“People always think of us as rivals, but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected.” (Niki Lauda)

"He was one of the few drivers I liked, one of the fewer number I respected, and the only one I envied" - Niki Lauda

"he'd been breathing fumes, now, for nearly a minute.." And what the narrator didn't say, is that those fumes not only had bits of burnt plastic, carcinogens, and Petroleum.. but was also approaching 7 or 800 degrees C by the time his car had been hit on the track following the initial collision with the barrier, by the time it entered his lungs. I know it's possibly a small point, but I just thought maybe the narrator might have mentioned that the fuse were extremely hot and damaging his lungs. According to the doctor's, almost 40% of the alveoli had been burnt away in an instant. His lungs then started burning, melting, and filling up with fluid. And this is happening before he's got out of his car. And while this is happening, his scalp, ears, face, lips, eyelids, eyeballs themselves, and just about anything else so horrific you can't even imagine it, was just being melted and burnt off his body at over 1000 degrees. Fucking brave man. To then have to go through daily vacuuming of his lungs which was like torture - sticking tubes down your throat right inside your lungs - whilst you're awake - and sucking the fluid and detritus out whilst trying not to choke and spit blood. Extremely fucking brave man.

I picture these two legends enjoying a bottle of champaign together looking down on raceweekends. R.I.P.

Driving after such an accident took so much courage. Admitting that you were too scared to drive perhaps took even more. Lauda was a true legend and so much of the safety of modern F1 owes a debt of thanks to his courage.

Brilliant. Rush bought me here and opened my eyes to the competitive nature of these two blokes.

The fact that James Hunt was able to win the championship in a 3 year old car against a dominant ferrari who shat on the other competition during the first part of the season is downright impressive

You can tell just by the way they talked about each other that there was a friendship and respect and love for each other. RIP Nikki and James.

9:49 CAUTION WIDE VEHICLE!

The actors from the movie Rush actually look like the real guys.

Rest In Peace Champion. Forza Niki.

Hunt was passionate, hot blooded,with no siscipline but a true natural talent born to drive,Lauda was also full of talent but also cool,calm and connected,disciplined,i admire his decision to stop in japan,life is above any title and the truth is that if Lauda had avoided his accident in germany Hunt would not win the championship,Hunt waljed out of F1 with the same decision,i respect them both,Laudw was a low tones character,Hunt was like a rock star, the Mick Jagger of F1

The Movie "Rush" brought me here... Great film👍

They didn't have to embelish the real story much...or at all really, for the movie Rush...it was all right there for the telling...sport, speed, intrigue, clash of two personalities, tragedy...you couldn't write a better story...facinating! Thanks for posting, and greets from Connecticut!

i witnessed 76' as well as 75', 74' etc. This doc is just a real jog back to those years. Just outstanding and fantastic and if you really followed GP in those years, that year, this is a must see and a keeper. Tell your kids the story.

Very interesting. The movie Rush follows this particular documentary's narrative pretty closely. It even ends with Lauda and his airplane, like the movie.

29:32 "Good Morning. I'm going to be ze world champion today" - Hunt was AWESOME!

I think "Rush" pretty much does these incredible men justice. But not quite :D

Laudas AGV helmet flew off in that dreadful accident, if it had stayed on things would of been so very different. Charming guy, wonderful dry wit, met him in Ibiza 1984 RIP.

What amazing footage! Such a feel good documentary. 59 people don't appreciate the finer things in life.

Crazy watching Nikis crash only weeks after Romans crash and to imagine help was 5 minutes away from him and only 30 seconds behind Roman is crazy.

I saw Rush earlier tonight. Absolutely excellent movie! They definitely picked the right two actors to play Lauda and Hunt! Brilliant movie. Ron Howard does it again!

My friend Chris and I appear at the 28.47 mark. Ahhh the memories....Porsche Parade lap with the Titans of the sport at Mosport in 76.

man the cast for Rush really looked like the real people, especially Lauda and his wife

27:35 Hunt homes in on Lauda in the crowd and quickly makes his way over 😊

You could write a book on Niki Lauda quotes. He had wisdom to spare.

Rush brought me here.

James Hunt, the forever World Champion of 1976.

im here it's because i watched RUSH!

Happy days I was 15 remember it well days long gone and better as far as iam concerned

Lauda put it simply when he said that Hunt was a driver at that point that you could drive wheel to wheel with for 200 miles and nothing would happen.Hunt was a true natural.

