver]], [[motorsport]] executive and [[aviation]] entrepreneur, who competed in [[Formula One]] from {{F1|1971}} to {{F1|1979}} and from {{F1|1982}} to {{F1|1985}}. Lauda won three [[Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles]] and—at the time of his retirement—held the [[List of Formula One driver records|record]] for most [[List of Formula One driver records#Total podium finishes|podium finishes]] (54); he remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers' Championship with both [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and [[McLaren]], and won 25 [[Formula One Grands Prix|Grands Prix]] across 13 seasons. Born and raised in [[Vienna]], Lauda was the grandson of local industrialist [[Hans Lauda]]. Starting his career in [[kart racing|karting]], he progressed to [[Formula Vee]] and [[privateer (motorsport)|privateer]] racing in the late 1960s. With his career stalled, Lauda took out a {{Currency|30,000|GBP}} bank loan and secured a place in [[European Formula Two]] with [[March Engineering|March]] in {{F2|1971}}, making his Formula One debut with the team at the {{F1GP|1971|Austrian}}. He was promoted to a full-time seat in {{F1|1972}}, ending the season with a [[Glossary of motorsport terms#N|non-classified]] championship finish, amongst winning the [[British Formula Two Championship]]. Lauda moved to [[BRM]] for the {{F1|1973}} season, scoring his maiden points finish in [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]] and earning a seat with [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] the [[1974 Formula One season|following year]] alongside [[Clay Regazzoni]]. Lauda took his maiden podium [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|on debut]] for Ferrari, and his maiden victory three races later at the {{F1GP|1974|Spanish}}. After winning five Grands Prix in his {{F1|1975}} campaign, Lauda won his first title, becoming the first [[Scuderia Ferrari#Engine supply|Ferrari-powered]] World Drivers' Champion in [[1964 Formula One season|11 years]]. Whilst leading the {{F1|1976}} championship—amidst a [[Hunt-Lauda rivalry|fierce title battle]] with [[James Hunt]]—Lauda was seriously injured during the {{F1GP|1976|German}} at the [[Nürburgring]], suffering severe burns and [[#1976 Nürburgring crash|other life-changing injuries]] as his [[Ferrari 312T2]] caught fire during a crash. He returned to racing six weeks later at the {{F1GP|1976|Italian}}, eventually losing the title to Hunt by one point. Lauda remained at Ferrari in {{F1|1977}}, winning several races on the way to his second championship. Vacating his seat after clinching the title at the {{F1GP|1977|United States}} and replaced by [[Gilles Villeneuve]], Lauda signed with [[Brabham]] in {{F1|1978}}, achieving podiums in every race he finished that season, with victories in [[1978 Swedish Grand Prix|Sweden]] and [[1978 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]]. Amidst a winless {{F1|1979}} season for Brabham alongside [[Nelson Piquet]], Lauda left the team after the {{F1GP|1979|Italian}}, following their move to [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth V8]] engines. After a two-year hiatus, Lauda returned with [[McLaren]] in {{F1|1982}}, winning multiple races upon his return. After a winless {{F1|1983}} campaign, Lauda was partnered by [[Alain Prost]] the [[1984 Formula One season|following season]], where he beat Prost to his third title by a record [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems#Special cases|half-point]].{{efn|From {{F1|1980}} until {{F1|2022}}, half-points were awarded in Formula One for incomplete races that had run between two laps and 75% of the scheduled race distance.}} Lauda retired at the conclusion of the {{F1|1985}} season—taking his final victory at the {{F1GP|1985|Dutch}}—having achieved 25 race wins, 24 pole positions, 24 fastest laps and 54 podiums in Formula One. Outside of Formula One, Lauda won the [[Nürburgring 24 Hours]] in 1973 with [[Alpina]], and the inaugural [[BMW M1 Procar Championship]] in [[1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship|1979]] with [[Project Four Racing|Project Four]]. In aviation, Lauda founded and managed three airlines: [[Lauda Air]] from 1985 to 1999, [[Niki (airline)|Niki]] from 2003 to 2011, and [[Lauda (airline)|Lauda]] from 2016 onwards. He returned to Formula One in an advisory role at Ferrari in {{F1|1993}}, and was the team principal of [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] from {{F1|2001}} to {{F1|2002}}. From {{F1|2012}} until his death, Lauda was the [[Non-executive director|non-executive chairman]] and co-owner of [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]], winning six consecutive [[World Constructors' Championship]]s with the team from {{F1|2014}} to {{F1|2019}}. Lauda was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 1993. ==Early years in racing== [[File:Lauda, Niki 1973-07-06.jpg|thumb|upright|Lauda at the [[Nürburgring]] in {{F1|1973}}, three years before his accident]] Niki Lauda was born on 22 February 1949 in [[Vienna]], Austria, to a wealthy paper manufacturing family.<ref name="Augustyn">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Niki Lauda – Facts, Biography, & Crash |encyclopedia=[[Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niki-Lauda |access-date=2024-12-31 |last=Augustyn |first=Adam |orig-date=2013-09-12 |publication-date=2024-08-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907204857/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niki-Lauda |archive-date=7 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="Moulson">{{Cite news |last=Moulson |first=Geir |title=Three-time F1 champ, aviation entrepreneur Niki Lauda passes away at 70 |url=https://www.spin.ph/multisport/f1-champion-and-aviation-entrepreneur-niki-lauda-dies-at-70-a2338-20190521 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604002736/https://www.spin.ph/multisport/f1-champion-and-aviation-entrepreneur-niki-lauda-dies-at-70-a2338-20190521 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019 |work=Spin.ph}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born industrialist [[Hans Lauda]].<ref name="aeiou">{{cite web|url=http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.l/l265000.htm|title=Lauda, Hans|work=www.aeiou.at|access-date=16 May 2010|language=de|archive-date=11 October 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011214114/http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.l/l265000.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="die-namenslosen">{{cite web|url=http://www.die-namenlosen.at/hof_lauda1.html|title=Sportreport.at – Hall of Fame – die Besten der Besten|work=www.die-namenlosen.at|access-date=16 May 2010|language=de}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lauda became a racing driver despite his family's disapproval.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dobie |first=Stephen |date=21 May 2019 |title=Niki Lauda has sadly passed away |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/niki-lauda-has-sadly-passed-away |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521073422/https://www.topgear.com/car-news/niki-lauda-has-sadly-passed-away |archive-date=21 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |website=Top Gear}}</ref> After starting out with a [[Mini]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/obituary-niki-lauda-1949-2019 |title=Obituary: Niki Lauda, 1949-2019 |work=Motorsport Magazine |access-date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603193007/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/obituary-niki-lauda-1949-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lauda moved on into [[Formula Vee]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/niki-lauda-passes-away-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-austrian-formula-one-legend-who-defied-death-on-the-tracks-6672641.html |title=Niki Lauda passes away: All you need to know about the Austrian Formula One legend who defied death on the tracks |work=First Post |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603192957/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/niki-lauda-passes-away-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-austrian-formula-one-legend-who-defied-death-on-the-tracks-6672641.html |url-status=live }}</ref> as was normal in [[Central Europe]], but rapidly moved up to drive in private [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]] and [[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron]] sports cars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17653612.obituary-niki-lauda-three-times-f1-world-champion-who-recovered-from-horrific-accident/ |title=Obituary: Niki Lauda, three-times F1 World Champion who recovered from horrific accident |work=Herald Scotland |date=21 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524043642/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17653612.obituary-niki-lauda-three-times-f1-world-champion-who-recovered-from-horrific-accident/ |url-status=live }}</ref> With his career stalled, he took out a [[British pound|£]]30,000 bank loan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://autoaction.com.au/2019/05/21/vale-niki-lauda|title=Vale: Niki Lauda|work=Auto Action |date=21 May 2019|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603193000/https://autoaction.com.au/2019/05/21/vale-niki-lauda|url-status=live}}</ref> secured by a life insurance policy, to buy his way into the fledgling [[March Engineering|March]] team as a [[Formula Two]] driver in 1971.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kanal |first=Samarth |date=2019-05-21 |title=That was the power and the persuasiveness that Niki Lauda had |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/was-power-and-persuasiveness-niki-lauda-had |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528085428/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/was-power-and-persuasiveness-niki-lauda-had |archive-date=28 May 2019 |access-date=21 May 2019 |magazine=[[Motorsport Magazine]]}}</ref> Because of his family's disapproval, he had an ongoing feud with them over his racing ambitions and abandoned further contact.