This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.

He chose to limit reconstructive surgery to replacing the eyelids and getting them to work properly. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993 and since 1996 has provided commentary on Grands Prix for Austrian and German television on RTL. Following wins in the Canadian and United States GPs Hunt stood only three points behind Lauda before the final race of the season the Japanese GP.

More recently an aviation entrepreneur he has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the Jaguar Formula One racing team for two years. He is currenty working as a pundit for German TV during Grand Prix weekends and acts as non-executive chairman of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (born February 22 1949) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion.