News Details

Mercedes to keep permanent red star for Lauda

Mercedes will keep a red star on their Formula One cars as a permanent remembrance of triple world champion Niki Lauda, the team’s non-executive chairman who died last Monday. A red three-pointed star on the engine cover is one of several on-car tributes to the Austrian at Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, with the ‘halo’ head protection device painted red as a reference to Lauda’s familiar red cap. “Niki we miss you,” is written on top of the halo, while the nose of the car bears Lauda’s signature. The Austrian, who was 70, wore a red cap to cover the burns sustained in a fiery 1976 crash at the Nurburgring which almost cost him his life. The then-Ferrari driver, a two-times...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

'The most courageous act of any sportsman' - tributes...

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda produced the "most...
6y ago from BBC.co.uk

Lauda honoured with tributes at sombre Monaco

< ► > Poignant tributes to Niki Lauda, including a solitary...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Mercedes to retain red 'Lauda star'

In the wake of Niki Lauda's passing earlier this week, most of the teams...
6y ago from Pitpass.com

Lauda tributes planned for Monaco Grand Prix

Formula 1 will honour Niki Lauda at this weekend’s showcase Monaco...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti lights up IndyCar Long Beach practice, Will...

The field of 25 drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series roared out of a...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Not a great look…' – Liverpool &...

Anthony Gordon transfer speculation is now surely set to intensify even...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Bidding war: Arsenal now very serious contenders to...

Arsenal could reportedly be set to enter into a bidding war with Real...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“Only one dressing room that’s going to be filled...

Former Chelsea midfielder Craig Burley has shared his prediction for...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.