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Niki Lauda undergoes lung transplant
Three-time world champion and Mercedes F1 team non-executive chairman, Niki Lauda, has undergone a lung transplant. The outspoken Austrian was conspicuous by his absence at the last couple of Grands Prix, and only tonight was it revealed that the 69-year-old had undergone surgery. 'Because of a severe lung condition Niki Lauda had to undergo a lung transplant in Vienna General Hospital today,' said the hospital in a brief statement posted on its website. 'The transplant was carried out successfully.' The racing legend, who won two of his titles with Ferrari and a third with McLaren after coming out of retirement, almost perished at the Nurburgring in 1976 in a crash that was in many ways a...
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