Three-time Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda is a special driver. The film "Race" (2013) was shot about the dramatic fight for the title between him and James Hunt in the 1976 season, and Niki's championship in 1984 with a half-point margin from another legend of "F-1" Alain Prost remains unique in its kind. However, those who saw Lauda at the dawn of his career did not predict him the title of one of the greatest racers in history. On the contrary, Niki's path in motorsport could have ended as soon as it began.What adventures did Lauda have to go to to pay for participation in the races? How does it feel to work with the two greatest "dictators" of Formula 1, Enzo Ferrari and Bernie Ecclestone? You will learn about this, as well as about the worst tragedy in Lauda's life — the terrible plane crash of his Lauda Air company in 1991 — from the book by Maurice Hamilton.In 2019, Niki Lauda passed away. Without the great straight-talking Austrian in a red baseball cap, the F-1 paddock was orphaned: the memories of his friends, family members and old racing rivals are the best evidence of this.