Formula 1 James Hunt vs Niki Lauda 1975-1976 (0+)

Formula 1 James Hunt vs Niki Lauda 1975-1976 The 1975 F1 season started slowly for Lauda; after no better than a fifth-place finish in the first four races, he won four of the next five driving the new Ferrari 312T. His first World Championship was confirmed with a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza; Lauda’s teammate Regazzoni won the race and Ferrari clinched their first Constructors’ Championship in 11 years; Lauda then picked up a fifth win at the last race of the year, the United States GP at Watkins Glen. He also became the first driver to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under seven minutes, which was considered a huge feat as the Nordschleife section of the Nürburgring was two miles longer than it is today. Lauda famously gave away any trophies he won to his local garage in exchange for his car to be washed and serviced. Niki Lauda Unlike 1975 and despite tensions between Lauda and Montezemolo’s successor, Daniele Audetto, Lauda dominated the st