Austrian media reports that Niki Lauda has returned to hospital five months after his lung transplant. The three-time world champion, and non-executive chairman of the Mercedes F1 team, was released from hospital in late October, following his lung transplant which took place in August, and subsequently headed to his home in Ibiza for Christmas. However, the Austrian publication Oesterreich, reports that the F1 legend has been readmitted to the Vienna AKH, where he underwent the transplant, after developing flu over the holidays. 'There was an influenza case in his family, and he is treated to an intensive care unit with us,' spokeswoman for the AKH, Karin Fehringer, told the Oesterreich....
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