Description
The Championship Series
Niki Lauda in action for Ferrari at the 1975 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone. The 1975 season saw him secure the first of his three Formula One World Championships, winning in 1975, 1977 and 1984
Having emerged as Formula One’s star driver amid a 1975 title win and leading the 1976 championship battle, Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring during which his Ferrari 312T2 burst into flames, and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns.[3] He survived and recovered sufficiently to race again just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix. Although he lost that year’s title – by just one point – to James Hunt, he won his second championship the year after, during his final season at Ferrari. After a couple of years at Brabham and two years’ hiatus, Lauda returned and raced four seasons for McLaren between 1982 and 1985 – during which he won the 1984 title by half a point over his teammate Alain Prost.
Born in Austria he was a Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. Niki Lauder is the only driver in F1 history to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport’s two most successful constructors.
He is widely considered one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.
The Edition is limited to just 150 copies and is in the slightly smaller format:
Image Size: 40 x 30 cm
Mounted Size: 60 x 50 cm – Double Mounted, with an off white top mount and Ferrari red inner slip.
