Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (Beč, 22. februara 1949.. – Beč, 20. maj 2019) bio je austrijski vozač Formule 1. Similar to Lauda Air, Niki was merged with its major partner Air Berlinin 2011. Lauda qualified third, one place behind Hunt, but on race day there was torrential rain and Lauda retired after two laps. Deutsch: Andreas Nikolaus „Niki“ Lauda (* 22. [46], On 20 May 2019, Lauda died in his sleep, aged 70, at the University Hospital of Zürich, where he had been undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney problems, following a period of ill health. 2005  F. Alonso During his time as airline manager, he was appointed consultant at Ferrari as part of an effort by Montezemolo to rejuvenate the team. Biografija Rane godine karijere. It would be a feat not achieved since Jack Brabham's victories in 1959 and 1960. The third life) (1996). Tokom posljednjeg perioda života bio je preduzetnik u avijaciji te je osnovao i vodio dvije kompanije (Lauda Air i Niki). [51] His funeral, at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, was attended by many prominent Formula One figures (including Gerhard Berger, Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Jean Alesi, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg, and Valtteri Bottas), Arnold Schwarzenegger, and many Austrian politicians, including Alexander Van der Bellen among others. 2006  F. Alonso Niki Lauda Op 22-2-1949 is Niki Lauda (bijnaam: Andreas Nikolaus) geboren te Vienna, Austria. De Oostenrijker revalideerde nog van een dubbele longtransplantatie, die hij augustus 2018 onderging. Behind second-placed Lauda, Ronnie Peterson completed the podium for Team Tyrrell after Scheckter retired with an engine failure. Niki Lauda, who has died aged 70, was a three-time Formula 1 world champion, non-executive chairman of the world champion Mercedes team, and one of the biggest names in motorsport. Lauda a devenit șofer de curse în ciuda dezaprobării familiei sale. Lauda was known for giving away any trophies he won to his local garage in exchange for his car to be washed and serviced.[15]. [47][48] A statement issued on behalf of his family reported that he had died peacefully, surrounded by family members. In September 2012 he was appointed non-executive chairman of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. Deze werd verruild voor een Porsche, waarna hij Formule Vee monoposto's ging rijden in het Europese circuit. Regazzoni spoke so favourably of Lauda that Ferrari promptly signed him, paying him enough to clear his debts. 1999  M. Häkkinen, 2000  M. Schumacher Hij richtte in 2003 wederom een luchtvaartmaatschappij op. The 1975 F1 season started slowly for Lauda; after no better than a fifth-place finish in the first four races, he won four of the next five driving the new Ferrari 312T. [4]Lauda's racecarrière leek voorbij, maar tot ieders verbazing zat hij zes weken later tijdens de Grote Prijs van Italië alweer achter het stuur van de Ferrari. 1993  A. Prost Niki Lauda, three-time world F1 champion, took the wheel of a new Jaguar Formula 1 car after claiming that today's F1 cars could be driven "by a monkey". 2016  N. Rosberg [44], Lauda spoke fluent Austrian German, English, and Italian. F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck recalls seeing Lauda in the pits, peeling the blood-soaked bandages off his scarred scalp. 2018  L. Hamilton Hij richtte nadien nog twee luchtvaartmaatschappijen op: NIKI, dat overgenomen werd door Air Berlin, en Laudamotion, dat nu in handen is van Ryanair. 1959  J. Brabham, 1960  J. Brabham Lauda Air was born in 1979 and by the 1990s had obtained a worldwide scheduled flight concession, leading to close collaboration with Lufthansa and ultimately the takeover of Lauda Air by the German operator in 2002. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. He also had to wear a specially adapted crash helmet so as to not be in too much discomfort. 1988  A. Senna Although he lost that year's title – by just one point – to James Hunt, he won his second championship the year after, during his final season at Ferrari. 