©TheCahierArchive It's only fitting that we revive a memorable moment from Niki Lauda's past on this day when the motorsport community mourns the great Austrian's passing. Lauda's career in Grand Prix racing obviously includes dozens of high points or remarkable achievements, but when forced to choose it's hard not to single out his incredible return to racing mere weeks after his fiery Nurburgring accident in 1976. When a driver is a victim of a horrendous crash and suffers injuries that justify that he be given the last rites, one can only wonder what compulsion would drive him back to racing's ragged edge. Less than six weeks after cheating death at the German Grand Prix, escaping with...
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