Niki Lauda is unlikely to return to the Formula 1 paddock at the 2019 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, with his close friend and Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko claiming he has a "long way to go" in his recuperation from a lung transplant and a subsequent illness. Lauda had a lung transplant last year after falling ill while on holiday and doctors have previously revealed that the Austrian came mere days from dying, before he was operated on. Lauda's immune system was weakened by his stay in hospital, while he remained too weak to visit grands prix in the latter half of last season, despite aiming to have returned at the Abu Dhabi GP. A bout of flu over Christmas...
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