2001  M. Schumacher The Alfa flat-12 engine was too wide for ground effect designs in that the opposed cylinder banks impeded with the venturi tunnels, so Alfa designed a V12 for 1979. Although the F2 cars were good (and Lauda's driving skills impressed March principal Robin Herd), March's 1972 F1 season was catastrophic. However, Lauda, who set a record for the most pole positions in a season during the 1975 season, rarely matched his teammate in qualifying. [31] Lauda held a commercial pilot's licence and from time to time acted as a captain on the flights of his airline. The T.50s Niki Lauda retains the T.50’s rack and pinion steering, but with a revised steering ratio. 1991  A. Senna This proved to be his last Grand Prix victory and also the last Formula One Grand Prix held in the Netherlands. 1966  J. Brabham Nadat hij het landgoed van zijn opa in een rallycrossbaan (met springschans) had veranderd voor zijn VW Kever, begon Lauda zijn racecarrière in een Mini Cooper, waarmee hij aan heuvelklims deelnam. 1983  N. Piquet Hij dreigde levend te verbranden toen het wrak vlam vatte, maar hij werd gered door vier coureurs die vlak achter hem aan kwamen en de ernst van het ongeluk inzagen, zij stopten onmiddellijk en sprongen uit hun auto's. Niki Lauda. Lauda Air was born in 1979 and by the 1990s had obtained a worldwide scheduled flight concession, leading to close collaboration with Lufthansa and ultimately the takeover of Lauda Air by the German operator in 2002. He was, however, criticized for calling Robert Kubica a "polacke" (an ethnic slur for Polish people). After announcing his impending retirement at the 1985 Austrian Grand Prix, he retired for good at the end of that season. 1992  N. Mansell 1994  M. Schumacher 1953  A. Ascari The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi, barricaded themselves in a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day.[23]. B… Lauda missed only two races, appearing at the Monza press conference six weeks after the accident with his fresh burns still bandaged. After that, Brabham returned to the familiar Cosworth V8. When his BRM teammate Clay Regazzoni left to rejoin Ferrari in 1974 and team owner Enzo Ferrari asked him what he thought of Lauda. He was a three-time F1 World Drivers' Champion, winning in 1975, 1977 and 1984, and is the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport's two most successful constructors. 1956  J. M. Fangio Unlike Lunger, Lauda was trapped in the wreckage. [12] Because of his family's disapproval he had an ongoing feud with them over his racing ambitions and abandoned further contact.[13]. Afterwards, he worked as a pundit for German TV during Grand Prix weekends and acted as non-executive chairman of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, of which Lauda owned 10%.[1]. [29] After selling his Lauda Air shares to majority partner Austrian Airlines in 1999, he managed the Jaguar Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002. In addition, he has written five books and has acted as a consultant to the Ferrari team. Brakes The Brembo carbon ceramic discs of the T.50 are carried over to the T.50s Niki Lauda (370mm x 34mm front/340mm x 34mm rear), with six-piston front callipers and four-piston rear Hunt and Lauda were friends away from the circuit, and their personal on-track rivalry, while intense, was cleanly contested and fair. Perhaps the lowest point of the team's season came at the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, where both March cars were disqualified within 3 laps of each other after just past 3/4 race distance. Having emerged as Formula One's star driver amid a 1975 title win and leading the 1976 championship battle, Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring during which his Ferrari 312T2 burst into flames, and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns. [41] Lauda had two sons with first wife the Chilean-Austrian Marlene Knaus (married 1976, divorced 1991): Mathias, a race driver himself, and Lukas, who acted as Mathias's manager. Pärast seda, kui Lauda Air aastal 1999 Austrian Airlinesile müüdi, lahkus Niki Lauda lahkhelide tõttu firmast. He did manage fourth at the San Marino Grand Prix, 5th at the German Grand Prix, and a single race win at the Dutch Grand Prix where he held off a fast finishing Prost late in the race. [32], He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993 and from 1996 provided commentary on Grands Prix for Austrian and German television on RTL. On 2 August 2018 it was announced that Lauda had successfully undergone a lung transplant operation in his native Austria. Niki Lauda je rođen 22. februara 1949. godine u austrijskom glavnom gradu Beču, u bogatoj porodici. 