Niki Lauda's Death

The race car driver Niki Lauda died at the age of 70 . Below is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Austrian Formula One racer who won three F1 World Championships in 1975, 1977, and 1984. He became the first driver in F1 history to have been a champion for both Ferrari and McLaren. Also an aviation entrepreneur, he founded three airlines.

He was married to Marlene Knaus from 1976-1991. They raised two sons, Mathias and Lukas. Mathias became a professional racer and Lukas became Mathias’s manager. He married Birgit Wetzinger in 2008. The couple welcomed twins in 2009, a boy and a girl. 

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“The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.” (Niki Lauda)

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“I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers.” (Niki Lauda)

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“I always go extreme ways.” (Niki Lauda)

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“We now fly with an airbus, which has 210 seats, six times the week to Palma to the spider of the air Berlin.” (Niki Lauda)

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“Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.” (Niki Lauda)