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2022 |title="Was sind überhaupt Freunde?" |trans-title=What are friends anyway? |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/reden-wir-ueber-geld-niki-lauda-freunde-was-sind-ueberhaupt-freunde-1.972224 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615100229/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/geld/reden-wir-ueber-geld-niki-lauda-freunde-was-sind-ueberhaupt-freunde-1.972224 |access-date=2024-12-06 |archive-date=2022-06-15|website=Süddeutsche.de |page=9 |language=de}}</ref> Lauda was quickly promoted to the Formula One team but drove for March in Formula One and Formula Two in 1972. Although the latter cars were good and Lauda's driving skills impressed March principal [[Robin Herd]], March's 1972 Formula One season was catastrophic. Perhaps the lowest point of the team's season came at the Canadian Grand Prix at [[Mosport Park]], where both March cars were disqualified within three laps of each other, just past three-quarters of the race distance. Lauda took out another bank loan to buy his way into the [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] team in 1973. Lauda was instantly quick, but the team was in decline; although the BRM P160E was fast and easy to drive it was not reliable and its engine lacked power. Lauda's popularity was on the rise after he was running third at the Monaco Grand Prix that year before a gearbox failure ended his race prematurely, resulting in [[Enzo Ferrari]] becoming interested. When his BRM teammate [[Clay Regazzoni]] left to rejoin [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] in 1974, team owner Enzo Ferrari asked him what he thought of Lauda. Regazzoni spoke so favorably of Lauda that Ferrari promptly signed him, paying him enough to clear his debts. ==Ferrari (1974–1977)== {{see also|Hunt–Lauda rivalry}} [[File:LaudaNiki19760731Ferrari312T2.jpg|thumb|Lauda practicing at the [[Nürburgring]] during the [[1976 German Grand Prix]]]] After an unsuccessful start to the 1970s, culminating in a disastrous start to the {{f1|1973}} season, Ferrari regrouped completely under [[Luca di Montezemolo]] and were resurgent in {{f1|1974}}. The team's faith in the little-known Lauda was quickly rewarded by a second-place finish in his debut race for the team, the season-opening [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|Argentine Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Argentine Grand Prix, Eric della Faille Photograph Collection|url=https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=35807&collection=p17257coll1 |website=Revs Digital Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728171958/https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=35807&collection=p17257coll1 |date=28 July 2021|archive-date=2021-07-28}}</ref> His first [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] (GP) victory – and the first for Ferrari since 1972 – followed only three races later in the [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]]. Although Lauda became the season's pacesetter, achieving six consecutive [[pole position]]s, a mixture of inexperience and mechanical unreliability meant Lauda won only one more race that year, the [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch GP]]. He finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship and demonstrated immense commitment to testing and improving the car. [[File:Niki Lauda, 1975 British Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|left|Lauda in 1975]] The [[1975 Formula One season]] started slowly for Lauda; after no better than a fifth-place finish in the first four races, he won four of the next five driving the new [[Ferrari 312T]]. His first World Championship was confirmed with a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix at [[Monza Circuit|Monza]]; Lauda's teammate Regazzoni won the race and Ferrari clinched their first Constructors' Championship in 11 years. Lauda then picked up a fifth win at the last race of the year, the [[1975 United States Grand Prix|United States GP]] at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]]. He also became the first driver to lap the [[Nürburgring]] Nordschleife in under seven minutes, which was considered a huge feat as the Nordschleife section of the Nürburgring was two miles longer than it is today. Lauda did not win the German Grand Prix from pole position there that year; after battling hard with [[Patrick Depailler]] for the lead for the first half of the race, Lauda led for the first 9 laps but suffered a puncture at the Wippermann, 9 miles into the 10th lap and was passed by [[Carlos Reutemann]], [[James Hunt]], [[Tom Pryce]] and [[Jacques Laffite]]; Lauda made it back to the pits with a damaged front wing and a destroyed left front tyre. The Ferrari pit changed the destroyed tyre and Lauda managed to make it to the podium in third behind Reutemann and Laffite after Hunt retired and Pryce had to slow down because of a fuel leak. Lauda was known for giving away any trophies he won to his local garage in exchange for his car to be washed and serviced.<ref>{{cite web | author=Gerald Donaldson | title=Formula One Drivers Hall of Fame – Nikki Lauda | publisher=[[Formula One|Formula One web site]] | url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/221 | access-date=17 March 2013 | archive-date=24 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224131233/http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/221/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike 1975 and amidst tensions between Lauda and Montezemolo's successor, [[Daniele Audetto]], Lauda dominated the start of the [[1976 Formula One season]], winning four of the first six races and finishing second in the other two. By the time of his fifth win of the year at the [[1976 British Grand Prix|British GP]], he had more than double the points of his closest challengers [[Jody Scheckter]] and [[James Hunt]], and a second consecutive World Championship appeared a formality. It was a feat not achieved since [[Jack Brabham]]'s victories in [[1959 Formula One season|1959]] and [[1960 Formula One season|1960]]. He also looked set to win the most races in a season, a record held by the late [[Jim Clark]] since [[1963 Formula One season|1963]]. ===1976 Nürburgring crash=== A week before the [[1976 German Grand Prix]] at the [[Nürburgring]], even though he was the fastest driver on that circuit at the time, Lauda urged his fellow drivers to boycott the race, largely because of the {{convert|23|km|adj=on}} circuit's safety arrangements, citing the organisers' lack of resources to properly manage such a huge circuit, including lack of fire marshals, fire and safety equipment and safety vehicles. Formula One was quite dangerous at the time (three of the drivers that day later died in Formula One incidents: [[Tom Pryce]] in 1977; [[Ronnie Peterson]] in 1978; and [[Patrick Depailler]] in 1980), but a majority of the drivers voted against the boycott and the race went ahead. [[File:Lauda accidente2.jpg|thumb|right|Lauda's car on fire]] On 1 August 1976, during the second lap at the very fast left kink before Bergwerk, Lauda was involved in an accident where his Ferrari swerved off the track, hit an embankment, burst into flames, and made contact with [[Brett Lunger]]'s [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] car. Unlike Lunger, Lauda was trapped in the wreckage. Drivers [[Arturo Merzario]], Lunger, [[Guy Edwards]], and [[Harald Ertl]] arrived at the scene a few moments later, but before Merzario was able to pull him from his car, Lauda suffered severe burns to his head and hands and inhaled hot toxic gases that damaged his lungs and blood.{{sfn|Rubython|2011|p={{page needed|date=December 2024}}}} In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Lauda said: {{blockquote|There were basically two or three drivers trying to get me out of the car, but one was Arturo Merzario, the Italian guy, who also had to stop there at the scene, because I blocked the road; and he really came into the car himself, and uh, triggered my, my seatbelt loose, and then pulled me out. It was unbelievable, how he could do that, and I met him afterwards, and I said, 'How could you do it?!'. He said, 'Honestly, I do not know, but to open your seatbelt was so difficult, because you were pushing so hard against it, and when it was open, I got you out of the car like a feather...'.|"I Was There – May 21, 2019"; "Niki Lauda speaks in 2015"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4mbRKsf813B0CCRMm2Fz1k/i-was-there-niki-lauda-grand-prix-crash-1976|title=BBC Radio 5 live – In Short – 'I was there': Niki Lauda Grand Prix crash, 1976|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 November 2019|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128023133/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4mbRKsf813B0CCRMm2Fz1k/i-was-there-niki-lauda-grand-prix-crash-1976|url-status=live}}</ref>}} As Lauda was wearing a modified helmet, it did not fit him properly; the foam had compressed and it slid off his head after the accident, leaving his face exposed to the fire.{{sfn|Rubython|2011|p=163}} Although Lauda was conscious and able to stand immediately after the accident, he later lapsed into a coma.{{sfn|Lang|1981|p=137}} While in the hospital, he was given the [[last rites]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 July 2015 |title=Lauda 'upset' with Priest for giving him last rites |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ygmxx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402031624/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ygmxx |archive-date=2 April 2023 |access-date=2 April 2023 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> Lauda suffered extensive scarring from the burns to his head, losing most of his right ear as well as the hair on the right side of his head, his eyebrows, and his eyelids. He chose to limit reconstructive surgery to replacing the eyelids and restoring their functionality. After the accident he always wore a cap to cover the scars on his head. He arranged for sponsors to use the cap for advertising. With Lauda out of the contest, [[Carlos Reutemann]] was taken on as his replacement. Ferrari boycotted the [[1976 Austrian Grand Prix|Austrian Grand Prix]] in protest at what they saw as preferential treatment shown towards [[McLaren]] driver [[James Hunt]] at the Spanish and British Grands Prix. ===Return to racing=== Lauda missed only two races, appearing at the Monza press conference six weeks after the accident with his fresh burns still bandaged. He finished fourth in the {{F1GP|1976|Italian}}, whilst being, by his own admission, absolutely petrified. Formula One journalist [[Nigel Roebuck]] recalls seeing Lauda in the pits, peeling the blood-soaked bandages off his scarred scalp. He also had to wear a specially adapted crash helmet so as not to be in too much discomfort. In Lauda's absence, Hunt had mounted a late charge to reduce Lauda's lead in the World Championship standings. Hunt and Lauda were friends away from the circuit, and their personal on-track rivalry, while intense, was cleanly contested and fair. Following wins in the [[1976 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian]] and [[1976 United States Grand Prix|United States]] Grands Prix, Hunt stood only three points behind Lauda before the final race of the season, the [[1976 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]]. Lauda qualified third, one place behind Hunt, but on race day there was torrential rain, and Lauda retired after two laps. He later said that he felt it was unsafe to continue under these conditions, especially since his eyes were watering excessively because of his fire-damaged tear ducts and inability to blink. Hunt led much of the race before his tyres blistered and a pit stop dropped him down the order. He recovered to third, thus winning the title by a single point. Lauda's previously good relationship with Ferrari was severely affected by his decision to withdraw from the Japanese Grand Prix, and he endured a difficult [[1977 Formula One season|1977 season]]; he won the championship through consistency rather than outright pace. Lauda disliked his new teammate, Reutemann, who had served as his replacement driver. Lauda was not comfortable with this move and felt he had been let down by Ferrari. "We never could stand each other, and instead of taking pressure off me, they put on even more by bringing Carlos Reutemann into the team."