Formula 1 on Twitter: "Niki Lauda survived a huge crash #OnThisDay at the 1976 #GermanGP. Miraculously, he was back racing six weeks later. https://t.co/BXLUpXWprw" / Twitter
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The Austrian Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda with scarred face, head bandage and burns during a press conference in Salzburg on September 8, 1976. Lauda, who had suffered the serious injuries in
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