Goodbye Niki

Started by Newportnobby, May 21, 2019, 10:53:33 AM

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Newportnobby

Whether you like F1 or not, we bid farewell to an extremely brave man who, just 6 weeks after he and his car being engulfed in flames, was in the seat and racing again despite appalling burns.
One of the true greats.
Sleep well, Niki Lauda :(

Bealman

Yes, Just saw it on the news here.

A legend.  :thumbsup:
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

njee20

Agreed, huge loss. Need to watch Rush again.

GroupC

My favourite Niki story comes from his autobiography "To Hell and Back". His wealthy family was very much against him racing and he relates with superb dry with that:

"My family got wind of the fact that I was out in the garage tinkering around with a racing car. I told them that all I was interested in was the mechanical challenge which would help develop my engineering skills. I did have to promise however that I wouldn't race.

My first race came a couple of days later..."

Good on you Niki!

Thanks for everything, the world's lost a fighter.

marco neri


R.I.P.  Ferrari-man.

Marco
...never turn you back on the ripper (judas priest)

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