"at approximately 100 km/h at the time and, despite early speculation, an autopsy specifically excluded a heart attack from being responsible for Regazzoni's loss of control. His funeral was held on 23 December, in Lugano, and was attended by Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda, among many luminaries from the Formula One world. In the 2013 Ron Howard film ""Rush"", which depicts the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the 1976 Formula One season, he is portrayed by Pierfrancesco Favino. Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points ! colspan=""3"" style=""background: #99ff66;"" | Sporting achievements"
"changes or things changed a little bit Hollywood-like. It is very accurate. And this really surprised me very positively."" ""Rush"" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28 January 2014. A Sainsbury's exclusive edition complete with a Bonus Disc of new special features was released for a limited time. The Australian Blu-ray release is bundled with the 2013 documentary ""1"". Rush (2013 film) Rush is a 2013 biographical sports film centred on the Hunt–Lauda rivalry between two Formula One drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda. during the 1976 Formula 1 motor-racing season. It was written by"
"Grand Prix. Räikkönen repeated the tribute at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix. The 1976 F1 battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt was dramatised in the 2013 film ""Rush"", in which Hunt was played by Chris Hemsworth. At this point Lauda said of Hunt's death, ""When I heard he'd died age 45 of a heart attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad."" He also said that Hunt was one of the very few people he liked, a smaller number he respected and the only one he had envied. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Hunt was initially disqualified due to an ""illegal"" car, but"
"we would always talk about being champions. When I joined this team, Nico was there, which was something we spoke about when we were kids. So it's going to be very, very strange, and, for sure, it will be sad to not have him in the team next year."" Hamilton–Rosberg rivalry The Hamilton–Rosberg rivalry was a Formula One rivalry between British racing driver Lewis Hamilton and German racing driver Nico Rosberg. The rivalry was most prevalent during their four years as team-mates at Mercedes from 2013–2016, a period in which the two drivers dominated the sport. The pair's relationship became"
"Hamilton–Rosberg rivalry The Hamilton–Rosberg rivalry was a Formula One rivalry between British racing driver Lewis Hamilton and German racing driver Nico Rosberg. The rivalry was most prevalent during their four years as team-mates at Mercedes from 2013–2016, a period in which the two drivers dominated the sport. The pair's relationship became strained and, at times, led to volatile confrontations on and off the track. It has been compared to the Ayrton Senna–Alain Prost rivalry. As teammates, Hamilton won two World Championship titles to Rosberg's one, and scored more points in three out of their four seasons together. During this time,"
"drove the original Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR that Stirling Moss had driven to victory in the 1955 race. To raise money for charity, the passenger seat next to him was auctioned off to the highest bidder. From 1994 to 1998, he also announced the Formula One races for German broadcaster RTL. Mass played himself in Ron Howard's 2013 film ""Rush"". Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. Jochen Mass Jochen Richard Mass (born 30 September 1946) is a German former racing driver. Mass was born in"
"year later in the 1974 USA Grand Prix when another young Formula One driver, Helmuth Koinigg, died when his car went straight into the barrier at turn 7. As a response to Cevert's and Koinigg's accidents, a chicane was added in 1975 in order to slow the cars through the ""Esses"". The chicane was removed in 1985 after the track lost its Formula One race in 1981. The 2013 film ""Rush"" portrays a composite of Cevert's qualifying fatal accident, combining what appears to be the remains of a blue liveried 1973 Tyrrell 006 with the configuration of Helmuth Koinigg's accident"
"2 August 2018 it was announced that Lauda had successfully undergone a lung transplant operation in his native Austria. The 1976 F1 battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt was dramatized in the 2013 film ""Rush"", where Lauda was played by Daniel Brühl. Lauda himself made a cameo appearance at the end of the film. At this point Lauda said of Hunt's death, ""When I heard he'd died age 45 of a heart attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad."" He also said that Hunt was one of the very few he liked, a smaller number of people he"