1961  P. Hill In 1971 kocht hij zich middels een truc met een lening, gedekt door een levensverzekering, in bij het March F2 team.[4]. Lees meer over Niki Lauda op RacingNews365.nl Ook de familie van de autocoureur bevestigde het overlijden. Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (født 22. februar 1949 i Wien, Østrig, død 20. maj 2019 i Zürich, Schweiz) var en østrigsk racerkører.Han var far til racerkøreren Mathias Lauda.. Lauda vandt verdensmesterskabet i Formel 1 tre gange i 1975, 1977 og 1984.. Lauda kørte galt på Nürburgring den 1. august 1976, hvilket næsten kostede ham livet og efterlod alvorlige ar i ansigtet. 1951  J. M. Fangio The Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo flat-12 began the 1978 season at the third race in South Africa. Met meters verband om zijn hoofd en mentaal nog vol schrik en angst reed hij naar de vierde plaats. [30] As a result of Air Berlin's insolvency in 2017, LaudaMotion took over the Niki brand and asset after an unsuccessful bid by Lufthansa and IAG. 1987  N. Piquet Al snel kwam het succes en de leningen konden worden terugbetaald. 2017  L. Hamilton [22] After a successful test with McLaren, the only problem was to convince then team sponsor Marlboro that he was still capable of winning. Alle 213 passagiers en de 10 bemanningsleden aan boord kwamen om. De oplossing was met meer geleend geld een plekje veroveren bij een ander team. However, he was found to be good, and managed to find a drive with the March team in both F1 and Formula 2, making his debut at his home race in 1971. Some political maneuvering by Lauda forced a furious chief designer John Barnard to design an interim car earlier than expected to get the TAG-Porsche engine some much needed race testing; Lauda nearly won the last race of the season in South Africa. Dat heeft zijn arts Walter Klepetko dinsdagochtend gezegd. [1] [2] Njegov djed bio je bečki biznismen Hans Lauda.Lauda je postao vozač iako porodica nije odobravala taj njegov čin. As an aviation entrepreneur, he founded and ran three airlines: Lauda Air, Niki, and Lauda. 2009  J. Button, 2010  S. Vettel Joining Parmalat-sponsored Brabham-Alfa Romeo in 1978 for a $1 million salary, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, remembered mainly for his one race in the Brabham BT46B, a radical design known as the Fan Car: it won its first and only race at the Swedish GP, but Brabham did not use the car in F1 again; other teams vigorously protested the fan car's legality and Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone, who at the time was maneuvering for acquisition of Formula One's commercial rights, did not want to fight a protracted battle over the car, but the victory in Sweden remained official. Na een lang ziekbed overleed de Oostenrijkse ex Formule 1-coureur op 20 mei 2019. Niki Lauda is on Facebook. 2013  S. Vettel Deze pagina is voor het laatst bewerkt op 7 dec 2020 om 22:09. Lauda was quickly promoted to the F1 team, but drove for March in F1 and F2 in 1972. In 1979 besloot hij tijdens de trainingen voor de Grote Prijs van Canada dat het welletjes was en vertrok om zijn eigen luchtvaartmaatschappij Lauda Air te beginnen. [27] He took part in negotiations to sign Lewis Hamilton to a three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013. Uit het archief Interview Niki Lauda: ‘Er is er maar een in de honderd jaar die kan wat Max Verstappen kan’ Niki Lauda in 1987, elf jaar na zijn ongeluk op de Nürburgring. 