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Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover
Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover
Lauda The Rebel Menard Vassal book cover

Book review: Niki Lauda The Rebel by Pierre Menard and Jacques Vassal

As we return to Zandvoort this weekend for the highly anticipated Dutch GP, it’s a reminder of the last GP won by the late great multiple world champion Niki Lauda for McLaren in his retirement year back in 1985. There ha...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Niki Lauda biography book cover
Niki Lauda biography book cover
Niki Lauda biography book cover

Book Review: The Biography of Niki Lauda by Maurice Hamilton

Although the global COVID lockdown is frustrating for all F1 fans, I’m told one benefit (if there is one) has been the re-discovery of F1 books (I also think there’s been a recovery in the diecast market too, but that’’s for an...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover
Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover
Niki Lauda To Hell and Back book cover

Book Review: To Hell and Back by Niki Lauda

Ever since Ron Howard’s Rush movie, like many 1976 F1 season memorabilia, the resale price of Niki Lauda’s autobiography “To Hell and Back” has increased markedly (especially the hard cover edition). ‘To Hell and Ba...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lauda For The Record book cover
Lauda For The Record book cover
Lauda For The Record book cover

Book Review: For the Record My Years with Ferrari by Niki Lauda

During this season’s testing, Niki Lauda has been in the media drumming up Ferrari’s form. Apart from his many exploits on the track, Niki Lauda is also famous as a straight shooting F1 driver/team boss/commentator....
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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The Lauda Years book cover
The Lauda Years book cover
The Lauda Years book cover

Book Review: Four Seasons at Ferrari – The Lauda Years by Alan Henry

Another book on Lauda and Ferrari is Alan Henry’s 2002 title “Four Seasons at Ferrari – The Lauda Years”. You would think based on the book’s title that it would solely be about Niki’s stint ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lauda Second Time Around Book Cover
Lauda Second Time Around Book Cover
Lauda Second Time Around Book Cover

Book Review: Second Time Around by Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda’s Second Time Around was the sequel to his Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving. Written 8 years later, he uses the same format and style to analyse the mid 1980’s shift in regulations to turbo powered e...