"a series of sixteen races on five continents contested by twenty-four riders. The film includes appearances by Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Australian veteran Garry McCoy and young American John Hopkins. Several former world champions are interviewed, including Mick Doohan, Kevin Schwantz, paralyzed former racer Wayne Rainey, Kenny Roberts and Barry Sheene. The film depicts the bitter rivalry between Max Biaggi and Valentino Rossi. Their personality clash is captured in television interviews and they lock horns both on and off the track. Sections of the film feature Dr Claudio Costa, a physician who follows the riders from track to track. Dr"
"a fierce rivalry in 1970 at a Formula Three race at the Crystal Palace circuit in London, when both their cars spin out and Hunt eventually wins the race. Hunt is a brash and cocky individual with a tendency to vomit before every race, while Lauda is a cool and calculating Austrian technical genius who relies on precision. After a falling out with his wealthy grandfather, Lauda takes a large bank loan and buys his way into the British Racing Motors Formula One team, meeting teammate Clay Regazzoni for the first time. Meanwhile, Hesketh Racing, the fledgling racing team Hunt"
"about the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari leading up to 1966 Le Mans race based on the previous script by Jason Keller, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Later on Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal and Noah Jupe joined the cast in supporting roles. In July 2018, Jack McMullen was cast in the film to play one of Miles' key British mechanics, and Tracy Letts also joined to play Henry Ford II, along with Joe Williamson. In August 2018, JJ Feild was cast in the film to play the automotive engineer, Roy Lunn, the head of Ford Advanced vehicles in England and"
"between Tromello and Gambolò in Lomellina in February 2014. He was 50. The body of a passenger, a Romanian girl named Catalina Ganea, was also found in the car. Mauro Pane Mauro Pane (March 31, 1963 – 9 February 2014) was an Italian driver, champion kart driver (title of 1986) and owner of the company ""F1 Storiche (Historic F1)"" in Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, the only European company that repairs and maintains vintage models of single-seater racing cars. Pane was employed as a stunt double in the film by Ron Howard's ""Rush"" as a stunt driver for actor Daniel Brühl. In"
"groom of a conflicted bride. He appeared in the 2013 film ""Rush"" as Formula One driver Guy Edwards. In the 2013 film ""Belle"", he played a suitor of the title character, a mixed-race lady in 18th century English society. Norton's television appearances include the ""Doctor Who"" episode ""Cold War"", in which he played a crewman on a Soviet submarine during the Cold War, and ""Death Comes to Pemberley"", based on the P. D. James novel involving characters from Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"" caught up in a murder mystery. Norton was acclaimed for his role as Tommy Lee Royce, the"
"new chicane was built into the Ostkurve at the Hockenheim circuit in order to slow the cars down - previously it had been a flat out curving right hander. The new Ostkurve Schikane was first used during the 1982 German Grand Prix. Depailler was portrayed by Daniel Christodolou in the 2013 film ""Rush"", directed by Ron Howard. Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points Patrick Depailler Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler (9 August 1944 – 1 August 1980) was a racing driver from France. He participated in 95 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 2"
"Mauro Pane Mauro Pane (March 31, 1963 – 9 February 2014) was an Italian driver, champion kart driver (title of 1986) and owner of the company ""F1 Storiche (Historic F1)"" in Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, the only European company that repairs and maintains vintage models of single-seater racing cars. Pane was employed as a stunt double in the film by Ron Howard's ""Rush"" as a stunt driver for actor Daniel Brühl. In 2008 Pane was the Historic Formula One Champion with Tyrrell P34 and 2012 with an Lola T370 in Monte Carlo. Pane died when his car plunged into a river"
