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Formula 1 on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1976 Niki Lauda suffered a near-fatal collision at the Nurburgring He suffered severe burns and later fell into a coma But defied the odds to return
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F1_Historical on Twitter: "Clay Regazzoni & Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T2 - German Grand Prix, Nürburgring - 1976. #F1… "
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Guy Edwards: 'The car was alight and Lauda was trapped... he did thank me for rescuing him, but it was very frightening for him and he couldn't really talk about it' -
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