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Niki Lauda
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2019 - 07:03 PM UTC
Just in case some of you guys have not heared the news yet.

Former F1 champion Niki Lauda died yesterday at the age of 70 ....

https://www.gmx.net/magazine/sport/formel-1/niki-lauda-tot-erfolge-unvergesslich-33750770
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2019 - 10:09 PM UTC
The bad news was the first thing I saw, when the alarm clock rang this morning.

We've seen plenty of great F1 drivers since the very first GP, but only a few make into legend.
AussieReg
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Posted: Monday, May 20, 2019 - 11:35 PM UTC
A true legend, such sad news. I was really hoping that the lung transplant would give him a few more years, but apparently the damage was too great.

RIP.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 12:11 AM UTC
Wow, such sad news to wake up to.

Funny thing, my wife mentioned the movie Rush last night. Going to have to watch it again.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 12:46 PM UTC
bluebell914
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Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019 - 05:57 AM UTC
A great loss to the motor racing world. Lauda, Emmo and Stewart are the primary drivers that got me so interested in F! during the '70's. Lauda was a hero in so many ways, especially overcoming that horrific burn. So sad.
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Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019 - 08:35 AM UTC
Niki Lauda epitomises a different generation F1 racers for me. Whether it was his incredible return to racing so soon after the crash at the Nürburgring, or his no-nonsense, tell it like it is, approach to everything he did, he was in a class of his own.

Rowan

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Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019 - 09:21 AM UTC
Torsten,
thanks for posting Niki Lauda's passing. Most likely his transplanted lung was being rejected. A true 3 time world champion that will be surely missed.

Joel
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