![Austrian driver, Niki Lauda, after his skin grafting operation following his crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. *UK USE ONLY Stock Photo - Alamy Austrian driver, Niki Lauda, after his skin grafting operation following his crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. *UK USE ONLY Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TA1PB0/austrian-driver-niki-lauda-after-his-skin-grafting-operation-following-his-crash-in-the-1976-german-grand-prix-at-the-nurburgring-uk-use-only-TA1PB0.jpg)
Austrian driver, Niki Lauda, after his skin grafting operation following his crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. *UK USE ONLY Stock Photo - Alamy
Thank God he eventually lost consciousness; it was only when he relaxed that I could free the buckle'
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