{{sfn|Rubython|2011|p=187}} Having announced his decision to quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left earlier after he won the Drivers' Championship at the [[1977 United States Grand Prix|United States Grand Prix]] because of the team's decision to run the unknown [[Gilles Villeneuve]] in a third car at the [[1977 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]]. ==Brabham and first retirement (1978–1979)== [[File:Lauda at 1978 Dutch Grand Prix (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Lauda in the [[Brabham]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] at Zandvoort (1978)]]Joining Parmalat-sponsored [[Brabham]]-[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] in 1978 for a $1 million salary, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, remembered mainly for his one race in the [[Brabham BT46]]B, a radical design known as the Fan Car: it won its first and only race at the Swedish GP, but Brabham did not use the car in Formula One again; other teams vigorously protested the fan car's legality and Brabham team owner [[Bernie Ecclestone]], who at the time was maneuvering for acquisition of Formula One's commercial rights, did not want to fight a protracted battle over the car, but the victory in Sweden remained official. The Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo flat-12 began the 1978 season at the third race in South Africa. It suffered from a variety of troubles that forced Lauda to retire the car 9 out of 14 races. Lauda's best results, apart from the wins in Sweden and Italy after the penalization of Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve, were second in Monaco and Great Britain, and a third in the Netherlands. The Alfa flat-12 engine was too wide for ground effect designs in that the opposed cylinder banks impeded with the venturi tunnels, so Alfa designed a V12 for 1979. It was the fourth 12-cylinder engine design that propelled the Austrian in Formula One since 1973. Lauda's [[1979 Formula One season]] was again marred by retirements and poor pace, even though he won the non-championship [[1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix]] with the Brabham-Alfa. In the single-make [[BMW M1 Procar Championship]], driving for the British Formula Two team [[Project Four Racing]] (led by [[Ron Dennis]]) when not in a factory entry, Lauda won three races for P4 plus the series. Decades later, Lauda won a BMW Procar exhibition race event before the [[2008 German Grand Prix]]. In September, Lauda finished fourth in Monza, and won the non-WC Imola event, still with the Alfa V12 engine. After that, Brabham returned to the familiar Cosworth V8. In late September, during practice for the [[1979 Canadian Grand Prix]], Lauda cut short a practice session and promptly informed team principal Ecclestone, that he wished to retire immediately, as he had no more desire to "continue the silliness of driving around in circles". Lauda, who in the meantime had founded Lauda Air, a charter airline, returned to Austria to run the company full-time.<ref name="BBCSportObit">{{cite news |last1=Benson |first1=Andrew |title=Niki Lauda obituary: 'A remarkable life lived in Technicolour' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/46781936 |access-date=21 May 2019 |work=BBC |date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=21 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521023311/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/46781936 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==McLaren comeback, third world title, and second retirement (1982–1985)== [[File:Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|right|Lauda at the [[1982 Dutch Grand Prix]]]] In 1982, Lauda returned to racing, for an unprecedented $3 million salary.<ref name="BBCSportObit" /> After a successful test with [[McLaren]], the only problem was to convince then team sponsor [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] that he was still capable of winning. Lauda proved he was when, in his third race back, he won the [[1982 United States Grand Prix West|Long Beach Grand Prix]]. Before the opening race of the season at [[Kyalami]] race track in [[South Africa]], Lauda was the organiser of the so-called "drivers' [[Strike action|strike]]"; Lauda had seen that the new [[FIA Super Licence|Super Licence]] required the drivers to commit themselves to their present teams and realised that this could hinder a driver's negotiating position. The drivers, with the exception of [[Teo Fabi]], barricaded themselves in a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day.{{sfn|Folley|2009|p=79ff}} The 1983 season proved to be transitional for the McLaren team as they were making a change from [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]] engines, to [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]-badged [[Porsche]] turbo engines, and Lauda did not win a race that year, with his best finish being second at Long Beach behind his teammate [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]. Some political maneuvering by Lauda forced a furious chief designer [[John Barnard]] to design an interim car earlier than expected to get the TAG-Porsche engine some much-needed race testing; Lauda nearly won the last race of the season in [[1983 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Niki Lauda's greatest Formula 1 races |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/niki-laudas-greatest-formula-1-races-4982511/4982511/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206171849/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/niki-laudas-greatest-formula-1-races-4982511/4982511/ |archive-date=6 December 2024 |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Lauda McLaren MP4-2 1984 Dallas F1.jpg|thumb|left|Five years after his first retirement, Lauda won his third title driving a [[McLaren MP4/2]].]] Lauda won a third world championship in [[1984 Formula One season|1984]] by half a point over teammate [[Alain Prost]], due only to half points being awarded for the shortened [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix]]. His [[1984 Austrian Grand Prix|Austrian Grand Prix]] victory that year is so far the only time an Austrian has won his home Grand Prix.<ref>Austrian Grand Prix, John Blakemore Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, [https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=522685&collection=p17257coll1 Revs Digital Library.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728171831/https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=522685&collection=p17257coll1 |date=28 July 2021 }}</ref> Initially, Lauda did not want Prost to become his teammate, as he presented a much faster rival. However, during the two seasons together, they had a good relationship and Lauda later said that beating the talented Frenchman was a big motivator for him.{{sfn|Folley|2009|p=153}} The whole season continued to be dominated by Lauda and Prost, who won 12 of 16 races. Lauda won five races, while Prost won seven. However, Lauda, who set a record for the most pole positions in a season during the 1975 season, rarely matched his teammate in qualifying. Lauda's championship win came in [[1984 Portuguese Grand Prix|Portugal]], when he had to start in eleventh place on the grid, while Prost qualified on the front row. Prost did everything he could, starting from second and winning his seventh race of the season, but Lauda's calculating drive (which included setting the fastest race lap), passing car after car, saw him finish second behind his teammate which gave him enough points to win his third title.<ref>Portuguese Grand Prix, John Blakemore Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, [https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=526485&collection=p17257coll1 Revs Digital Library.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728171803/https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=526485&collection=p17257coll1 |date=28 July 2021 }}</ref> His second place was a lucky one though as [[Nigel Mansell]] was in second for much of the race. However, as it was his last race with [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] before joining [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] in 1985, Lotus boss [[Peter Warr]] refused to give Mansell the brakes he wanted for [[Lotus 95T|his car]] and the Englishman retired with brake failure on lap 52. As Lauda had passed the [[Toleman TG184|Toleman]] of rookie [[Ayrton Senna]] for third place only a few laps earlier, Mansell's retirement elevated him to second behind Prost.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Lauda had signed an initial letter of intent to leave McLaren team and join Renault for the [[1985 Formula One World Championship|1985 season]].{{sfn|Lauda|Völker|1986|p={{page needed|date=December 2024}}}} The agreement was not implemented and Lauda stayed with McLaren for the 1985 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=McLaren pays tribute to Niki Lauda |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/latest-news/mclarenracing/article/mclaren-pays-tribute-niki-lauda/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222070604/https://www.mclaren.com/racing/latest-news/mclarenracing/article/mclaren-pays-tribute-niki-lauda/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1985 season was a disappointment for Lauda, with eleven retirements from the fourteen races he started. He did not start the [[1985 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]] at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]] after crashing and breaking his wrist during practice, and he later missed the [[1985 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]] at [[Brands Hatch]]; John Watson replaced him for that race. He did manage fourth at the [[1985 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]], 5th at the [[1985 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]], and a single race win at the [[1985 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]] where he held off a fast-finishing Prost late in the race. This proved to be his last Grand Prix victory, as after announcing his impending retirement at the [[1985 Austrian Grand Prix]], he retired for good at the end of that season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Augustyn |first=Adam |title=Niki Lauda |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niki-Lauda |access-date=25 October 2024 |website=Britannica}}</ref> Lauda's final Formula One Grand Prix drive was the inaugural [[Australian Grand Prix]] in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. After qualifying 16th, a steady drive saw him leading by lap 53. However, the McLaren's ceramic brakes suffered on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit|street circuit]] and he crashed out of the lead at the end of the long Brabham Straight on lap 57 when his brakes finally failed.