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Niki Lauda passed away.
« on: May 21, 2019, 07:18:57 am »
Niki passed away and what memories is left behind of duels with amongst other, the wild James Hunt.

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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2019, 07:34:59 am »
Sad.

An extraordinary human. Bull headed  :biggrin:
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 07:41:27 am »
 :'(
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2019, 07:43:20 am »
Tough guy.

Change the topic heading to Niki Lauda passed.
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2019, 07:51:54 am »
Rest in peace. Just recently I watched videos of interviews with him that I really enjoyed. Here they are:

https://www.youtube.com/user/GrahamBensinger/search?query=niki+lauda

Here few of them that stood up (but they are all good as far as I'm concerned):





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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2019, 07:56:21 am »
RIP Niki, you legend... :'(
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2019, 08:34:27 am »
Yes proper F1 legend. RIP.
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2019, 08:38:10 am »

So his accident finally got him. RIP Niki
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2019, 08:59:34 am »
Quote from: Rough Rider on May 21, 2019, 08:38:10 am

So his accident finally got him. RIP Niki

Yes ...43 years later
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2019, 09:01:58 am »
RIP Niki...  :(  I need to watch "Rush" again.

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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2019, 09:20:28 am »
 
What a legend! A no BS human being that will be sorely missed...

RIP
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2019, 10:46:28 am »
A legend in motorsport, will miss his character and face in F1 amongst the current crop of corporate race types!
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2019, 10:59:47 am »
Very sad news indeed. We named one of our tortoises after him. Not because Niki is slow, but for other more apparent reasons....
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2019, 11:46:48 am »
I remeber how he fought back when that airliner of his crashed. He did a lot for F1 but even more for air safety.
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2019, 12:01:02 pm »
My wife still gives me a slap when I refer to him as 'old pizza face' she still does not understand that it is a term of endearment.

When men were made men Lauda was cut from a different cloth.

"A lot of people criticise Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?" – Niki Lauda.

Bloody legend.
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2019, 12:23:45 pm »
Rest in peace Niki you legend  :'(
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2019, 12:31:14 pm »
Quote from: Edgar on May 21, 2019, 10:59:47 am
Very sad news indeed. We named one of our tortoises after him. Not because Niki is slow, but for other more apparent reasons....

 :imaposer: :imaposer: :thumleft:
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2019, 12:46:09 pm »
Quote from: 2StrokeDan on May 21, 2019, 12:31:14 pm
Quote from: Edgar on May 21, 2019, 10:59:47 am
Very sad news indeed. We named one of our tortoises after him. Not because Niki is slow, but for other more apparent reasons....

 :imaposer: :imaposer: :thumleft:
what, you had a deaf tortoise  8)
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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2019, 12:47:27 pm »
RIP you legend !  :thumleft:

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Re: Niki Lauda passed away.
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2019, 01:53:32 pm »
Quote from: Edgar on May 21, 2019, 10:59:47 am
We named one of our tortoises after him. Not because Niki is slow, but for other more apparent reasons....

Let me guess, you got a Haasie too?
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For all those not getting this you miss a good joke, but this thread isn't the one to post it on.
RIP Niki!
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