Burnt helmet of niki lauda burns
The scarred and burned helmet, worn by Niki Lauda in his Nürburgring crash at the German Grand Prix, is being sold at public auction for the first time.!
Niki Lauda’s Burnt Helmet From Near-Fatal Accident Valued at $60,000 for an Auction
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, who was well known around the circuits as Niki Lauda, was a former F1 world champion with a story unparallel to any other driver.
The burnt helmet worn by Niki Lauda when he suffered his fiery accident at the Nürburgring in is being put up for auction by Bonhams at.
Not only did he achieve the world championship title three times in his career, but also managed it after one of the most horrific accidents in the history of Formula 1. Niki Lauda met with a terrible accident on August 1, 1976, on the Nürburgring track, and his car burst into flames.
While taking a very fast left kink before Bergwerk during his second lap, his car swerved and hit an embankment before finally crashing into Brett Lunger’s Surtees-Ford.
Although Lunger escaped his car, Lauda was stuck in the fire, only to be rescued by Arturo Merzario, Brett Lunger, Guy Edwards, and Harald Ertl. The helmet that the Swizz driver was wearing was faulty, leading to the damage caused to his face.
Now that Lauda has ascended to the heavens, his helmet fr