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1976: Lauda escapes Nordschleife inferno
F1-photo.com / Cahier Archive It was on August 1, 1976 that Ferrari driver and reigning F1 champion Niki Lauda came perilously close to losing his life in a terrifying accident at the Nurburgring. Back then the Nordschleife was 14 miles long and threaded its way through heavily wooded countryside. It made safety arrangements especially problematic with some parts all-but inaccessible to emergency vehicles. A week before the German Grand Prix Lauda had even proposed a boycott until organisers improved the situation, but his fellow drivers voted it down. On the second lap of the race itself, Lauda swerved off track at the very fast left kink leading into Bergwerk, hit an embankment and...
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