<ref>{{cite web | last=Robinson | first=Peter | title=Niki Lauda: Walking away | website=WhichCar | date=21 May 2019 | url=https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/niki-lauda-walking-away | access-date=5 May 2023 | archive-date=23 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623045332/https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/niki-lauda-walking-away | url-status=live }}</ref> He was one of only two drivers in the race who had driven in the non-championship [[1984 Australian Grand Prix]], the other being {{f1|1982}} World Champion [[Keke Rosberg]], who won in Adelaide in 1985 and took Lauda's place at McLaren in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beating the odds in Adelaide |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/heritage/formula-1/drivers/alain-prost/beating-the-odds-in-adelaide-2264836/ |access-date=25 October 2024 |website=McLaren}}</ref> [[File:Niki Lauda helmet Museo Ferrari.jpg|thumb|Lauda's helmet from the 1970s, at the [[Museo Ferrari]] in Maranello]] ===Helmet=== Lauda's helmet was originally painted plain red with his full name written on both sides and the [[Raiffeisen Bank International|Raiffeisen Bank]] logo in the chin area. He wore a modified [[AGV (helmet manufacturer)|AGV]] helmet in the weeks following his Nürburgring accident so as the lining would not aggravate his burned scalp too badly. In 1982, upon his return to McLaren, his helmet was white and featured the red "L" logo of Lauda Air instead of his name on both sides, complete with branding from his personal sponsor [[Parmalat]] on the top. From 1983 to 1985, the red and white were reversed to evoke memories of his earlier helmet design.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} ==Later management roles== In 1993, Lauda returned to Formula One in a managerial position when Luca di Montezemolo offered him a consulting role at [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]. Halfway through the 2001 season, Lauda assumed the role of team principal of the [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] Formula One team. The team failed to improve and Lauda was made redundant, together with 70 other key figures, at the end of 2002. In September 2012, he was appointed non-executive [[chairman]] of the [[Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Lauda to join Mercedes in advisory role | publisher=GPUpdate.net | url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/284707/lauda-to-join-mercedes-in-advisory-role/ | date=28 September 2012 | access-date=7 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003074703/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/284707/lauda-to-join-mercedes-in-advisory-role/ | archive-date=3 October 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He took part in negotiations to sign [[Lewis Hamilton]] to a three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamilton recalls first meetings with Lauda before Mercedes move|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-first-meetings-lauda-mercedes/4794331/|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.motorsport.com|date=20 May 2020|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626200433/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-first-meetings-lauda-mercedes/4794331/|url-status=live}}</ref> He remained at Mercedes until his death in 2019, winning six [[World Constructors' Championship]]s with the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10775198/mercedes-give-toto-wolff-and-niki-lauda-new-long-term-contracts|title=Mercedes give Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda new long-term contracts|work=skysports.com|access-date=22 February 2017|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229203533/https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10775198/mercedes-give-toto-wolff-and-niki-lauda-new-long-term-contracts|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Roles beyond Formula One== [[File:Andreas Nikolaus Lauda 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Lauda in 2011]] Lauda returned to running his airline, [[Lauda Air]], on his second Formula One retirement in 1985. During his time as airline manager, he was appointed consultant at Ferrari as part of an effort by Montezemolo to rejuvenate the team.{{sfn|Zapelloni|Comte|2004|p=17}} After selling his Lauda Air shares to majority partner [[Austrian Airlines]] in 1999, he managed the [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002. In late 2003, he started a new airline, [[Niki (airline)|Niki]]. Similar to Lauda Air, Niki was merged with its major partner [[Air Berlin]] in 2011. In early 2016, Lauda took over chartered airline Amira Air and renamed the company [[LaudaMotion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austrianwings.info/2016/02/niki-lauda-hat-amira-air-in-laudamotion-umbenannt/|title=Niki Lauda has renamed Amira Air LaudaMotion|date=10 February 2016|website=austrianwings.info|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124005759/https://www.austrianwings.info/2016/02/niki-lauda-hat-amira-air-in-laudamotion-umbenannt/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of Air Berlin's insolvency in 2017, LaudaMotion took over the Niki brand and asset after an unsuccessful bid by [[Lufthansa]] and IAG.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/niki-assets-go-back-to-former-founder-niki-lauda/a-42265612|date=23 January 2018|title=Airline Niki goes to founder Niki Lauda|website=dw.com|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315220652/http://www.dw.com/en/niki-assets-go-back-to-former-founder-niki-lauda/a-42265612|url-status=live}}</ref> Lauda held an airline transport pilot's licence and from time to time acted as a captain on the flights of his airline.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Andrew |title=Interview: Niki Lauda, aviation chief |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/nov/06/formulaone.theairlineindustry |access-date=4 September 2018 |work=the Guardian |date=6 November 2004 |archive-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904153944/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/nov/06/formulaone.theairlineindustry |url-status=live }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] in 1993 and from 1996 provided commentary on Grands Prix for Austrian and German television on [[RTL Television|RTL]]. He was, however, criticized for calling [[Robert Kubica]] a "polack" (an ethnic slur for Polish people) on air in May 2010 at the [[2010 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]].<ref name="shortnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.shortnews.de/id/831923/Formel-1-Experte-Niki-Lauda-nennt-Robert-Kubica-Polacke|title=Formel-1-Experte Niki Lauda nennt Robert Kubica "Polacke"|work=www.shortnews.de|date=16 May 2010|access-date=16 May 2010|language=de|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717040020/http://www.shortnews.de/id/831923/Formel-1-Experte-Niki-Lauda-nennt-Robert-Kubica-Polacke|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="sport.wp.pl">{{cite web|url=http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1715,title,Lauda-obrazil-Roberta-Kubice,wid,12271283,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1a2cc|title=Lauda obraził Roberta Kubicę!|work=sport.wp.pl|date=16 May 2010|access-date=16 May 2010|language=pl}}</ref> Lauda is sometimes known by the [[nickname]] "the Rat", "SuperRat" or "King Rat" because of his prominent [[Malocclusion|buck teeth]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-lauda-obituary-idUSKCN1SR0F4|title=Austrian motor racing great Niki Lauda, who survived fiery crash, dies|newspaper=Reuters|date=21 May 2019|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523221908/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-lauda-obituary-idUSKCN1SR0F4|url-status=live}}</ref> He was associated with both [[Parmalat]] and [[Viessmann]], sponsoring the ever-present cap he wore from 1976 to hide the severe burns he sustained in his Nürburgring accident. Lauda said in a 2009 interview with the German newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]'' that an advertiser was paying €1.2 million for the space on his red cap.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zeit.de/2009/25/Lebenswert-Lauda?page=5|title=Es ist ein Glück, dass ich schon so viel Unglück erlebt habe|first=Bruno|last=Kammertöns|work=[[Die Zeit]]|date=10 June 2009|language=de|access-date=10 June 2009|archive-date=12 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612224653/http://www.zeit.de/2009/25/Lebenswert-Lauda?page=5|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, the Austrian post office issued a stamp honouring him.<ref name="stampnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.stampnews.com/stamps/stamps_2005/stamp_1136297240_220589.html|title=Austria Post honors Niki Lauda|work=www.stampnews.com|date=20 September 2005|access-date=16 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061455/http://www.stampnews.com/stamps/stamps_2005/stamp_1136297240_220589.html|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, American sports television network [[ESPN]] ranked him 22nd on their "top drivers of all-time" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/racing/racing/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=3400774|title=Kinser, Mansell, Garlits, Lauda, and Muldowney set high standards|work=[[ESPN]]|date=17 May 2008|access-date=19 May 2008|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105070524/http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=3400774|url-status=live}}</ref> Niki Lauda wrote five books: ''The Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving'' (titled ''Formula 1: The Art and Technicalities of Grand Prix Driving'' in some markets) (1975); ''My Years With Ferrari'' (1978); ''The New Formula One: A Turbo Age'' (1984); ''Meine Story'' (titled ''To Hell and Back'' in some markets) (1986); ''Das dritte Leben'' (en. ''The third life'') (1996).{{sfn|Lauda|Völker|1986|p={{page needed|date=December 2024}}}} Lauda credited Austrian journalist Herbert Volker with editing the books. ==In popular culture== [[File:Daniel Brühl, Niki Lauda and Peter Morgan.jpg|thumb|left|Daniel Brühl, Lauda and Peter Morgan at the premiere of ''Rush'' in Vienna, Austria in 2013]] The 1976 battle between Lauda and [[James Hunt]] was dramatized in the film ''[[Rush (2013 film)|Rush]]'' (2013), where Lauda was played by [[Daniel Brühl]]—a portrayal that was nominated for a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Film Award]] for Best Supporting Actor. Lauda made a cameo appearance at the end of the film. Lauda said of Hunt's death, "When I heard he'd died age 45 of a heart attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad." He also said that Hunt was one of the very few he liked, one of a smaller number of people he respected and the only person he had envied.