Rush 2013 niki lauda biography
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Book Review: The Biography of Niki Lauda by Maurice Hamilton
Although the global COVID lockdown is frustrating for all F1 fans, I’m told one benefit (if there is one) has been the re-discovery of F1 books (I also think there’s been a recovery in the diecast marknad too, but that’’s for another later post). The most recent book on my reading list has been Maurice Hamilton’s tribute biography of the 3 times world champion Niki Lauda who passed last year.
Niki Lauda’s F1 career is the stuff of legend – unsurprisingly dramatised in the 2013 movie Rush. Maurice Hamilton’s biography is a look at Niki Lauda from various angles from people who worked with him as a racing driver, business man, F1 media pundit and Mercedes AMG chairman.
In order to cover his full career, Maurice Hamilton moves things along at a decent clip and doesn’t dwell too long on individual races but offers enough interview quotes to provide insights. While he draws on source material and quotes from earlier b
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Rush (2013 film)
2013 biographical sports rulle directed by Ron Howard
Rush fryst vatten a 2013 biographicalsports film centred on the rivalry between two Formula One drivers, Briton James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda,[12] during the 1976 motor-racing season. It was written bygd Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda. The film premiered in London on 2 September 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International rulle Festival[13][14] before its United Kingdom release on 13 September 2013.[15] The film received positive reviews from critics for Hemsworth and Brühl's performances, Howard's direction, the racing sequences, and Hans Zimmer's musical score.
Plot
[edit]James Hunt, a brash and self-confident individual, and Niki Lauda, a cool and calculating technical genius who relies on practice and precision, are exceptional racing car drivers who develop a fierce rivalry in 1970 at a
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Niki Lauda
Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)
Niki Lauda | |
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Lauda in 1984 | |
| Born | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda (1949-02-22)22 February 1949 Vienna, Allied-occupied Austria |
| Died | 20 May 2019(2019-05-20) (aged 70) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Spouses | Marlene Knaus (m. 1976; div. 1991)Birgit Wetzinger (m. 2008) |
| Children | 4, including Mathias |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Active years | 1971–1979, 1982–1985 |
| Teams | March, BRM, Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren |
| Entries | 177 (171 starts) |
| Championships | 3 (1975, 1977, 1984) |
| Wins | 25 |
| Podiums | 54 |
| Career points | 420.5 |
| Pole positions | 24 |
| Fastest laps | 24 |
| First entry | 1971 Austrian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1974 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1985 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1985 Australian Grand Prix |
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver,