https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB7sFfNM28Q
Daniele Audetto was a key figure in arguably one of the most tumultuous and exciting seasons in F1 history: 1976. As team manager at Ferrari, he reported directly back to Enzo Ferrari from each race – and that included giving him the bad news when Niki Lauda was critically injured at the German Grand Prix. In this week’s show, 45 years on from that dreadful moment, Audetto recounts that weekend in detail, as well as Lauda’s heroic comeback and that tense title finale with James Hunt in Fuji. He also discusses life after Ferrari, and in particular his stints at Lamborghini – when Senna tested and nearly raced a Lambo-powered McLaren – and everyone’s favourite minnows, Super Aguri. Topics in this episode:
0:00 – Daniele Audetto witnessed one of F1’s most tumultuous seasons
6:32 – Daniele’s championship-winning rally career with the iconic Lancia Stratos
10:09 – ‘Can you come to Maranello… tomorrow?’ – Daniele joins Ferrari
21:52 – The 1976 season: Hunt v Lauda, and Niki’s fiery crash at the Nürburgring 31:54 – How Ferrari planned to replace the hospitalised Lauda
46:32 – Lauda’s remarkable return to racing
51:27 – Daniele’s insider memories of the 1976 title-decider at Fuji
1:01:37 – Life after Ferrari 1:09:33 – Daniele, Ayrton Senna and a Lamborghini-powered McLaren
1:17:52 – The birth, rise and fall of Super Aguri 1:23:33 – Tom reads your messages about Peter Collins’ Beyond The Grid interview For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®:
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