{"id":29609,"date":"2020-12-05T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/niki-lauda\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:54:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:54:56","slug":"niki-lauda","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/niki-lauda\/","title":{"rendered":"Niki Lauda"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"75_bel04\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/75_bel04-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"hero__text\">Widely regarded as one of F1&#8217;s greatest world champions, Niki Lauda personified grit, determination and a will to succeed<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"29609\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content user-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Niki Lauda was one of Formula 1\u2019s greatest world champions. The dominant driver of the mid 1970s, he was so badly injured in a fiery accident during the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-german-grand-prix\/\">1976 German Grand Prix<\/a> that a priest read him the last rites. Remarkably, he was racing again within six weeks \u2013 his was a story of defiance, courage and more than a little talent.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Early career struggles<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>That Lauda would eventually win three world championships had seemed extremely unlikely as he struggled in the junior formulae. He began his career in hillclimbs during the mid 1960s but showed little promise once he had graduated to Formula 3.<\/p>\n<p>With a bank loan and some sponsorship from Bosch, Lauda joined the new March team for the 1971 European Formula 2 Championship. He qualified and finished second behind his team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ronnie-peterson\/\">Ronnie Peterson<\/a> in a heat at Rouen-les-Essarts before coming fourth in the final. That was an isolated highlight in a largely unremarkable season.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 in the midfield<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lauda did make his F1 debut in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1971-austrian-grand-prix\/\">Austrian GP<\/a> that year driving a third works March 711-Ford but he retired without making an impression. However, he was determined and unshakable in his inner belief so Lauda remortgaged the family house to continue with the team in 1972, racing in both F1 and F2.<\/p>\n<p>The new F1 March 721X was a disaster but Lauda was more competitive in F2. Second in the opening European round at Mallory Park and fifth in the championship, he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1972-john-player-british-f2-championship\/\">1972 John Player British F2 Championship<\/a> after victory at Oulton Park.<\/p>\n<p>Without a drive for the 1973 F1 season, Lauda arrived uninvited at a Marlboro <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/british-racing-motors\/\">BRM<\/a> test at Paul Ricard and persuaded the team to allow him to show what he could do. Quick that day, he drove a BRM P160 that year and a previously unimpressive pay-driver suddenly began to show promise. He finished fifth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1973-belgian-grand-prix\/\">Belgian GP<\/a> at Zolder, ran third at <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1973-monaco-grand-prix\/\">Monaco<\/a> and qualified fifth at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1973-german-grand-prix\/\">N\u00fcrburgring<\/a>. He fractured his wrist during the German GP but his form was enough to attract <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/ferrari\/\">Ferrari<\/a>\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1973-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ferrari\u2019s new star delivers the title<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Keen to rebuild its once great team, the Italians signed Lauda for 1974. He was a revelation with his Ferrari 312B3 on pole position nine times and the winner in <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1974-spanish-grand-prix\/\">Spain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1975-dutch-grand-prix\/\">Holland<\/a>. However, inexperience and an accident while leading in Canada saw Lauda\u2019s championship hopes fade and he was fourth in the final points.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian was now the class of the field and <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1975-f1-world-championship\/\">1975 would be Lauda\u2019s year<\/a>. Ferrari introduced the 312T (with transverse gearbox) at round three and Lauda dominated. A mid-season run of four victories and a second place followed and Lauda fittingly clinched the World Championship by finishing third at <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1975-italian-grand-prix\/\">Monza<\/a>. A fifth victory at <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1975-united-states-grand-prix\/\">Watkins Glen<\/a> only emphasised his form.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The N\u00fcrburgring accident and second world title for Ferrari<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The 1976 F1 season is the stuff of legend and was immortalised in Ron Howard&#8217;s film\u00a0<em>Rush<\/em>. Lauda\u2019s title defence began in winning fashion despite spirited opposition from <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/mclaren\/\">McLaren<\/a>\u2019s new recruit <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/james-hunt\/\">James Hunt<\/a>. The rivals became firm friends but it was a season tinged with controversy. When Hunt was excluded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-british-grand-prix\/\">British GP<\/a>, Lauda had won his fifth race of the year to establish an apparently unassailable 31 point lead in the championship.