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Niki Lauda after his skin grafting operation following his crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. *UK USE ONLY Stock Photo - Alamy
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![Three-time Formula One world champion racing driver NIKI LAUDA has died at the age of 70. The Austrian died overnight on Monday, eight months after receiving a lung transplant. Lauda, who won Three-time Formula One world champion racing driver NIKI LAUDA has died at the age of 70. The Austrian died overnight on Monday, eight months after receiving a lung transplant. Lauda, who won](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T9WH55/three-time-formula-one-world-champion-racing-driver-niki-lauda-has-died-at-the-age-of-70-the-austrian-died-overnight-on-monday-eight-months-after-receiving-a-lung-transplant-lauda-who-won-titles-in-1975-1977-and-1984-was-hugely-admired-within-f1-after-a-remarkable-career-during-which-he-almost-died-in-a-fiery-crash-at-the-1976-german-grand-prix-that-left-him-severely-burned-pictured-september-13-1976-monza-italy-niki-lauda-with-first-wife-marlene-knaus-at-the-italian-grand-prix-still-recovering-from-his-crash-six-weeks-earlier-at-the-nurburgring-where-he-was-badly-burned-cred-T9WH55.jpg)