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Niki Lauda Formula 1 driver
F1 Niki Lauda profile

F1 Drivers Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda Formula 1 driver

Niki Lauda
NationalityAUSTRIA
Hometown
Date of birth1949 February 22
Date of death2019 May 20
First Race Osterreichring 1971
Last Race Adelaide 1985
Year active1971 » 1979, 1982 » 1985
Best championship position World Champion 3 times
1975, 1977, 1984
Grands Prix entered177
Teams5
Seasons13
Circuits32
Best race starting position 1 X 24
Best race finishing position 1 X 25
Victories25
Podiums54
Pole positions24
First row start31
Fastest lap24
Points finishes73
Points420.50

Championship position

Starting grid positions

Final race positions

Statistics by age

Average pole and final position by age

More statistics by age for Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda career chart profile.

Seasons: nr of season from first GP until the last.

Juan Manuel Fangio started in 1950 and had last race in 1958. But he skipped 1952 season.

#Grand Prix: nr of GrandPrix in all seasons.

100% for Kimi Raikkonen even he did not start in 2010 and 2011 but in those seasons there were no new GrandPrix except in the other seasons he started

not 100% for Damon Hill. At debut in 1982 did not start the first three GP. In that season was the last race GP Kyalami.

GP entered: total number of races from all seasons.

Not 100% if a driver did not start at least a race, or entered in all but skip a season

Victories, Podiums, Pole positions, Fastest laps, Finish in points: percentage from total race entrance

Points: percentage from total points he could get if win all races, and bonus if availabe(ex 1 point for fastest lap)


Niki Lauda, F1 partners

SeasonChamp
Position		Points Partner(s)Race
entries		Vict.Poles PodiumsFastLap
1985 10th 14 Alain Prost 15 1 1 1
1984 1st 72 Alain Prost 16 5 9 5
1983 10th 12 John Watson 15 2 1
1982 5th 30 John Watson 15 2 3 1
1979 14th 4 Nelson Piquet , Ricardo Zunino 14
1978 4th 44 John Watson , Nelson Piquet 16 2 1 7 4
1977 1st 72 Carlos Reutemann 15 3 2 10 3
1976 2nd 68 Clay Regazzoni , Carlos Reutemann 14 5 3 9 4
1975 1st 64.5 Clay Regazzoni 14 5 9 8 2
1974 4th 38 Clay Regazzoni 15 2 9 5 3
1973 17th 2 Jean-Pierre Beltoise , Peter Gethin , Clay Regazzoni 15
1972 Ronnie Peterson , Mike Beuttler 12
1971 Ronnie Peterson , Nanni Galli 1