Tag: Nikki Lauda

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Ferrari Grand Prix

The Lights Dim

This week we lost one of the greatest. In his honor, the Museo Ferrari lit only Niki’s car while the rest of their gallery went dark. Somehow this is the image that is hitting emotionally more than any of the other Lauda tributes I’ve seen this week.

I guess after his survival of that horrific crash in 1976, I just figured he was immortal. RIP Niki Lauda: 1949—1976(+43)

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Ferrari Grand Prix Video

Ron Howard’s Rush Trailer Released

If the trailer is anything to go on, Ron Howard has taken his look at the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda very seriously. Even better, there are darn few obvious uses of CGI racing in these clips. I don’t know why Hollywood can make perfectly realistic dinosaurs or Gollum, but every instance of CGI auto chases plows straight into uncanny valley and looks like crap.