<\/p>\n<p>However, his suspension failed at Bergwerk on the second lap of the next round at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-german-grand-prix\/\">N\u00fcrburgring<\/a>. Lauda suffered a violent accident and was severely burnt in the ensuing fire. Saved by his fellow drivers, doctors initially feared for his life but Lauda returned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-italian-grand-prix\/\">Italian GP<\/a> having missed just two races with his terrible scars far from healed. Hunt had cut Lauda\u2019s points lead in half by that time. The Englishman clinched the title by a single point when Lauda withdrew from the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1976-japanese-grand-prix\/\">Japanese finale<\/a>, judging with some justification that the monsoon conditions were too unsafe to race.<\/p>\n<p>Much criticised in Italy, Lauda responded in style and an emotional <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1977-german-grand-prix\/\">German GP<\/a> win (now at <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/circuits\/hockenheim\/\">Hockenheim<\/a>) 12 months after his accident was one of three victories during <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1977-f1-world-championship\/\">1977<\/a>. He finished fourth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1977-united-states-grand-prix\/\">United States GP<\/a> to secure another World Championship but his relationship with Ferrari had been harmed by that Fuji withdrawal and became increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-1977-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Brabham years and first retirement<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Nothing if not an independent and decisive man, Lauda skipped the last two races after clinching the 1977 title as he had already signed with Bernie Ecclestone\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/brabham\/\">Brabham<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/alfa-romeo\/\">Alfa Romeo<\/a> team for 1978. Despite a Lotus-dominated year, Lauda won twice, on a one-off with the controversial \u2018fan-car\u2019 in <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1978-swedish-grand-prix\/\">Sweden<\/a> and again amid the gloom of <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1978-italian-grand-prix\/\">Monza<\/a> \u2013 a race that claimed the life of <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/ronnie-peterson\/\">Ronnie Peterson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His only victory of a difficult 1979 season was the non-championship Enzo e Dino Ferrari GP at Imola. Lauda then stunned the sport and Brabham in <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1979-canadian-grand-prix\/\">Canada<\/a> by suddenly quitting after practice. He no longer \u201cwanted to drive a racing car around in circles\u201d so he walked away from F1 with immediate effect to devote his energies to establishing his new airline Lauda Air. He started the business with two Fokker F27s but Lauda met with concerted opposition from the Austrian aviation authorities. However, the sport still proved irresistible for the man nicknamed \u201cThe Rat\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Formula 1 return with McLaren delivers a third title<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>McLaren tempted him out of retirement in 1982 and Lauda showed he was still a top F1 driver by winning at <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1982-long-beach-grand-prix\/\">Long Beach<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1982-british-grand-prix\/\">Brands Hatch<\/a> with the carbon fibre McLaren MP4\/1-Ford. Lauda helped develop the new TAG-financed <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/porsche\/\">Porsche<\/a> turbo engine in <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1983-f1-world-championship\/\">1983<\/a> and would reap the rewards a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Previous team-mate <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/john-watson\/\">John Watson<\/a> was replaced by outstanding young Frenchman <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/alain-prost\/\">Alain Prost<\/a> for 1984 and their McLaren MP4\/2-TAGs enjoyed a dominant season. Prost may have been quicker over a single lap but Lauda drove with an eye on a third world title. They traded victories all year and Lauda did enough to steal the title by just half a point at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1984-portuguese-grand-prix\/\">Estoril finale<\/a> \u2013 the closest finish in championship history. Lauda raced for <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1985-f1-world-championship\/\">one more season<\/a> and scored a 25th and final victory in the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/1985-dutch-grand-prix\/\">1985 Dutch GP<\/a> before hanging up his helmet again \u2013 this time forever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-658x370.jpg 658w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Lauda-McLaren-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Life after Formula 1<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lauda Air had 550 employees and a turnover of \u00a340 million by 1991 but one of its Boeing 767s crashed shortly after take-off from Bangkok that year. The airline was acquired by Austrian Airlines in 2000 after which Lauda continued to work in F1 \u2013 consultant to Ferrari before becoming Team Principal with the ill-fated <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/jaguar-racing\/\">Jaguar Racing<\/a> concern for 2001 and 2002. He was appointed as non-executive chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/teams\/mercedes-benz\/\">Mercedes GP<\/a> team in 2012 and helped attract <a href=\"https:\/\/uat.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/lewis-hamilton\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> to the team. A very public face during its recent championship-winning years, Lauda had a lung transplant in 2018 and passed away in May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Always outspoken, naturally fast and with a precise racing mind unrivalled among his peers, Niki Lauda\u2019s place as one of the best is without question. And his scars remained a permanent reminder of one man\u2019s courage and single bloody-mindedness.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section 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