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bensinger |first=Graham |date=2017-10-11 |title=Niki Lauda on James Hunt |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6OABZ0PZ4&gl=US&hl=en |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Lauda appeared in an episode of ''[[Mayday (Canadian TV series)|Mayday]]'' titled "[[List of Mayday episodes#Season 14 (2014)|Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits]]" regarding the events of [[Lauda Air Flight 004]], and described running an airline as more difficult than winning three Formula 1 championships.<ref>{{Citation |title="Air Crash Investigation" Niki Lauda - Testing the Limits (TV Episode 2015) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218982/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-US |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916091058/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218982/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2024 [[Netflix]] miniseries ''[[Senna (miniseries)|Senna]]'', based on the life and career of [[Ayrton Senna]], Lauda is portrayed by German actor Johannes Heinrichs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-29 |title=Senna |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13024830/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201172414/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13024830/ |archive-date=2024-02-01 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> ==Personal life== Lauda dated Mariella von Reininghaus until 1975. In 1976 he married the Chilean-Austrian Marlene Knaus. They divorced in 1991. Lauda and Knaus had two sons, [[Mathias Lauda|Mathias]], a racing driver, and Lukas, who acted as Mathias's manager. In 1992 Lauda briefly dated racing driver [[Giovanna Amati]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nzz.ch/sport/formel-1-giovanna-amati-war-vor-30-jahren-die-letzte-frau-ld.1677806 | title=Formel 1: Giovanna Amati war vor 30 Jahren die letzte Frau | newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | date=3 April 2022 | last1=Brümmer | first1=Elmar }}</ref> In 2008 he married Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant for his airline. In 2005, Wetzinger donated a kidney to Lauda after the kidney he had received from his brother in 1997 failed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 1997 |title=Lauda Has Transplant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/25/sports/lauda-has-transplant.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806151209/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/25/sports/lauda-has-transplant.html |archive-date=6 August 2018 |access-date=7 August 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=[[The Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/niki-lauda-in-kidney-transplant-209636.html|title=Niki Lauda 'in kidney transplant'|date=1 July 2005|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|access-date=7 August 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806180208/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/niki-lauda-in-kidney-transplant-209636.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2009, Birgit gave birth to twins, Max and Mia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/niki-laudas-widow-causes-family-turmoil-after-filing-lawsuit-for-staggering-amount-of-money-lm22 | title=Niki Lauda's Widow Causes Family Turmoil After Filing Lawsuit for Staggering Amount of Money | date=8 April 2023 }}</ref> Lauda spoke fluent [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0_euri2W5U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/S0_euri2W5U| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=GdP – al telefono con Niki Lauda|author=TelenovaMSP|date=17 May 2011|access-date=3 June 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Lauda came from a Catholic family. In an interview with ''Zeit'' he stated that he left the church for a time to avoid paying [[Church tax#Austria|church taxes]], but went back when he had his two children baptised.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.zeit.de/sport/2014-05/tuvia-tenenbom-niki-lauda-formel1-jesus|title=Fett wie ein Turnschuh: Rennfahrer kommen in die Hölle|first=Tuvia|last=Tenenbom|date=16 May 2014|access-date=4 June 2019|newspaper=Die Zeit|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407042427/https://www.zeit.de/sport/2014-05/tuvia-tenenbom-niki-lauda-formel1-jesus|url-status=live}}</ref> == Death and legacy == On 20 May 2019, Lauda died in his sleep aged 70 at the [[University Hospital of Zürich]] where he had been undergoing [[kidney dialysis]]. He had experienced a period of ill health exacerbated by his lung injuries from the 1976 accident. He had a double lung transplant the previous year, and kidney transplants in 1997 and 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/21/niki-lauda-formula-one-legend-dies-aged-70|title=Niki Lauda, three-time Formula One world champion, dies aged 70|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2019|date=21 May 2019|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521021941/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/21/niki-lauda-formula-one-legend-dies-aged-70|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/formula-one-legend-niki-lauda-dies-age-70-010848580.html|title=Formula One legend Niki Lauda dies, age 70|work=Yahoo Sport|date=21 May 2019|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521155150/https://au.sports.yahoo.com/formula-one-legend-niki-lauda-dies-age-70-010848580.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Niki Lauda Grave Vienna 2021.jpg|thumb|right|Lauda's grave in Vienna]] At the [[2019 Monaco Grand Prix]], current and former drivers and teams paid tributes on social media and during the pre-race Wednesday press conference.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-21 |title='Quite simply irreplaceable' - F1 pays tribute to Niki Lauda |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/quite-simply-irreplaceable-f1-pays-tribute-to-niki-lauda.3WloAKN82RwgnVQ7y9rzpd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531202429/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.quite-simply-irreplaceable-f1-pays-tribute-to-niki-lauda.3WloAKN82RwgnVQ7y9rzpd.html |archive-date=31 May 2019 |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Formula 1 |language=en}}</ref> A moment of silence was held before the race. Throughout the weekend, fans and drivers wore red caps in his honour, with the Mercedes team painting their [[Halo (safety device)|halo]] device red with the message "Niki we miss you" instead of their usual silver scheme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercedes to run red halo as Lauda tribute|access-date=24 May 2019|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-lauda-tribute-halo-monaco-/4395029/amp/|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525103800/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-lauda-tribute-halo-monaco-/4395029/amp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Haas VF-19]]'s shark fin engine cover was painted red with Lauda's name and the years of his birth and death. [[Lewis Hamilton]] and [[Sebastian Vettel]] wore helmets in Lauda's honour,<ref>{{Citation|title=F1 Pays Tribute To Niki Lauda in Monaco| date=26 May 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Jju8tSCzo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/j0Jju8tSCzo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-05-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and when Hamilton won the race he dedicated it to Lauda. His funeral at [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna|St. Stephen's Cathedral]] in Vienna was attended by prominent Formula One figures, including [[Gerhard Berger]], [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Alain Prost]], [[Nelson Piquet]], [[Jean Alesi]], [[Lewis Hamilton]], [[David Coulthard]], [[Nico Rosberg]], [[Valtteri Bottas]], [[René Binder|René]] and [[Hans Binder]] and [[René Rast]]. [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and Austrian politicians, including [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], also attended.<ref>{{cite news|title=F1 stars attend Niki Lauda's funeral|work=BBC News|date=29 May 2019|access-date=30 May 2019|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48443594|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412201314/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48443594|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Lauda's wishes he was buried in [[Heiligenstädter Friedhof]] wearing his 1974 to 1977 Ferrari racing suit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motors-addict.com/en/article/formula1/niki-lauda-to-be-buried-with-ferrari-racing-suit-from-1974-77/5cecc080292f04530d2d0869 |title=Niki Lauda to be buried with Ferrari racing suit from 1974–77 |publisher=Motors-Addict |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2022-07-19 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310225019/https://www.motors-addict.com/en/article/formula1/niki-lauda-to-be-buried-with-ferrari-racing-suit-from-1974-77/5cecc080292f04530d2d0869 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Racing record== ===Career summary=== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" |- !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position |- ! rowspan="2" |1970 |align=left|[[1970 World Sportscar Championship|World Sportscar Championship]] |align=left|Bosch Wien |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |NC |- |align=left|[[Interserie]] |align=left|Bosch Racing Team |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |15th |- !rowspan=2|1971 |align=left|[[1971 European Formula Two Championship|European Formula Two]] |align=left|[[March Engineering]] |9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |10th |- |align=left|[[1971 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] [[March Engineering|March Racing Team]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- !rowspan=3|1972 |align=left|[[1972 European Formula Two Championship|European Formula Two]] |align=left|[[March Engineering]] |11 |0 |2 |0 |3 |25 |5th |- |align=left|[[1972 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] [[March Engineering|March Racing Team]] |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- |align=left|[[Formula Two#British Formula Two|British Formula Two]] |align=left|[[March Engineering]] |4 |1 |0 |1 |4 |31 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st''' |- !rowspan=3|1973 |align=left|[[1973 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]]-[[British Racing Motors|BRM]] |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |18th |- |align=left nowrap|[[European Touring Car Championship]] |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|[[BMW in motorsport|BMW Alpina]] |1 |1 |1 |0 |1 |32 |7th |- |align=left|[[1973 World Sportscar Championship|World Sportscar Championship]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- !rowspan=2|1974 |align=left|[[1974 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] |15 |2 |9 |3 |5 |38 |4th |- |align=left|[[1974 World Sportscar Championship|World Sportscar Championship]] |align=left|[[Ford Motor Company|Ford Köln]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |- !1975 |align=left|[[1975 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] |14 |5 |9 |2 |8 |64.5 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st''' |- !1976 |align=left|[[1976 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] |14 |5 |3 |4 |9 |68 |style="background:#DFDFDF"|'''2nd''' |- !1977 |align=left|[[1977 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] |14 |3 |2 |3 |10 |72 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st''' |- !1978 |align=left|[[1978 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] |16 |2 |1 |4 |7 |44 |4th |- !rowspan=2|1979 |align=left|[[1979 Formula One season|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] |13 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |14th |- |align=left|[[1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship|BMW M1 Procar Championship]] |align=left|[[Project Four Racing]] |8 |3 |1 |3 |4 |78 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st''' |- !1982 |align=left|[[1982 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren|McLaren International]] |14 |2 |0 |1 |3 |30 |5th |- !1983 |align=left|[[1983 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren|McLaren International Team]] |15 |0 |0 |1 |2 |12 |10th |- !1984 |align=left|[[1984 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]] |align=left|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International|McLaren]] [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG Turbo]] |16 |5 |0 |5 |9 |72 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|'''1st''' |- !1985 |align=left|[[1985 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]] |align=left nowrap|[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International|McLaren]] [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG Turbo]] |14 |1 |0 |1 |1 |14 |10th |} ===Complete European Formula Two Championship results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Abbr|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |- | {{F2|1971}} ! nowrap| [[March Engineering]] ! nowrap| [[March 712]]M ! nowrap| [[Cosworth|Cosworth FVA]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR]]<br />{{small|10}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Eifelrennen|NÜR]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|6|Received 3 championship points as Emerson Fittipaldi and Graham Hill who finished ahead were ineligible for points}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuito Permanente Del Jarama|JAR]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|7|Received 1 championship point as Emerson Fittipaldi who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|PAL]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|DNQ|Eliminated in heat}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Rouen-Les-Essarts|ROU]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|4|Received 4 championship point as Graham Hill who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mantorp Park|MAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Brumowski Air Base|TUL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuit d'Albi|ALB]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VLL]]<br />{{small|7}} | [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VLL]] |colspan=3| ! 10th ! 8 |- | {{F2|1972}} ! nowrap| [[March Engineering]] ! nowrap| [[March 722]] ! nowrap| [[Cosworth|Ford BDA]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Mallory Park|MAL]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Thruxton Circuit|THR]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|3|Received 9 championship points as Ronnie Peterson and Francois Cevert who finished ahead were ineligible for points}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Hockenheimring|HOC]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Crystal Palace (circuit)|PAL]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|DNQ|Eliminated in heat}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[Hockenheimring|HOC]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Rouen-Les-Essarts|ROU]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Österreichring|ÖST]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|IMO]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|3|Received 6 championship points as John Surtees who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}</small> |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Mantorp Park|MAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Salzburgring|SAL]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|6|Received 2 championship points as Graham Hill who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}</small> | [[Circuit d'Albi|ALB]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br /><small>{{Abbr|9|Received 2 championship points as Tim Schenken, Ronnie Peterson, Graham Hill and Henri Pescarolo who finished ahead were ineligible for points}}</small> ! 5th ! 25 |- !colspan{{=}}20|{{small|Source:<ref name="MotorSportMagazine Niki Lauda">{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/niki-lauda|title=Niki Lauda – Biography|work=MotorSportMagazine|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=3 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603044729/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/niki-lauda|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |} ===Complete British Formula Two results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! {{Abbr|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |- | [[Formula Two#British Formula Two|1972]] ! nowrap| [[March Engineering]] ! nowrap| [[March 722]] ! nowrap| [[Cosworth|Ford BDA]] |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[Mallory Park|MAL]]<br />{{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|[[Oulton Park|OUL]]<br />{{small|1}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|[[Thruxton Circuit|THR]]<br />{{small|3}} |[[Crystal Palace circuit|CRY]] |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|''[[Oulton Park|OUL]]''<br />{{small|2}} |style="background:#FBFFBF;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FBFFBF;"|'''31''' |- |} ===Complete Formula One World Championship results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! {{Abbr|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}} ! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Pts]] |- | [[1971 Formula One season|1971]] !nowrap| [[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] [[March Engineering|March Racing Team]] !nowrap| [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 711|711]] !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1971 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] | [[1971 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]] | [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] | [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] | [[1971 French Grand Prix|FRA]] | [[1971 British Grand Prix|GBR]] | [[1971 German Grand Prix|GER]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | [[1971 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] | [[1971 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] | [[1971 United States Grand Prix|USA]] |colspan=6| ! NC ! 0 |- |rowspan=3| [[1972 Formula One season|1972]] !rowspan=3 nowrap| [[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] [[March Engineering|March Racing Team]] !nowrap| [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 721|721]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|11}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|7}} |colspan=15| !rowspan{{=}}3| NC !rowspan{{=}}3| 0 |- !nowrap| [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 721|721X]] |colspan=2| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|16}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|12}} |colspan=12| |- !nowrap| [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 721|721G]] |colspan=5| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|9}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|10}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|13}} |style{{=}}"background:#000000; color:white"| [[1972 Canadian Grand Prix|<span style{{=}}"color:white;">CAN</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|NC}} |colspan=5| |- |rowspan{{=}}3| [[1973 Formula One season|1973]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]]-[[British Racing Motors|BRM]] ! nowrap| [[BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160C]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[BRM]] P142 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1973 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|8}} |colspan=15| !rowspan{{=}}3| 18th !rowspan{{=}}3| 2 |- !nowrap| [[BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160D]] |colspan=2| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |colspan=14| |- !nowrap| [[BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160E]] |colspan=3| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1973 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />{{small|13}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1973 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|9}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1973 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|12}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|DNS}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1973 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |colspan=2| |- | [[1974 Formula One season|1974]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312B|312B3]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 001/11 3.0 [[flat-12|F12]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]'''<br />{{small|16}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]'''''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| '''''[[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''''<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |colspan=2| ! 4th ! 38 |- |rowspan{{=}}2| [[1975 Formula One season|1975]] !rowspan{{=}}2 nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari| SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312B|312B3]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 001/11 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1975 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|6}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1975 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|5}} |colspan=15| |rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''64.5''' |- !