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The arc of Niki Lauda's life is a remarkable story of struggle and human perseverance. So stunning, Hollywood made a movie about him. The three time Formula-1 Driver's Champion, Airline founder and executive, died this week at the age of 70.
So, he told journalists, he took out loans to make it in racing. When he finally made it to F1 he needed additional funding. He went to the family bank for a loan. He learned that his grandfather refused the loan. Lauda said he never spoke to his grandfather again. Missing just a few races, six weeks later he pulled his helmet over his still-healing head and got back into his Ferrari race car. He finished fourth in his return -- his balaclava soaked with blood from his wounds.
"The F1 world knows of his grit and intensely competitive spirit, but that matched with his keen intelligence and wisdom made him a distinctively remarkable man," the director wrote."A force." A couple of guys, there in the pits, took off after the hoodlum. Within a minute, Niki had his hat back. A Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashed in 1991 in Thailand and Lauda immediately traveled to the crash site to learn what happened to his aircraft.
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