Niki Lauda was an Austrian former Formula 1 driver, born in Vienna in 1949. He died in 2019.
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Niki Lauda is widely regarded as one of the defining figures of auto racing in his era, and remains the benchmark against which later competitors are measured.
The public record credits Niki Lauda with 5 senior teams. Motorsport pairs athlete and machine, and the drivers who dominate an era do so against constantly shifting technical rules.