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The skin on his scalp was charred" - John Watson remembers Niki Lauda's F1 crash in 1976 | Off The Ball
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Niki Lauda crash: How F1 great raced just 40 days after nearly dying in raging inferno - Mirror Online
![F1 Historic - 1976 Monaco GP and Niki Lauda [Ferrari 312 T2] on his way to victory. | Ferrari, Classic racing cars, Formula 1 car F1 Historic - 1976 Monaco GP and Niki Lauda [Ferrari 312 T2] on his way to victory. | Ferrari, Classic racing cars, Formula 1 car](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/e5/a0/d8e5a0405c34a76f99fa772483ea2f72.jpg)
F1 Historic - 1976 Monaco GP and Niki Lauda [Ferrari 312 T2] on his way to victory. | Ferrari, Classic racing cars, Formula 1 car
![Niki Lauda: Much more than a Formula One champion | Sports| German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.05.2019 Niki Lauda: Much more than a Formula One champion | Sports| German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.05.2019](https://static.dw.com/image/48810715_303.jpg)
Niki Lauda: Much more than a Formula One champion | Sports| German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.05.2019
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