Andreas Nikolaus " Niki " Lauda ( born February 22, 1949 ) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion.

Lauda is sometimes known by the nickname " the rat ", " SuperRat " or " King Rat " because of his prominent bucked teeth.

Lauda Air is an airline based in Schwechat, Austria.

Lauda Air is a member of the Austrian Airlines Group and is an affiliate of Star Alliance.

The Latin inscription on the School Arms is ' Lauda finem ' which translates as ' Praise to the end '.

The high school Martin-Schleyer-Gymnasium Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda is named for him.

The Austrian Airlines Group consists of Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Austrian Arrows and other shares and is a 100 % subsidiary of Lufthansa of Germany.

Merzario is perhaps most renowned for being one of the drivers, along with Guy Edwards, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl who saved Niki Lauda from his burning car during the 1976 German Grand Prix.

Lunger is perhaps most renowned for being one of the drivers, along with Guy Edwards, Arturo Merzario and Harald Ertl, who saved Niki Lauda from his burning car during the 1976 German Grand Prix.

Very unusual for his Western German origin, Heyer's sign is his so-called Tirolerhut, a hat from Tyrol or Bavaria which would fit better to drivers from these Alpine regions, like Hans-Joachim Stuck or Niki Lauda.

A plaque by LaPalme and Georges Lauda, commemorating the inauguration of the metro, is located at the centre of the mezzanine.

A large ceramic mural by Georges Lauda, Paul Pannier, and Gérard Cordeau, Le poète dans l ' univers (" the poet in the universe "), is located on the wall of the large volume, over the Montmorency platform.

Mathias Lauda ( born January 30, 1981 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian race car driver.

He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda and Marlene, and also has a brother, Lukas, who is currently his manager.

The Mozarabic Missal calls the Responsory that comes at this point the Lauda, and the name Sonus is given to very similar Responsories sung at Vespers and Lauds.

He is also winner of the prizes for fashion television journalism of British Airways ( 1996 ) and Lauda Air ( 1997 ), Sofia ; award for objective journalism by IMRO ( 2002 ), etc.

A1 Team Austria seat holder is Lauda Motorsport Management.

Ferrari 312T2 Formula One car driven by Niki Lauda

Here it rained torentially, Lauda retired because of safety concerns and Hunt sealed the drivers ' championship by finishing third.

Lauda was saved by the combined actions of fellow drivers Arturo Merzario, Guy Edwards, Brett Lunger, and Harald Ertl, rather than by the ill-equipped track marshals.

The team's faith in the little-known Lauda was quickly rewarded by a second-place finish in his début race for the team, the season-opening Argentine Grand Prix.

Never one to be awed by the trappings of success, Lauda famously gave away any trophies he won to his local garage in exchange for his car to be washed and serviced.

Lauda was not comfortable with this move and felt he had been let down by Ferrari.

“ We never could stand each other, and instead of taking pressure off me, they put on even more by bringing Carlos Reutemann into the team .” Having announced his decision to quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left early due to the team's decision to run the then unknown Gilles Villeneuve in a third car at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi, barricaded themselves into a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day. Lauda won a third world championship in 1984 by half a point over teammate Alain Prost, due to only half points being awarded for the shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix.

The whole season continued to be dominated by Lauda and Prost, who won 12 of 16 races.

Villeneuve's arrival was prompted by Ferrari driver Niki Lauda quitting the team at the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport having already clinched his second championship with the Italian team.

Lauda scored points in the races following his severe crash, but voluntarily withdrew from the season-ending Grand Prix at Fuji after two laps because of heavy rain, and James Hunt won the title by a single point.

Championships were clinched by the Brabham team in 1966, Jochen Rindt ( posthumously ) and Lotus in 1970, Lotus in 1973, Emerson Fittipaldi and McLaren in 1974, Niki Lauda and Ferrari in 1976, and Lauda in 1977.

Lauda Air was established in April 1979 by former Formula One world motor racing champion Niki Lauda and started operations in 1985, initially operating charter and air taxi services.

The stewards ' decision was criticised by former world champion Niki Lauda calling it " completely wrong ".

The front four, Andretti, Villeneuve, Jabouille and Lauda, were far enough ahead to avoid any drama, but Peterson had made a poor start from fifth and was immediately passed by Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite and John Watson.

A further non-championship event took place at Imola in 1979, which was won by Niki Lauda for Brabham-Alfa Romeo.

* Formula One hosted by Florian König and Niki Lauda

After flirting with a return to the BBC ( he admitted to being tempted by the Corporation's offer that he could also present coverage of cricket, which he loved ) in the late 1970s he was also offered a six-part documentary series Brian Moore Meets ... which featured the likes of Kevin Keegan, Niki Lauda and Björn Borg.

Next to Lauda Air and Austrian Arrows ( operated by Tyrolean Airways ), the Austrian Airlines Group holds stakes at another 24 companies.

Niki Lauda took pole by a fraction from Carlos Pace.

Before Saturday morning practice triple ( and defending ) World Champion ( and 1984 race winner ) Niki Lauda announced to the media, flanked by a very unhappy McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, that he would be retiring for good from Formula One following the Australian Grand Prix to concentrate on running his airline Lauda Air.

His most recent films are Et si on vivait tous ensemble ?, Eva and he will portray Niki Lauda in Ron Howard film Rush.

The Council of Trent brought about other changes in music: most notably developing the Missa brevis, Lauda and " Spiritual Madrigal " ( Madrigali Spirituali ).

First-time Champion Niki Lauda had something to say about both of these " statistics ," however and convincingly won both pole position and the race.

Back on the track, Fittipaldi was now 15 seconds behind Lauda, Jarier had retired with a seized rear wheel bearing, Brambilla dropped back to seventh as he was being tossed about because of loose seat supports, and a terrific battle for third place was raging between Hunt, Mass, Peterson and Scheckter.

A now relaxed Lauda gave his home fans something to cheer about when he qualified a season high 3rd.

The Formula One writer Koen Vergeer remarks that " it was about time, everyone knew he was the best ", reflecting a general feeling that Prost had been unlucky to finish runner-up in to Nelson Piquet and in to Niki Lauda.

* Grand Prix Hall of Fame-Biography on Niki Lauda ( Contains information about Flight 004 )

Reputedly, when Niki Lauda was asked about him, he referred to him as " rattengott " – literally " God of the rats ".

At about the same time as Andretti's retirement from the race, Depailler spun and dropped from third to seventh, and after 20 laps, Regazzoni led by 13 seconds over Lauda, Jody Scheckter and Tom Pryce in the Shadow.