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T|312T]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 015 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |colspan=2| |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1975 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1975 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1975 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1975 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1975 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''[[1975 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]'''''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1975 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1975 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|8}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[1975 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| '''[[1975 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]'''<br />{{small|6}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| '''[[1975 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1975 United States Grand Prix|USA]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |colspan=3| |- |rowspan{{=}}2| [[1976 Formula One season|1976]] !rowspan{{=}}2 nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T|312T]] !rowspan{{=}}2 nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 015 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1976 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1976 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|2}} |colspan=14| |rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd''' |rowspan{{=}}2 style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''68''' |- !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T2|312T2]] |colspan=3| |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1976 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[1976 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''[[1976 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1976 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[1976 French Grand Prix|FRA]]''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''[[1976 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | [[1976 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]] | [[1976 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1976 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|4}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1976 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|8}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1976 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | |- | [[1977 Formula One season|1977]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T2|312T2]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 015 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1977 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1977 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1977 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''[[1977 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]'''''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1977 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|DNS}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1977 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1977 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1977 German Grand Prix|GER]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| '''[[1977 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]'''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1977 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1977 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1977 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|4}} | [[1977 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]] | [[1977 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]] |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''72''' |- |rowspan{{=}}3| [[1978 Formula One season|1978]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT45|BT45C]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] 115-12 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1978 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|3}} |colspan=15| !rowspan{{=}}3| 4th !rowspan{{=}}3| 44 |- !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT46|BT46]] |colspan=2| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| '''[[1978 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]'''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[1978 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[1978 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| ''[[1978 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]''<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1978 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1978 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | |- !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT46B|BT46B]] |colspan=7| |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1978 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]''<br />{{small|1}} |colspan=9| |- |rowspan{{=}}2| [[1979 Formula One season|1979]] !rowspan{{=}}2 nowrap| [[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT48|BT48]] !nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] 1260 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1979 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|6}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1979 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1979 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|4}} |colspan=4| !rowspan{{=}}2| 14th !rowspan{{=}}2| 4 |- !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT49|BT49]] !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |colspan=13| | [[1979 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|WD}} | [[1979 United States Grand Prix|USA]] |colspan=2| |- | [[1982 Formula One World Championship|1982]] !nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International]] !nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/1|MP4B]] !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1982 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|4}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1982 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]''<br />{{small|1}} | [[1982 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]] |style{{=}}"background:#000000; color:white"| [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix|<span style{{=}}"color:white;">BEL</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1982 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|4}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1982 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1982 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|8}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1982 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|DNS}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1982 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix|CPL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | ! 5th ! 30 |- |rowspan{{=}}3| [[1983 Formula One World Championship|1983]] !rowspan{{=}}3 nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International]] Team !rowspan{{=}}2 nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/1|MP4/1C]] !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |style{{=}}"background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1983 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|3}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[1983 United States Grand Prix West|USW]]''<br />{{small|2}} |colspan=15| !rowspan{{=}}3| 10th !rowspan{{=}}3| 12 |- !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFY|Ford Cosworth DFY]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] |colspan=2| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1983 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|DNQ}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1983 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|6}} |style{{=}}"background:#000000; color:white"| [[1983 German Grand Prix|<span style{{=}}"color:white;">GER</span>]]<br />{{small|DSQ}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1983 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|6}} |colspan=6| |- !nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/1|MP4/1E]] !nowrap| [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]] TTE PO1 1.5 [[V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]] |colspan=11| |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1983 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1983 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|11}} |colspan=2| |- | [[1984 Formula One World Championship|1984]] !nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International|McLaren]] [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG Turbo]] !nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/2|MP4/2]] !nowrap| [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]] TTE PO1 1.5 [[V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1984 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1984 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1984 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1984 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[1984 Dallas Grand Prix|DAL]]''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1984 British Grand Prix|GBR]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1984 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1984 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1984 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|2}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1984 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1984 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br />{{small|4}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[1984 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]''<br />{{small|2}} | |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| '''72''' |- | [[1985 Formula One World Championship|1985]] !nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[McLaren International|McLaren]] [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG Turbo]] !nowrap| [[McLaren]] [[McLaren MP4/2|MP4/2B]] !nowrap| [[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]] TTE PO1 1.5 [[V6]] [[Turbocharger|t]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1985 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|4}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Detroit Grand Prix|DET]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#DFFFDF;"| ''[[1985 German Grand Prix|GER]]''<br />{{small|5}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1985 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|1}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#FFFFFF;"| [[1985 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|DNS}} | [[1985 European Grand Prix|EUR]] |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style{{=}}"background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | ! 10th ! 