Blasted Tires—You Tell ‘Em, Niki
Always outspoken Niki Lauda has blasted Pirelli’s new tires for the 2013 Formula One season. We’ve got to agree as well. Read More …
Tag: Lauda
Japan 1976
The 1976 season was all about the artistry and courage of Niki Lauda, and in the end revealed James Hunt as the World Champion, Britain’s last for the next 16 years. Read More …
Netherlands 1985
Defending World Champion Niki Lauda leads a young Ayrton Senna during the 1985 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Read More …
Watkins Glen 1975
Mario Andretti driving the No. 27 Parnelli-Cosworth during the 1975 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York. Read More …
Ron Howard Is Filming
This is not the real 1976 Japanese Grand Prix grid, but it sure looks like it. Well done, Ron! Read More …
Monaco Grand Prix 1976
A wonderful vignette “not as a record of historical fact, but an impression of the speed and sound that is the Monaco Grand Prix.” Niki Lauda won in the Ferrari 312-T2. Read More …
Seb’s Stats
Six out of eight race wins to start a Formula One season. Seven poles. No classifications lower than 2nd. Sebastian Vettel is having a hell of a year. Better than Niki Lauda in 1976 (five wins of first nine, three poles). Better than Jim Clark in 1965 (six wins of fist seven, four poles). Better than Aryton Senna in 1991 or Nigel Mansell in 1992. Better even than Michael Schumacher in 2002 or 2004. Read More …
“Rush” F1 Movie In Development
Ron Howard’s new project currently making the rounds of Hollywood, “Rush” tells of the 1970s F1 rivalry between the late playboy British driver James Hunt and his nemesis, Austrian champion Niki Lauda. Read More …
Lauda Says Hamilton Must Be Sanctioned
Three-time F1 World Champion Niki Lauda says McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who tangled with Mark Webber and race winner Jenson Button at the Canadian Grand Prix, is “completely mad” and someone will get killed if Hamilton not sanctioned. Read More …
Alonso Edges Vettel as Championship Tightens
Fernando Alonso turned in an absolutely masterful performance in winning the Grand Prix of Singapore today. Not since Michael Schumacher at Hungary in 2004 has any driver scored an F1 “hat trick” (pole position, win and fastest lap) while leading every lap of a GP. Read More …