"continued their BTCC tenure with Adam Morgan and his family run team 'Ciceley Racing'. In March 2014 Hunter Abbott signed for Rob Austin Racing to run in a second Audi A4 in the 2014 season under the AlcoSense Racing Banner. Austin appeared in the Ron Howard film ""Rush"" (2013), portraying Brett Lunger and driving his Surtees TS19, which is owned by his father for racing in historic events. Rob Austin Robert Christopher ""Rob"" Austin (born 1 February 1981, Evesham, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship. His career started in British Formula"
"Used Cars Used Cars is a 1980 American satirical black comedy film written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale and directed by Zemeckis. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is a devious car salesman working for affable but monumentally unsuccessful used car dealer Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden). Luke's principal rival, located directly across the street, is his more prosperous brother, Roy L. Fuchs (also played by Warden), who is scheming to take over Luke's lot. The film also stars Deborah Harmon and Gerrit Graham, and the supporting cast includes Frank McRae, David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Al Lewis, Dub Taylor, Harry Northup,"
"his F1 career, with grey replacing blue and with flame motifs, before changing to a new design in 2014. Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.<br> In level 7 game 11 of the popular video game ""Angry Birds"" created by the Finnish company Rovio there is a caricature of Rosberg in a racing car sitting on the year '1982'. Keke Rosberg Keijo Erik Rosberg (; born 6 December 1948), known as ""Keke"", is a Finnish former racing driver and winner of the Formula One World Championship. He was the first"
"1 (2013 film) 1 (also known as 1: Life On The Limit) is a 2013 documentary film directed by Paul Crowder and narrated by Michael Fassbender. The film traces the history of Formula One auto racing from its early years, in which some seasons had multiple fatalities, to the 1994 death of Ayrton Senna, the sport's most recent death at the time of production. Extensive and often rare archival footage is used throughout. The film opens with the 1996 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, where Martin Brundle survived a spectacular crash at turn 3. After receiving clearance from race doctor"
"a month from its scheduled release date based on the test screening response. It debuted with little advance marketing and was released only one week after ""Airplane!"". Used Cars Used Cars is a 1980 American satirical black comedy film written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale and directed by Zemeckis. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is a devious car salesman working for affable but monumentally unsuccessful used car dealer Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden). Luke's principal rival, located directly across the street, is his more prosperous brother, Roy L. Fuchs (also played by Warden), who is scheming to take over Luke's lot."
"follows RV and he is soon proclaimed the number one race car driver in the USA. However, tragedy strikes during his 51st race. His rival in profession Rusty, quite jealous of his name and fame, crashes his car whilst racing, getting him hospitalized for a few months. When he gets out, he heads straight to the track to race again but soon learns that he's scared of going fast because he doesn't want to crash and get hurt again. His old accident haunts him to his nerves and he comes last in every race he participates in. Exasperated, his manager"
"huge surprise, considering he was the most successful F1 driver in history. 2013 saw Vettel win his 9th consecutive race that season which was a new record. 2014 saw the totally dominant Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton finish 1–2 in the race. 2015 saw Rosberg win again; he had spent most of that season demoralized and at the mercy of his teammate Hamilton, who won his 3rd consecutive Drivers' Championship. 2016 saw continued Mercedes domination, but it was Hamilton who won with Rosberg second. But the Mercedes victory that day was overshadowed by lots of drama: it"
"per cent real and utterly terrifying"". 1 (2013 film) 1 (also known as 1: Life On The Limit) is a 2013 documentary film directed by Paul Crowder and narrated by Michael Fassbender. The film traces the history of Formula One auto racing from its early years, in which some seasons had multiple fatalities, to the 1994 death of Ayrton Senna, the sport's most recent death at the time of production. Extensive and often rare archival footage is used throughout. The film opens with the 1996 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, where Martin Brundle survived a spectacular crash at turn 3."
