F1 Nurburgring Niki Lauda
At that time there was no communication between the driver in the car and the team.
F1 nurburgring niki lauda. The 14 lap race was the tenth round of the 1976 formula one season and was won by james hunt. Vettel explained that he spoke about the circuit with lauda but hardly talked about the accident. Lauda left a permanent mark on nuerburgring by becoming the first and only driver to ever complete a lap on the nordschleife route in under 7 minutesat a time when nordschleife was 2 miles longer than its current configuration. On august 1 1976 lauda crashed his ferrari 312t2 during the f1 german grand prix at the nuerburgring.
The 1976 german grand prix was a formula one motor race held at the nuerburgring on 1 august 1976. Niki lauda should never really have been at the autodromo di monza in september 1976. The old nurburgring could never be called safe but in the summer of 1976 the question of safety was high on the. He told me that the track used to be a pure adventure.
Back then cars ran the full nordschleife coursewhich was as dangerous as ever in 1976. Niki laudas fiery crash is the lasting memory of f1s last trip to the big track. The last time formula 1 drove the nordschleife in 1976 niki lauda had his almost fatal accident. Forty two days earlier he had crashed heavily at the nurburgring and been dragged from his burning ferrari in a heroic rescue effected by arturo merzario guy edwards harald ertl and brett lunger.