R.I.P. Niki Lauda
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 5:55 am
Died on Monday, aged 70
Winner of three Formula 1 Racing World Championships (1975, '77, '84)
Survivor of one of the most horrid racing accidents, which nearly burnt him to a crisp
Triple organ recipient (2 kidneys and - in August last year - a lung)
Aviator, founder of airlines
Well-liked TV commentator, known for his sober and unrelenting analyses
Head of Mercedes Formula 1 Supervisory Board, responsible for Mercedes' current gold run in F1
And he died, literally, of the flu. He was in and out of the hospital after a influenza indection in February, and the sequelae of the infection finally got him. It wouldn't helped him, but get yourself vaccinated, folks!
Winner of three Formula 1 Racing World Championships (1975, '77, '84)
Survivor of one of the most horrid racing accidents, which nearly burnt him to a crisp
Triple organ recipient (2 kidneys and - in August last year - a lung)
Aviator, founder of airlines
Well-liked TV commentator, known for his sober and unrelenting analyses
Head of Mercedes Formula 1 Supervisory Board, responsible for Mercedes' current gold run in F1
And he died, literally, of the flu. He was in and out of the hospital after a influenza indection in February, and the sequelae of the infection finally got him. It wouldn't helped him, but get yourself vaccinated, folks!