Niki Lauda

Personal Info

Birthday

February 22, 1949

Day of Death

2019-05-20

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As

Andreas Nikolaus Lauda

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda

Niki Nationale

Niki Lauda

Biography

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times in 1975, 1977 and 1984. Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, during which his Ferrari burst into flames and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns.

However he recovered and returned to race again just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix. Scars from the injuries he suffered left him permanently disfigured. The ever-present red cap he wore from 1976 to hide the severe burns he sustained in his accident became his trademark.

Known For

Screw Loose

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil

Filmography

2024
Mauro Forghieri - Il Calabrone che fece volare la Ferrari
as Self
2023
Transition to the Silver War
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation
as Self
2020
Origins of the Silver War
as Self (archival footage)
2019
Niki Nationale - Ein Leben in der Pole-Position
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Ferrari 312B
as Self
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
as Self
The Green Hell
as Self
2016
F1 How It Was
as Self
2014
Lauda - The Untold Story
as Self
2013
1
as Self
Rush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals
as Self
2010
Aus eigener Kraft. Wie Sportler Schicksalsschläge überwinden
as Self
Senna
as Self (archive footage)
Jochen Rindts letzter Sommer - Ein Toter wird Weltmeister
as Self
1999
Screw Loose
as Se stesso
1994
Ferrari: F355
as Self
1993
Ayrton Senna: Racing Is in My Blood
as Self
1992
Lap of the Gods
as Self
1990
Fire, Ice & Dynamite
as Niki Lauda
1987
Top Kids
as Self
1986
Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil
as Selbst
1985
1985 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Self - Narrator
1982
1982 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Self
1980
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
as Self
1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
1978 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Himself
Popcorn and Ice Cream
as Himself
1977
1977 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Himself
1976
1976 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as himself
1975
One By One
as Self
1974
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
as Self
1973
1973 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Self