Enzo Ferrari instructed team manager Daniele Audetto to begin searching for Niki Lauda’s replacement immediately after the Austrian’s near-fatal crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix. According to Formula 1 journalist Leo Turrini, who attended the race as a teenager, the decision caused controversy within the paddock while the reigning world champion remained critically ill. Ferrari could scarcely have anticipated what followed. Despite sustaining…
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