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04
2011
Niki Lauda’s near fatal crash
During the first lap of the 1976 German Grand Prix, Niki Lauda’s Ferrari 312B2 spun and hit an embankment off the side of the track. His helmet became dislodged form the impact, and the car fuel tank ruptured. The car was then hit by another, and it caught fire. Niki Lauda escaped with his life thanks to the combined actions of fellow drivers Arturo Merzario, Guy Edwards, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl rather than by the ill-equipped track marshals. At the time, safety vehicles took about 10 minutes to reach the driver, since the accident occurred several miles along the circuit.
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Schon so lange ist es her und er ist immernoch bei der formel 1 aktiv…
Glad he’s alive.
Doesn’t know his arse from his elbow though
@nhf1ps3 To have a comeback as great as Lauda had…..pardon, but he should be GREAT like Lauda was!!!!!!!
Arturo Merzario, Guy Edwards, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl they are real heroes and corageous men with a lot of humanity!thank guys
Mi head on fire ! Mi heads on fire !
RUSH
REALY LEGEND
legend
@siralanlordsugar nannini actually lost his right forearm in the crash
@MocksyOne but that shouldn’t stop Kubica from racing… look at Alessandro Nannini, almost a year after taking the 1989 Japanese GP crown from Senna, he had his hand cut off from a helicopter crash and sewn back on and though he couldn’t drive a F1 car again, he went on to have a successful career in DTM and BPR GT before starting his coffee business
@TheEdRock77 OMG I forget he returned to race less than 2 months later!!!! Just watched Senna last night.
Sigh.
Sorry nhf. Unlike Lauda, Kubica can’t drive fast. He’ll never be in an F1 car again.
@TheEdRock77 That would make sense then:)
@zuss10r the quote is from an interview of Lauda with the guys of Fox Sports i think is a joke lol
@TheEdRock77 Strange thing to say, considering he and Hunt were very close friends!
NIKI LAUDA YOU ARE THE BEST !!!!!!! AND I AGREE, FUCK YOU JAMES HUNT SON OF A BITCH!
Merzario, Edwards and Lunger were heroes allong with Stuck for trying to save Lauda’s life. That era seemed to have a lot of drivers that saved other drivers.
Oh shit
@nhf1ps3 To think he survived that horrific crash in the Canadian GP only to get injured more severely in a rally.
I too hope he returns.
the historique crash
@nhf1ps3 yes please
that guy has got massive bollocks of steel
niki lauda sos lo mas grande que vi en mi vida….sos un dios junto con maradona
39 days?! Fucking hell that’s brave. Those burns looked horrific. If that was me I’d never step foot near a racetrack again.
Eh der coolste