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Niki Lauda - The Biography (Hardcover)
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020
'Thoroughly gripping...a fitting tribute' Justin Marozzi, Sunday
Times Niki Lauda was one of the greatest stars in motor racing - a
superb driver on the track and a much-loved personality off it.
From his famous rivalry with James Hunt in 1976, as depicted in the
film Rush, to working with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, his career
helped define modern Formula One. Six weeks after the 1976 crash at
the notorious Nurburgring that left him burned and receiving the
last rites while obituaries were written, Niki Lauda stepped back
into his Ferrari at Monza to defend his first World Champion title.
Jackie Stewart called it 'the most courageous thing I have ever
witnessed in sport'. Lauda and Hunt were playing cat-and-mouse for
the championship. At the final race of the season in Japan, the
weather was appalling and conditions treacherous. Lauda had a
narrow lead and an agonising decision to make - high-speed drama at
its best. Following his extraordinary recovery from the accident,
Lauda won the title in 1977 and again, following a return from
retirement, in 1984 with McLaren. When he eventually hung up his
helmet for good, he started his own airline and had to deal with
the horrendous aftermath when one of his aircraft crashed, killing
all 223 on board. He later returned to the sport in various
management roles and successfully persuaded Lewis Hamilton to join
Mercedes. Maurice Hamilton first came across Lauda in 1971 and in
this definitive biography tells his remarkable story. Based on
interviews with friends, family, rival drivers and colleagues, it
is a superb tribute to a brave, supremely talented and much-missed
star of Formula One.
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