Niki lauda autobiography samples
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The outpouring of respect and fond reminiscences that accompanied Niki Lauda&#;s death 12 months ago showed he belonged in that very select club of F1 drivers who transcended their sport and, like Stirling Moss and Jackie Stewart, embraced ambassador status on its behalf.
Veteran F1 journalist Maurice Hamilton’s new biography attempts the far from straightforward task of cramming Lauda’s action-packed and varied life into just under pages. Certainly the story is in good hands, Hamilton having penned some superb books on the sport – most notably Race Without End, the superb fly-on-the-wall account of Jordan’s season (what I wouldn’t give for a similar book about current F1).
The focus of the narrative is on Lauda’s racing and latter business career and is broadly structured into three sections – up to , and post-retirement. The level of detail varies, for example the title run-ins of and &#;77 are barely covered, whereas the second retirement in is covered in some depth (an extra
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A year after the death of three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda, renowned British journalist Maurice Hamilton (no relation) wrote and published a final biography of the great Austrian. In it he collected countless reports and interviews from then and now, taking the reader through the central events of Niki’s life from a multi-dimensional perspective that is incredibly readable and very easy to escape into. Hamilton has been on the F1 scene since the late s and in Lauda’s circle of journalistic contacts for 40 years, writing and broadcasting for F1 the UK.
Moving Swiftly On
Opposite to the developed narrative, Lauda and James Hunt were actually friends throughout just about 99% of their professional careers. Photo: James Hunt Archive.
Firstly, an important aspect of this biography is how much quiet respect Hamilton holds for the reader as much as the subject of his book. With a few notable exceptions, just about everyone who has contributed to this book deserves to
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Niki Lauda drove a fordon for idrott, but crossed the line between life and death and fought back to even greater glory. Even people who know ingenting of Formula One have heard of his crash at Nurburgring in , when we was dragged from the inferno of his Ferrari so illa injured he was given the gods rites. Within 33 days, he was racing igen at Monza. His wounds bled, he had no eyelids. He was terrified. A year later, he reclaimed his World Championship title.
In To Hell and Back he reveals how he battled fear to scen a comeback that seemed beyond human endurance. Then it’s Lauda vs Hunt, an epic rivalry later dramatized in ’s Hollywood blockbuster Rush, and he looks back on the strict childhood and parental disapproval that he believes gave him an ‘addiction to excellence’. There’ll never be another like him.
About Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda (22 February - 20 May ) was an Austrian Formula One driver, andthree-time F1 World mästare, winning in , and A year lat