Austrian F1 champion Niki Lauda has died aged 70

The Austria Press Agency reported that Lauda’s family said in a statement he “passed away peacefully” on Monday.
1978:  Champion motor racing driver Niki Lauda of the Parmalat racing team in his F1 Brabham Alfa Romeo during the British Grand Prix at the Brand's Hatch motor-racing circuit in Kent.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)1978:  Champion motor racing driver Niki Lauda of the Parmalat racing team in his F1 Brabham Alfa Romeo during the British Grand Prix at the Brand's Hatch motor-racing circuit in Kent.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1978: Champion motor racing driver Niki Lauda of the Parmalat racing team in his F1 Brabham Alfa Romeo during the British Grand Prix at the Brand's Hatch motor-racing circuit in Kent. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lauda won two of his three titles after a terrible crash at the German Grand Prix in 1976 that left him with serious burns.