Niki Lauda Net Worth

Niki Lauda's Quotes

• [re making of Rush (2013)] I had been approached before, but the ideas always seemed to me boring. Peter Morgan and Ron Howard - these are the right people. Ron Howard had no idea about racing. He was like a little kid, with unbelievable enthusiasm. But the story comes very well across.
• [re his injuries after famous 1976 accident] At the time I was upset by how people reacted. They wouldn't look me in the eye, which I thought was rude. But I have to say I was startled by the movie and I understand now. [Rival racer James] Hunt used to say to me: 'Niki, you're lucky. Some people are just born ugly, but you have the excuse of an accident.'
• I always go extreme ways.
• There are more important things in life than the world championship, like staying alive.
• A lot of people criticize Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?

Interesting Facts about Niki Lauda

1. Raced in Formula One for a total of 13 years. Formula 1 world champion in 1975, 1977 & 1984. Won 25 career races in Formula 1 World Championship. Won 24 pole positions in Formula 1 World Championship. Founder of Lauda Air in 1978. Lauda Air is Austria's second largest commercial airlines. Often piloted Boeing 737 & 747 jets at Lauda Air. He was also an advisor of the Ferrari F1 team and a team boss of the Jaguar team.
2. The only man to win a race in an F1 car fitted with a fan to generate down force.
3. He and his first wife, Marlene Knaus, have two children: Lucas (b.1979) and Mathias (b.1981). Has twin children with wife Birgit named Max and Mia (b. September 6, 2009). Also has a son Christoph (b. 1982).
4. Stated in an interview, that a "certain company" pays him over a million Euros a year to have their logo on the hat he wears over his burns, when he's in public.
5. He is the only driver to have been World champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport's two most successful constructors.
6. He 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 survived, and recovered enough to race again just six weeks later.
7. Lauda was portrayed by Daniel Brühl in Ron Howard's film Rush (2013).