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Lauda, Niki
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Lauda, Niki
Austrian motor-racing driver who won the Formula 1 World Championship in 1975, 1977, and 1984. He was also runner-up in 1976, despite having a serious accident at Nurburgring, Germany, which kept him out of action for six weeks of the season.
Career highlights
World Drivers' champion
1975, 1977, 1984
Total Grand Prix raced
177
Grand Prix wins
25
Total Grand Prix points
420.5
Lauda was Formula 2 champion in 1972, and drove for March, BRM, Ferrari, and Brabham before his retirement in 1979. During that time he had won two Formula 1 world championships with Ferrari. He returned to the sport in 1984 and won his third world title in a McLaren before eventually retiring in 1985.
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