1957  J. M. Fangio Lauda won in zijn laatste jaar als coureur de laatste Grote Prijs van Nederland, die verreden werd op het circuit van Zandvoort. Hierdoor viel de aandacht van Enzo Ferrari op hem en kreeg hij een contract aangeboden bij Scuderia Ferrari. Born into a wealthy family, Lauda was considered one of Formula One's first pay drivers, but his family heavily disapproved him of racing. De Oostenrijker stierf maandag vredig op 70-jarige leeftijd, omringd door zijn naasten. 1998  M. Häkkinen During his time as airline manager, he was appointed consultant at Ferrari as part of an effort by Montezemolo to rejuvenate the team. Niki Lauda werd op 22 februari 1949 in Wenen, Oostenrijk geboren. However, as it was his last race with Lotus before joining Williams in 1985, Lotus boss Peter Warr refused to give Mansell the brakes he wanted for his car and the Englishman retired with brake failure on lap 52. The team, however, failed to improve and Lauda was made redundant, together with 70 other key figures, at the end of 2002. Lauda's final Formula One Grand Prix drive was the inaugural Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, South Australia. 1973  J. Stewart In 1971 kocht hij zich middels een truc met een lening, gedekt door een levensverzekering, in bij het March F2 team. 1958  M. Hawthorn Niki Lauda's laatste seizoen in de Formule 1 was in 1985 en de charismatische en getalenteerde Oostenrijker markeerde deze gelegenheid met een overwinning in ... hij werd ontslagen in 2002. De March was een ramp en zijn eerste resultaten waren bedroevend. 1952  A. Ascari De tekst is beschikbaar onder de licentie. Niki Lauda, Mercedes non-executive chairman who was Formula One world champion three times, is recovering from a lung transplant in Vienna general hospital Published: 2 Aug 2018 . In Lauda's absence, Hunt had mounted a late charge to reduce Lauda's lead in the World Championship standings. Na het seizoen van 1977, waarin Lauda zijn tweede wereldtitel veroverde, nam hij ontslag bij Ferrari en tekende hij bij Brabham. Lauda begon met autosport op nadrukkelijke afkeur van zijn familie. Bunicul său patern era industriașul vienez, Hans Lauda. Niki Lauda werd drie keer wereldkampioen in de Formule 1 en werkt in de laatste jaren tot zijn overlijden voor he team van Mercedes. [42][43] In September 2009, Birgit gave birth to twins. [3][4] His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born industrialist Hans Lauda. It happened on air in May 2010 at the Monaco Grand Prix. Niki. Lauda founded his second airline, Niki, in 2003. Lauda appeared in an episode of Mayday titled "Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits" regarding the events of Lauda Air Flight 004, and described running an airline as more difficult than winning three Formula 1 championships. [33][34], Lauda is sometimes known by the nickname "the rat", "SuperRat" or "King Rat" because of his prominent buck teeth. Lauda, who in the meantime had founded Lauda Air, a charter airline, returned to Austria to run the company full-time. Lauda was instantly quick, but the team was in decline; although the BRM P160E was quick and easy to drive it was not reliable and its engine lacked power. Lauda debuteerde in de Formule 1 in 1971 datzelfde jaar met March tijdens de thuiswedstrijd, op de Österreichring. 1971  J. Stewart Eind jaren 90 kreeg Austrian Airlines daar meer vingers in de pap en tegen 2000 trok Lauda zich terug uit het bestuur. After the accident he always wore a cap to cover the scars on his head. Lauda overleed 's nachts op 20 mei 2019 in een medische privékliniek in Zwitserland.[1][2][3]. Unlike 1975 and despite tensions between Lauda and Montezemolo's successor, Daniele Audetto, Lauda dominated the start of the 1976 F1 season, winning four of the first six races and finishing second in the other two. In 1993 Lauda returned to Formula One in a managerial position when Luca di Montezemolo offered him a consulting role at Ferrari. Biografija Rane godine karijere. 