My Good Freind Joao called me at 7am Berlin time and I knew something was wrong. He broke the news that Niki Lauda had died. I was dumbstruck but automatically put the report out there for our readers which Associated Press had compiled in the few hours after Niki had passed. Even my non-motorsport wife was stunned, and all I could say to her was: 'I have known Niki all my life…' Like most, I did not know him personally. But I did have the good fortune of showing James Hunt's McLaren to Niki during a visit to Dubai Autodrome several years ago. And of course, I had the privilege of photographing him during the years I followed F1, and also before that when Formula 1 visited Kyalami....
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