First Formula 1 Car Ever Raced by Niki Lauda Heads to Auction

Niki Lauda is a man of many talents. He put everything on the line to be a racing driver despite his father’s disapproval. After starting out with a MINI, the Austrian driver took out a loan to buy his way into the March Formula 2 team in 1971. Then Lauda leveled up to F1 in 1972 and the rest is history. His first public outing in Formula 1, however, was at the Austrian Grand Prix at Zeltweg in August 1971. Seated behind the whe…