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Niki Lauda died

ComaChameleon — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:18:15 GMT

Some friend on FB posted it just now. I was a bit shocked as I didn't expected it.

Former Formula 1 pilot Niki Lauda died yesterday at the age of 70.

@Cleoriff was he still an expert on tv? idk.

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Bambino — Tue, 21 May 2019 03:54:16 GMT

Sad news. He had been ill.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48345660

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MI5 — Tue, 21 May 2019 05:10:37 GMT

RIP Niki

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 06:05:41 GMT

Shocking news.

Niki Lauda 3 x WDC in F1 had been ill. He had a lung transplant last year and had been making a slow recovery, then was hospitalised in January with influenza

I think all who followed F1 expected him to make a return to the paddock later this year. He was a consultant with Mercedes. He will be sadly missed

R.I.P Niki. You were a legend

@ComaChameleon He was always in the paddock on race days. One of the team credited with bringing Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes. He will be missed. It's Monaco F1 this weekend. I expect a lot of tributes will be made.

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Glory1 — Tue, 21 May 2019 06:12:06 GMT

Very sad news. He was a legend, an amazing driver in his day, and from what little I know, a lovely man.

He will be missed by many.

RIP Niki

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pgn — Tue, 21 May 2019 06:24:35 GMT

And responsible for LaudaAir, too, in its day. And his, I guess.

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 06:46:27 GMT

Not forgetting the awful time in 1976 when he crashed at the Nurburgring and his car set on fire, leaving him with massive burns over his face and body,

SIX weeks later he was back in the car racing again

He once said " More powerful than fear, is the will to win" He went on to win 2 further WDC before he retired

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TallTrees — Tue, 21 May 2019 06:58:26 GMT

Bye Niki good racing days. The accident must have taken its toll on him I suspect. He campaigned for more safety.

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 07:09:40 GMT

@TallTrees wrote:
Bye Niki good racing days. The accident must have taken its toll on him I suspect. He campaigned for more safety.

Yes it did take a toll @TallTrees The fire was thought to have caused irreparable damage to his lungs. Not diagnosed how poor they were until much later in life. He was such a fighter. A great loss to the sport

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TallTrees — Tue, 21 May 2019 07:18:36 GMT

Absolutely @Cleoriff his fighting spirit brought him through to 70 years but it must have been difficult. That's the determination and spirit to win that made him a daredevil those racing days were very dangerous times.

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Mi-Amigo — Tue, 21 May 2019 07:35:25 GMT

Sad news at the passing of a legend

R.I.P. Niki

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ComaChameleon — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:42:12 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
Shocking news.
Niki Lauda 3 x WDC in F1 had been ill. He had a lung transplant last year and had been making a slow recovery, then was hospitalised in January with influenza
I think all who followed F1 expected him to make a return to the paddock later this year. He was a consultant with Mercedes. He will be sadly missed
R.I.P Niki. You were a legend

@ComaChameleon He was always in the paddock on race days. One of the team credited with bringing Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes. He will be missed. It's Monaco F1 this weekend. I expect a lot of tributes will be made.

@Cleoriff

I remember when my brother (as a child) used to watch every race (some day he got bored as Schumi won them all XD) he was expert for RTL.

Incredible what effect the accident has still after so many years. The chemical burn was still from the smokes.

Aswell as 2 kidney transplants and I read liver-dialysis (didn't even knew that therapy exists)

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:52:02 GMT

He was strong and fearless @ComaChameleon

In the end his body could take no more.

I think his cause of death was kidney failure, though that would have been caused by many of his other conditions.

Sometimes I got annoyed with him when he moved to an principal role in Mercedes. He was renowned for opening his mouth before engaging his brain... Blaming one of the drivers over the other without seeing the telemetry and evidence played back. Having said that, he would always admit he was mistaken.

He will be sadly missed

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ComaChameleon — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:59:56 GMT

@Cleoriff

RTL will change his whole programme today. And the race on sunday will be affected to. Dk what they will change there tho..

His doctor said the cause of death is unclear. He did went back to dialysis, but it seems like it's not the primary cause - just a row of causes came together.

At least it's the latest news right now.

But I bet there will be many updates today ^^

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 18:51:58 GMT

I would imagine the whole of Mercedes will be wearing black armbands @ComaChameleon and McLaren, who he drove for. If Mercedes win, I expect they will dedicate the race to Niki.

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jonsie — Tue, 21 May 2019 23:04:37 GMT

I was very sad reading this news this morning. Not only Mercedes will be mourning this and as for black armbands I should imagine all the teams will hopefully be paying their respects to this legend.

They talked about Tiger Woods being the greatest comeback in sport but imagine the courage Niki needed to get back into a F1 car again. Just incredible bravery.

Yes his mouth got the better of him when Hamilton and Rosberg were in the same team but you can't take anything away from one of the great champions of F1.

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Cleoriff — Tue, 21 May 2019 23:52:23 GMT

I agree with him being 'the greatest comeback in sport' @jonsie

After those burns and traumatic shock, to get back in a F1 car 6 weeks later, was nothing short of miraculous.

Against his doctors advice though and he was right. I remember him removing his crash helmet after his comeback race and seeing blood pouring from the burn wounds which made him give up racing for the rest of the season.

The following year, he won his 2nd championship.

I was reading some of the tributes. A lovely one from James Hunt's son Freddie.

https://formularapida.net/motor-racing-community-unite-to-pay-their-tribute-to-niki-lauda/?fbclid=IwAR1VVsgwbCBG6GTJxUtEzr5HAsja-K4zSdTYnkJoG6zpZ9fc-ZX9FFHn35A

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jonsie — Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:59 GMT

I remember that great year very well, they had a brilliant fight for the title.

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Cleoriff — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:23:54 GMT

Formula 1 will be honouring Niki with a red cap tribute on Sunday (race day)

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1-to-honour-lauda-with-red-cap-tribute-before-start-of-monaco-race.2wVrTqfbLI85MWeo4UNQCY.html?fbclid=IwAR3tlBOJ7Vbym4GZMP1anYAp5ZuNp9ae9tegn-QiV4cSZ-QiMp9KyDrSIiI

Mercedes have posted this picture of their special halo on their cars, with the words 'Danke Niki'

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Anonymous — Mon, 27 May 2019 18:13:44 GMT

RIP Niki

Was really nice to see the tributes at Monaco