![Niki Lauda of Austria in his Scuderia Ferrari before the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring circuit in Nuremberg, Germany in 1976 - Sports Mole Niki Lauda of Austria in his Scuderia Ferrari before the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring circuit in Nuremberg, Germany in 1976 - Sports Mole](https://sm.imgix.net/14/31/niki-lauda.jpg?w=640&h=480&auto=compress,format&fit=clip)
Niki Lauda of Austria in his Scuderia Ferrari before the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring circuit in Nuremberg, Germany in 1976 - Sports Mole
![Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article16180456.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Niki-Lauda-Grand-Prix-Of-Italy.jpg)
Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online
![Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' - Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' -](https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/b4f68/38132825.ece/AUTOCROP/w300/niki_lauda-dead_001.jpg)
Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' -
![Niki Lauda in his own words: His 1976 crash, rivalry with James Hunt - and giving his F1 trophies away for free car washes Niki Lauda in his own words: His 1976 crash, rivalry with James Hunt - and giving his F1 trophies away for free car washes](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/formula-1/2019/05/21/TELEMMGLPICT000019987783_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqyntj27Do1A_uEF6jNSG5NliLS1kdl2-31boe1QZtYnw.jpeg)
Niki Lauda in his own words: His 1976 crash, rivalry with James Hunt - and giving his F1 trophies away for free car washes
![airborne Niki Lauda racing towards the near fatal crash at Nurburgring, 1976 | Clay regazzoni, Ferrari, Formula racing airborne Niki Lauda racing towards the near fatal crash at Nurburgring, 1976 | Clay regazzoni, Ferrari, Formula racing](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/63/e4/9263e4e8c6ca4d819c51b40d86b3e94c.jpg)