1986  A. Prost In 2002 legde hij de functie weer naast zich neer. Nadat hij het landgoed van zijn opa in een rallycrossbaan (met springschans) had veranderd voor zijn VW Kever, begon Lauda zijn racecarrière in een Mini Cooper, waarmee hij aan heuvelklims deelnam. Lauda returned to running his airline, Lauda Air, on his second Formula One retirement in 1985. Andreas Nikolaus (Niki) Lauda (Wenen, 22 februari 1949 – Zürich, 20 mei 2019) was een autocoureur uit Oostenrijk. Before the opening race of the season at Kyalami race track in South Africa, Lauda was the organiser of the so-called "drivers' strike"; Lauda had seen that the new Super Licence required the drivers to commit themselves to their present teams and realised that this could hinder a driver's negotiating position. Lauda took out another bank loan to buy his way into the BRM team in 1973. Niki Lauda was a different animal altogether. 2003  M. Schumacher Lauda disliked his new teammate, Reutemann, who had served as his replacement driver. Lauda Air-vlucht 004 was een regelmatig geplande internationale passagiersvlucht tussen Bangkok, Thailand en Wenen, Oostenrijk.Op 26 mei 1991 trad de straalomkeerder op de nr. 1-motor van de Boeing 767-300ER ongevraagd in werking, waardoor het vliegtuig onhandelbaar werd, uit elkaar scheurde en crashte. De luchtvaartmaatschappij die NIKI als naam kreeg werd later overgenomen door Air Berlin. Lauda, Niki; Völker, Herbert; Indra, Diplom-Ing. He also looked set to win the most races in a season, a record held by the late Jim Clark since 1963. Deze werd verruild voor een Porsche, waarna hij Formule Vee monoposto's ging rijden in het Europese circuit. 1979  J. Scheckter, 1980  A. Jones He was one of only two drivers in the race who had driven in the non-championship 1984 Australian Grand Prix, the other being 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, who won in Adelaide in 1985 and would take Lauda's place at McLaren in 1986. Gordon Murray T.50s Niki Lauda. 1977  N. Lauda In 1975 won Lauda zijn eerste wereldtitel en hij was in 1976 hard op weg naar zijn tweede, toen hij dat jaar tijdens de Duitse Grand Prix op de oude Nürburgring in de linkerbocht voor Bergwerk materiaalpech kreeg en haaks rechts in de vangrails schoot. Lauda said of Hunt's death, "When I heard he'd died age 45 of a heart attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad." In september 2012 werd hij opnieuw adviseur van een Formule 1-team, deze keer bij Mercedes GP. 1981  N. Piquet [53], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap), 1950  G. Farina 1995  M. Schumacher Voormalig autocoureur en Formule 1-legende Niki Lauda is overleden. 1955  J. M. Fangio Similar to Lauda Air, Niki was merged with its major partner Air Berlin in 2011. Although Lauda became the season's pacesetter, achieving six consecutive pole positions, a mixture of inexperience and mechanical unreliability meant Lauda won only one more race that year, the Dutch GP. [7] After starting out with a Mini,[8] Lauda moved on into Formula Vee,[9] as was normal in Central Europe, but rapidly moved up to drive in private Porsche and Chevron sports cars. Bio je trostruki svjetski prvak a titule je osvajao u sezonama 1975., 1977. i 1984. He chose to limit reconstructive surgery to replacing the eyelids and getting them to work properly. Lauda won five races, while Prost won seven. 1967  D. Hulme Aan het einde van 2002 werd hij ontslagen door moederbedrijf Ford. 2007  K. Räikkönen In late 2003, he started a new airline, Niki. Niki Lauda’s Ferrari teammate, Carlos Reutemann, had to retire after an accident on lap 14. Omdat Austrian Airlines meer invloed kreeg op Lauda Air, trok Lauda zich in 2000 terug als bestuurder van Lauda Air. "[21] Having announced his decision to quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left earlier after he won the Drivers' Championship at the United States Grand Prix because of the team's decision to run the unknown Gilles Villeneuve in a third car at the Canadian Grand Prix. Gordon Murray Automotive has unveiled its T.50s Niki Lauda track-focused supercar for the first time. It suffered from a variety of troubles that forced Lauda to retire the car 9 out of 14 races. His first World Championship was confirmed with a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza; Lauda's teammate Regazzoni won the race and Ferrari clinched their first Constructors' Championship in 11 years; Lauda then picked up a fifth win at the last race of the year, the United States GP at Watkins Glen.