"Rush (1991 film) Rush is a 1991 American crime/drama film directed by Lili Fini Zanuck and based on a novel written by Kim Wozencraft. It stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as two cops in the 1970s who go undercover on a case. They become drug addicts themselves and, failing to get the evidence they need, use falsified evidence. In Texas, seasoned undercover narcotics police officer Jim Raynor is told by his superior Lt. Dodd to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for his undercover investigation, which has been ongoing for two years. His"
"respected and the only person he had envied. Lauda appears in an episode of ""Mayday"" titled ""Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits"" regarding the events of Lauda Air Flight 004. Niki Lauda Andreas Nikolaus ""Niki"" Lauda (born 22 February 1949) is an Austrian former Formula One driver and a three-time F1 World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and . He is currently the only driver to have been champion for both Ferrari and McLaren, the sport's two most successful constructors. He is considered by some as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. More recently an aviation entrepreneur, he"
"manager Peter Warr. ""Motor Sport Greats in Conversation"" is a hardback collection of his ""Lunch With..."" series of articles from ""Motor Sport"". He is also an after-dinner speaker and interviewer at motor sports functions. He had a small part, playing himself as the English-language BBC commentator, in the 2013 Ron Howard-directed film ""Rush"" about the battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the 1976 F1 season, and also helped with editing the film and scripting some of the dialogue spoken by the broadcast commentators in other languages. According to Fraser Masefield ""Ranking the Top 10 Formula 1 Commentators"" he"
"One World Champion after an intense duel with teammate Hamilton, which was undecided until the final race, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He announced his retirement from the sport five days later, on 2 December 2016. Before the 2017 Formula One season, Rosberg announced that he would continue his partnership with Mercedes, as an ambassador. Rosberg was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany, the son of Finnish Formula One world champion Keke Rosberg and his German wife Sina. Rosberg was born only four days after his father won the 1985 Detroit Grand Prix, driving a Williams-Honda. Rosberg, who spent much"
"Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a retired German–Finnish Formula One racing driver and 2016 Formula One World Champion. He drove for Williams F1 and Mercedes AMG Petronas under the German flag. Born in Germany to Finnish former world champion Keke Rosberg and his German wife Sina, he holds dual nationality, and briefly competed for Finland early in his racing career. However, he does not speak either Finnish or Swedish, although he is reported to be fluent in five languages. Rosberg won the 2005 GP2 Series for the ART team, having raced in Formula 3 Euro"
"French film ""Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games"" features Schumacher in a cameo role as a chariot driver called Schumix. All race and championship results (1991–2006) are taken from the official Formula 1 website (Formula1.com). Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix, Benetton and Ferrari, where he spent the majority of his career, as well as for Mercedes upon his return to the sport. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever, and regarded by some as the"
"Rush (2012 film) Rush is a 2012 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Shamin Desai. The film features Emraan Hashmi, Aditya Pancholi, Neha Dhupia and Sagarika Ghatge. The storyline is based on media and crime. The film released on 26 October 2012 on Dussehra. After the death of director Desai, the film was completed by his wife Priyanka Desai. It generally received negative response from critics and was declared a disaster at box-office. The story follows media, politics, crime and sex at the point of life and death. Samar Grover (Emraan Hashmi) is a struggling news reporter. Even though his"
"future wife's and my dad's lucky number. So it has got to work for me too!"". He also changed the colour of his helmet after eight years from yellow to dark grey. The overall design included chrome, some Buddhist influence, clean lines and personal symbols, designed by Jens Munser. Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.<br> Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a retired German–Finnish Formula One racing driver and 2016 Formula One World Champion. He drove for Williams F1 and Mercedes AMG"
"the race due to several errors made by the race officials. Mika Häkkinen Mika Pauli Häkkinen (; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed """"the Flying Finn"""", is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He was the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Champion, driving for McLaren and has been ranked among the greatest Formula One drivers in various motorsport polls. Häkkinen currently works in driver management and is a brand ambassador for various companies. Häkkinen began his career in karting at the age of five and achieved success by winning regional and national kart championships. He progressed to car racing when"
"from poor physical health as a result of rampant drug use and environmental pollution, making them unattractive as replacement bodies. Alex Furlong is a Formula One racer who is about to die in a spectacular 1991 crash when a time machine snatches him from the cockpit and into 21st century New York City, now a futuristic dystopia populated by scavengers and killers. When Furlong's captors are ambushed by a hit squad, Furlong escapes from Victor Vacendak, a hardened mercenary who has snatched him on behalf of the powerful McCandless Corporation. Alex's former fiancée Julie Redlund is now an executive at"