14 |- !colspan{{=}}"23"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name="MotorSportMagazine Niki Lauda"/>}}}} |} ===Complete Formula One non-championship results=== [[File:Niki Lauda 1974 Race of Champions 2.jpg|thumb|Lauda at the [[1974 Race of Champions]]]] ([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 3|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 |- | [[1972 Formula One season|1972]] !nowrap| [[STP (motor oil company)|STP]] [[March Engineering|March Racing Team]] !nowrap| [[March Engineering|March]] [[March 721|721]] !nowrap| [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]] | [[1972 Race of Champions|ROC]] | [[1972 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] | [[1972 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] | [[1972 International Gold Cup|OUL]] | style="background:#fff;"| [[1972 Italian Republic Grand Prix|REP]]<br />{{small|DNS}} | [[1972 World Championship Victory Race|VIC]] |- | [[1973 Formula One season|1973]] !nowrap| [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]]-[[British Racing Motors|BRM]] !nowrap| [[BRM]] [[BRM P160|P160D]] !nowrap| [[BRM]] P142 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[1973 Race of Champions|ROC]]''<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1973 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]<br />{{small|5}} |colspan=4| |- | [[1974 Formula One season|1974]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312B|312B3]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 001/11 3.0 [[flat-12|F12]] | [[1974 Presidente Medici Grand Prix|PRE]] |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1974 Race of Champions|ROC]]<br />{{small|2}} | [[1974 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] |colspan=3| |- | [[1975 Formula One season|1975]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T|312T]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 015 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] | [[1975 Race of Champions|ROC]] |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1975 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]<br />{{small|1}} | [[1975 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]] |colspan=3| |- | [[1976 Formula One season|1976]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|SEFAC Ferrari]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312T|312T2]] !nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 015 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1976 Race of Champions|ROC]]<br />{{small|Ret}} | [[1976 BRDC International Trophy|INT]] |colspan=4| |- | [[1978 Formula One season|1978]] !nowrap| [[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT45|BT45C]] !nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] 115-12 3.0 [[Flat-12|F12]] | style="background:#fff;"| [[1978 BRDC International Trophy|INT]]<br />{{small|DNS}} |colspan=5| |- | [[1979 Formula One season|1979]] !nowrap| [[Parmalat]] [[Brabham|Racing]] !nowrap| [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT48|BT48]] !nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] 1260 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]] |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1979 Race of Champions|ROC]]<br />{{small|5}} | [[Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Trophy|GNM]] |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix|DIN]]<br />{{small|1}} |colspan=3| |- !colspan="10"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name="MotorSportMagazine Niki Lauda"/>}}}} |} ===Complete BMW M1 Procar Championship results=== ([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |- ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! DC ! Pts |- | [[1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship|1979]] !nowrap| [[BMW in motorsport|BMW Motorsport]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Circuit Zolder|ZOL]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''[[Circuit de Monaco|MCO]]'''<br />{{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|[[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|''[[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|''[[Hockenheimring|HOC]]''<br />{{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Red Bull Ring|ÖST]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[Circuit Zandvoort|ZAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|''[[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza|MNZ]]''<br />{{small|2}} !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 78 |} === Other race results === * [[Nürburgring 24 Hours]]: 1st,1973 * 1000 km of Spa Francorchamps: 1st,1973 * 4 hours of Monza: 1st,1973 * 4 hours of Zandvoort: 1st,1974, 3rd,1972 * Diepholz SRP/GT: 1st,1970 * 6 hours of Nurbugring: 2nd,1971 * 9 hours of Kyalami: 3rd,1972 * Taurenpokal Salzburgring: 1st,1971 == Books == * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |title=Technik und Praxis des Grand-Prix-Sports |location=Stuttgart; Vienna |publisher=Stuttgart Motorbuch-Verlag; Orac |language=de |ref=none}} ** {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |title=The Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving (a.k.a. ''Formula 1: The Art and Technicalities of Grand Prix Driving'') |others=David Irving (trans.) |location=Osceola, Wis. |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=9780879380496 |oclc=483675371|year=1977 |ref=none}} * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |year=1977 |title=Protokoll: meine Jahre mit Ferrari |location=Stuttgard; Vienna |publisher=Stuttgart Motorbuch-Verlag; Orac |isbn=9783853688434 |oclc=3869352 |ref=none}} ** {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |year=1978 |title=My Years with Ferrari |location=Osceola, Wis. |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=9780879380595 |oclc=3842607 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/myyearswithferra00laud |ref=none}} AKA ''For the Record: My Years with Ferrari'' (British edition). * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |year=1982 |title=Die neue Formel 1 |location=Stuttgard; Vienna |publisher=Stuttgart Motorbuch-Verlag; Orac |isbn=9783853689103 |oclc=1072406853 |ref=none}} ** {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |year=1984 |title=The New Formula One: A Turbo Age |location=Osceola, Wis. |publisher=Motorbooks International |isbn=9780879381790 |oclc=10456956 |ref=none}} * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |last2=Völker |first2=Herbert |year=1985 |title=Niki Lauda: Meine Story |location=Stuttgard; Vienna |publisher=Stuttgart Motorbuch-Verlag; Orac |isbn=9783701500253 |oclc=38110109 |ref=none}} ** {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |last2=Völker |first2=Herbert |year=1986 |title=To Hell and Back: An Autobiography |others=E. J. Crockett (trans.) |location=London |publisher=Stanley Paul |isbn=9780091642402 |oclc=476752274 |ref=none}} * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |title=Das dritte Leben |year=1996 |location=Munich |publisher=Heyne |isbn=9783453115729 |oclc=40286522 |ref=none}} == See also == {{Portal|Austria|Biography|Cars|Aviation}} * [[Formula One drivers from Austria]] * [[Hunt–Lauda rivalry]] * [[Lauda Air Italy]] * [[Sport in Austria]] == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} == Bibliography == * {{cite book | last=Folley | first=Malcolm | title=Senna Versus Prost | publisher=Random House | date=2009 | isbn=978-1-84605-540-9}} * {{cite book |last=Lang |first=Mike |title=Grand Prix! |publisher=Haynes Pub. Group |publication-place=Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset : Newbury Park, Calif., USA |date=1981 |isbn=978-0-85429-380-3}} * {{cite book |last1=Lauda |first1=Niki |last2=Völker |first2=Herbert |title=To Hell and Back |publisher=Vintage |publication-place=London |date=1986 |isbn=978-0-09-164240-2}} * {{cite book |last=Rubython |first=Tom |title=In the Name of Glory |publisher=Myrtle |date=2011-10-31 |isbn=978-0-9565656-9-3|oclc=757931377}} * {{cite book |last1=Zapelloni |first1=Umberto |last2=Comte |first2=Michel |title=Formula Ferrari |date=2004 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=0-340-83471-4}} == External links == * {{commons-inline|Niki Lauda}} {{Niki Lauda}} {{Navboxes |title=Niki Lauda sporting positions | list1 = {{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{s-bef|before=[[James Hunt]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[BRDC International Trophy]]<br />Winner|years=1975}} {{s-aft|after=[[James Hunt]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Emerson Fittipaldi]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]]|years={{F1|1975}}}} {{s-aft|after=[[James Hunt]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[James Hunt]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]]|years={{F1|1977}}}} {{s-aft|after=[[Mario Andretti]]}} {{s-bef|before=Inaugural}} {{s-ttl|title=[[BMW M1 Procar Championship]]<br />Champion|years=1979}} {{s-aft|after=[[Nelson Piquet]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Nelson Piquet]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]]|years={{F1|1984}}}} {{s-aft|after=[[Alain Prost]]}} {{s-ach}} {{s-bef|before=[[Nadia Comăneci]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year]]|years=1977}} {{s-aft|after=[[Muhammad Ali]]}} {{s-bef|before = [[Nelson Piquet]]}} {{s-ttl|title = [[Autosport]]<br />International Racing Driver Award|years = 1984}} {{s-aft|after = [[Alain Prost]]}} {{Succession box|before=[[Lewis Hamilton]]|title=[[FIA Prize Giving Ceremony#Personality of the Year|FIA Personality of the Year]]|years=2019|after=[[Lewis Hamilton]]}} {{s-end}} {{Austrian Sportsperson of the Year}} {{Formula One drivers from Austria}} {{Formula One World Drivers' Champions}} {{McLaren}} {{Scuderia Ferrari}} {{Mercedes in Formula One}} {{Jaguar Racing}} {{Autosport International Racing Driver Award}} {{BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year}} {{Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award}} {{24 Hours of Nürburgring winners}}}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauda, Niki}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:A1 Grand Prix team owners]] [[Category:Austrian aviators]] [[Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain]] [[Category:Austrian Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Austrian racing drivers]] [[Category:Austrian Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Austrian motorsport people]] [[Category:BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year winners]] [[Category:Brabham Formula One drivers]] [[Category:BRDC Gold Star winners]] [[Category:BRM Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Chief executives in the airline industry]] [[Category:Commercial aviators]] [[Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers]] [[Category:Ferrari Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Ferrari people]] [[Category:Formula One World Drivers' Champions]] [[Category:Formula One race winners]] [[Category:Formula One team principals]]<!--Jaguar--> [[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:International Race of Champions drivers]] [[Category:Kidney transplant recipients]] [[Category:March Formula One drivers]] [[Category:McLaren Formula One drivers]] [[Category:Racing drivers from Vienna]] [[Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers]] [[Category:Lauda family]] [[Category:Airline founders]] [[Category:Jaguar in Formula One]] [[Category:Mercedes-Benz in Formula One]] [[Category:Niki Lauda]] [[Category:Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers]] [[Category:Burn_survivors]]
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