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Niki Lauda recovering from lung transplant.
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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 129701" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Niki Lauda: Three-time Formula 1 champion has lung transplant</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><br /> </li> </ul><p> </p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/11559/production/_102810017_hi048462960.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Niki Lauda had 54 podium finishes in his Formula 1 career</p><p>Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda is recovering in hospital after a lung transplant.</p><p></p><p>The 69-year-old Austrian had been suffering from "severe lung disease", Vienna General Hospital said in a statement.</p><p></p><p>"The transplant was successfully carried out," the statement added.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Lauda won three world drivers' titles in 1975, 1977 and 1984 with Ferrari and McLaren.</p><p></p><p>He had cut short a holiday in Ibiza last week and returned to Vienna after developing a lung infection, the <a href="http://www.oe24.at/" target="_blank"><u>Osterreich newspaper reported.</u></a></p><p></p><p>Lauda was appointed as Mercedes' non-executive chairman in 2012 and was involved in the signing of Lewis Hamilton to the team.</p><p></p><p>In 1976, Lauda <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p041sv6t" target="_blank"><u>crashed into an embankment</u></a> at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. As flames engulfed his car, Lauda had to be rescued by his fellow drivers but despite suffering horrific burns and being given the last rites, he <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37243696" target="_blank"><u>returned behind the wheel six weeks later.</u></a></p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 129701, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Niki Lauda: Three-time Formula 1 champion has lung transplant[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [/LIST] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/11559/production/_102810017_hi048462960.jpg[/IMG] Niki Lauda had 54 podium finishes in his Formula 1 career Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda is recovering in hospital after a lung transplant. The 69-year-old Austrian had been suffering from "severe lung disease", Vienna General Hospital said in a statement. "The transplant was successfully carried out," the statement added. Lauda won three world drivers' titles in 1975, 1977 and 1984 with Ferrari and McLaren. He had cut short a holiday in Ibiza last week and returned to Vienna after developing a lung infection, the [URL='http://www.oe24.at/'][U]Osterreich newspaper reported.[/U][/URL] Lauda was appointed as Mercedes' non-executive chairman in 2012 and was involved in the signing of Lewis Hamilton to the team. In 1976, Lauda [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p041sv6t'][U]crashed into an embankment[/U][/URL] at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany. As flames engulfed his car, Lauda had to be rescued by his fellow drivers but despite suffering horrific burns and being given the last rites, he [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37243696'][U]returned behind the wheel six weeks later.[/U][/URL] Swami [/QUOTE]
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