Niki Lauda

RIP Niki Lauda.  

You were one tough mother berkeleyer

can a mod fix the typo?

Damn.

berkeley.  Just berkeley.

In reply to spitfirebill :

My wife and I just watched Rush a few weeks ago.

I'm sorry for his passing. 

Floating Doc said:

In reply to spitfirebill :

My wife and I just watched Rush a few weeks ago.

I'm sorry for his passing. 

He was my favorite driver during that time.  When he retired I pretty much lost interest in Formula 1. 

I had no idea he wasnt doing good. I know he has been through a lot but he was quite young. 

Sad news, and topic fixed. 

So sad, what a legend behind the wheel and as a technical mind. The sport is so much lesser without him. 

Aw hell..

A true legend of the sport, and a shining example of toughness and determination.

He was my first racing hero. When I was a kid my uncle brought me a poster of Lauda in a Ferrari F1 car. It was formative.

Lauda was the reason I started following F1. I was reading Road & Track and was just awe struck at his tenacity in overcoming what for many people would be career ending injuries. 

One of the toughest men behind the wheel.

Tom1200 said:

Lauda was the reason I started following F1. I was reading Road & Track and was just awe struck at his tenacity in overcoming what for many people would be career ending injuries. 

Not only severe injuries, but he got back in his race car a few weeks after the accident.  

spitfirebill said:

Tom1200 said:

Lauda was the reason I started following F1. I was reading Road & Track and was just awe struck at his tenacity in overcoming what for many people would be career ending injuries. 

Not only severe injuries, but he got back in his race car a few weeks after the accident.  

Way worse - he was given last rights.  Most people would have died.  And then to come back and race, and STILL compete for the WC.  Amazing.

I have to be happy for a guy that was so dedicated to the sport that he managed to work in F1 at the highest levels right up to his death.  This is a man whose passion nearly killed him and he kept at it anyway.  Well done sir.

He was truly one of the greatest of all time.  

Tough SOB right there.

 My neighbor was badly burned while working with a crew cutting pipes laid on the ground.  His torch cut into one filled with rocket fuel.   From that I learned some of the things burn victims tolerate, more susceptible to cancer; loss of skin  etc., you can't modulate your body temperature and more.  And people stare.

RIP, you've earned it....

He was always one of my favorite drivers.  What a human being.  I pretty much lost interest in F1 about the time he retired from driving for good.

I will never, ever forgive Sports Illustrated for not giving Lauda the "Sportsman of the Year" after coming back from that accident to finish the season.  They gave it to Tracy Austin (the tennis player) instead.  

What a man.  RIP

Pure badass individual. RIP Mr Lauda.

I was a Lauda fan during the Prost/Lauda years . . .

“A lot of people criticise Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?”

The man was a living legend.  RIP