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Sporting Witness: Niki Lauda Crashes

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Niki Lauda Crashes

23/07/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Niki Lauda Crashes

The 1976 motor racing crash which went down in Formula One history.

In 1976, the Austrian racing driver, Niki Lauda, crashed into an embankment at the notoriously dangerous Nurburgring circuit in Germany. As flames engulfed his car, Lauda had to be rescued by his fellow drivers, but somehow survived despite being given the last rites in hospital. Ashley Byrne talks to ex-Formula 1 driver, Brett Lunger, who helped pull Lauda from the wreckage. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production.

PHOTO: Niki Lauda shortly after his accident (Associated Press).

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