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Niki Lauda

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Also known as Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda, Nikolaus Lauda, Andreas Nikolaus Lauda

Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949–2019)

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Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, born on 22 February 1949 in Vienna, was an Austrian auto racer, aircraft pilot, entrepreneur, and sporting director. He competed for teams including March Engineering, British Racing Motors, Scuderia Ferrari, and Brabham. Lauda won the 1975 Formula One season, the 1977 Formula One season, and the 1984 Formula One World Championship. He also received the BBC World Sport Star of the Year award.

Lauda was employed by Lauda Air and the Mercedes F1 Team. He authored several books, including *The art and science of Grand Prix driving*, *Das dritte Leben*, *Formula 1*, *For the record*, and *My years with Ferrari*. He spoke German and had a child named Mathias Lauda. A significant event in his life was a burn. He died on 20 May 2019 in Zurich.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1949
Works
13

Top works

  • The art and science of Grand Prix driving
  • Das dritte Leben
  • Formula 1
  • For the record
  • My years with Ferrari

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Film & TV

Acting · Vienna, Austria

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times in 1975, 1977 and 1984. Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, during which his Ferrari burst into flames and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns.…

Known for

  • Mauro Forghieri - Il Calabrone che fece volare la Ferrari — Self2024
  • Transition to the Silver War — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation — Self2022
  • Origins of the Silver War — Self (archival footage)2020
  • Niki Nationale - Ein Leben in der Pole-Position — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Thema — Self2018
  • The Green Hell — Self2017
  • Ferrari 312B — Self2017
  • Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson — Self2017
  • F1 How It Was — Self2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
428
Total plays
1,581

Tags

argentinaafrobeat

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer

    · 2007 · cited 4,513x

  2. Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Using Mendelian Randomization

    · 2021 · cited 3,737x

  3. Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    · 2019 · cited 2,485x

  4. Conformer: Convolution-augmented Transformer for Speech Recognition

    · 2020 · cited 2,318x

  5. RandLA-Net: Efficient Semantic Segmentation of Large-Scale Point Clouds

    · 2020 · cited 1,796x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Nikolaus
Gender
male
Citizenship
Austria
Place of birth
Vienna
Place of death
Zurich
Occupation
aircraft pilot
Employer
Mercedes F1 Team
Languages spoken
German
Religion
Catholicism
Award
BBC World Sport Star of the Year
Participant in
1984 Dallas Grand Prix
Field of work
Formula One car
Sport
auto racing
Member of team
McLaren
Country for sport
Austria
Image
Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg
Height
175
Number of children
5
Significant event
burn
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Niki Lauda
date of birth
1949-02-22
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topic's main category
Category:Niki Lauda
date of death
2019-05-20
birth name
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda
name in native language
Niki Lauda
number of wins
25
points for
420.5
pole positions
24
podium finishes
54
number of matches played/races/starts
180
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

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 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (54); he won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons, and remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers' Championship with both Ferrari and McLaren.

Born and raised in Vienna, Lauda was the grandson of local industrialist Hans Lauda. Starting his career in karting, he progressed to Formula Vee and privateer racing in the late 1960s. After his career stalled, Lauda took out a £30,000 bank loan and secured a place in European Formula Two with March Engineering in 1971, making his Formula One debut with the team at the Austrian Grand Prix. He was promoted to a full-time seat in 1972, ending the season with a non-classified championship finish, while winning the British Formula Two Championship. Lauda moved to BRM for the 1973 season, scoring his maiden points finish in Belgium and earning a seat with Ferrari the following year alongside Clay Regazzoni. Lauda took his maiden podium in his debut for Ferrari, and his maiden victory three races later at the Spanish Grand Prix. After winning five Grands Prix in his 1975 campaign, Lauda won his first title, becoming the first Ferrari-powered World Drivers' Champion in 11 years.

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