Niki Lauda Three-time world champion Niki Lauda had three to seven days to live before receiving a lung transplant last week. The Austrian, who is a non-executive director at Mercedes, was absent from the German and Hungarian Grands Prix after being admitted to hospital in his homeland. According to Austrian publication OE24, Lauda had been on holiday in Ibiza following the Austrian Grand Prix when he developed a cough. He then attended the British Grand Prix before returning to Ibiza, where his condition worsened. On the Friday of the German Grand Prix, with the team reporting that Lauda would miss the event due to a cough, the 69-year-old checked into the Vienna General Hospital and was...
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