Car racers Niki Lauda
Niki Lauda
Living place: Vienna
Birthday: 22-2-1949 (75 years old)
Global rank: #16536
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Niki Lauda is the legendary Austrian who dominated the F1 race in 1975, 1977 and 1984. He is the driver who brought the championship for both Ferrari and McLaren. Niki Lauda received the Laureus Award for Lifetime Achievement, BBC International Sports Personality of the Year.
In 1976, Niki Lauda was involved in a serious accident on the Nurburgring (Germany). Due to not being able to control the speed at the corner of Bergwerk, Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312T2 crashed into the barrier, burst into flames and was hit by two cars behind. The Ferrari became a ball of fire, burning about 900 liters of gasoline in the crash. The Austrian racer was lucky to escape death. After a long surgery, Niki Lauda's face was deformed quite a lot. Three years after the accident, Niki Lauda couldn't help but be haunted and decided to retire.
After retiring from racing, Niki Lauda worked as a consultant for many racing teams, as a commentator, sports journalist and became a sports journalist. The airline giant operates two airlines, Lauda Air and Niki.
Nikki Lauda married Marlene Knaus in 1976, before he had a fatal accident on the track. He has 2 sons. His eldest son Mathias also follows his father's racing career and the second son Lukas is Mathias' manager. Nikki Lauda and his wife divorced in 1991. After the divorce, the Formula 1 racing legend suffered from a long depression.
In 1997, Nikki Lauda suffered from kidney inflammation but discovered it too late. His brother Florian donated a kidney to him. In 2005, the donated kidney also failed. It was touching that Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant 30 years younger than him, who works at the Niki airline he owns, donated a kidney to replace him. In 2008, Nikki Lauda married Birgit Wetzinger after 4 years of dating. Birgit Wetzinger gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
The new and old family of Nikki Lauda are very harmonious. Marlene, Brigit and Nikki Lauda used to go to a restaurant together.
In addition to 4 children with two wives, Niki Lauda also has an illegitimate son.
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The 1970s is considered the golden era of Formula 1 racing, with the appearance of two cavalry rivals James Hunt (British) and Niki Lauda (Austria).
The 1976 F1 season with an incident on the track went down in the history of this fast sport. Director Ron Howard and the screenwriters based on that true story to create the 2013 movie Rush - a work that is receiving countless praises from film critics around the world.
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Niki Lauda birthday 22-2-1949 (at the age of 75).
Where is Car racers Niki Lauda's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Niki Lauda was born in Vienna, of Austria. Mr, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Niki Lauda's global rank is 16536 and whose rank is 32 in list of famous Car racers.
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Niki Lauda
three-time world champion driver.
Niki Lauda legendary Austrian racer.
Niki Lauda's face was disfigured after the accident.
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Events in 1949 and 22-2
Events in the world in the birth year of Niki Lauda
- Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO (Apr. 4).
- German Federal Republic (West Germany) established (Sept. 21).
- Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong (Oct. 1).
- South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.
- Britain recognizes the independence of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a part of the United Kingdom.
Birthday Niki Lauda (22-2) in history
- Day 22-2 year 1371: King Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
- Day 22-2 year 1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
- Day 22-2 year 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
- Day 22-2 year 1924: Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
- Day 22-2 year 1935: Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
- Day 22-2 year 1980: In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.