While Hunt was in the booth at the '82 British G.P., after an incident involving Jochen Mass, James commented that Mass was a "slow thinker" when it came to making split-second decisions. Then Sir James doubled down on that opinion by alleging that Mass' slow thinking had a part in G. Villeneuve's death. What massive balls! That's why I miss James Hunt still to this day.

Gripping, I have goosebumps on my forearms at the end of this docu. Well played Lauda and Hunt.

Great movie, great story, great people. I wish we had more of them around, Niki and James, you will always be remembered.

Sir... YOU are The grand gentleman and forever, the face of GP. Truly an encyclopedia of the sport.

Came here after seeing Rush! It has inspired me and opened my eyes to such a great sport!

I'm going to watch rush because of this awesome documentary

I remember watching this rivalry at the time... even non-racing fans were captivated

Just saw it after so many years. Excellent post, excellent work from the BBC team. Thank you !

I remember reading that they both cried when their mother told them he'd died. That speaks for itself. RIP superstar.

Two great men. RIP James Hunt

The forgoten years of the 70's Formula 1, Hunt, Lauda, Andretti, Fittipaldi, etc how many are alive today ? Sure, we never forget them...

- The Brazilian pioneer at the Englands single seat Formula Ford tournaments during 1969, the Racing Driver Ricardo Achcar, had some and good competitions moments shared with Mr. Hunt. - We have a fantastic picture from one of those chalenges,showing Achcar leading Hunt. - For me, a special and very nice picture (Achcar is my father). Nino Achcar .

I think you are correct, Connactzor. The 70s was a high-fatality decade for Formula One.

James hunt is a cool man .. Cuz he did lot of this in his life time .. He dint decide do a one thing.. He did all things what life can enjoy ❤

Now im going to see Rush again....

Excellent documentary. Thank you for posting.

what a great documentary, thank you for posting!!!

In defence, the documentary doesn't specifically state that Peterson and Depailler were dead in 1976 (although it doesn't say they weren't, either). I think that part should be taken as an illustration of the dangers of Formula 1 in the 70s.

Real late comment "2021" All who live for their passion, and some gifted talents always become HEROES... I hope all who live now remember how much we leave behind........ Florida MIKEY.

I think if James was alive today and saw the way F1 has gone with everybody's words being scripted and everyone has to look so perfect for the cameras and sound so perfect for their sponsors and for the media, I think James would have only 4 words to say. "SCREW YOUR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS".

Rip Nikki Lauda🙏🏿🙏🏿

hearing his son at the end talk about how proud he is of his father is so touching. what greater memory could a father ask for??

I am so sorry for his two sweet sons losing their daddy so early :( I bet he was a great father.

Thanks for uploading! This was a great perspective on these 2 greats.

James hunt didn't care about breaking records. He just wanted to prove he could win and keep on living his life to the fullest. He didn't conform he was honest that's why some people didn't like him. Well I am too young to know much about these guys here but I can tell they had passion for what they did and not mainly because of money unlike today.

23 years ago today we lost this great man. Blindingly fast, disarmingly charming, ruthlessly honest and highly intelligent. Sadly, in today's world, our current World Champion has only 1 of those qualities. He retired to early but, it meant I got to hear his ready wit at each race commentating alongside Murray Walker as a youngster discovering this gladiatorial sport.

21:00 - Lauda actually describes what happens when you die

Great doc...thank you very much,

Heck I only recently watched 'Rush' and honestly I didn't think the incident would be that horrible and what we got on-screen was exaggerated by Hollywood magic but man was it accurate. Gotta commend Niki for still being able to even get in an F1 again after a traumatizing experience like that mad respect

Amazing documentary...many thanks.

Niki in an interview with the Italian classic cars in 2003 said that the incident of the nurburgring not caused by an error in driving but BY A MECHANICAL FAILURE rear suspension.

Never saw this. Thanks for the upload 👍

Rush is great movie!! Thanks for this documentary video. Thanks for your parents !

Many thanks for posting this great doc. I lived in the UK until I moved to the USA in 1983, and miss F1 - NASCAR just doesn't have the balls or the fascination for me! When I was a kid, my greatest hero was Jimmy Clark.

thanks for posting, much appreciated!

excellent doc I enjoyed it thanks for the upload cheers

Both are legends now

Great documentary...thanks very much for posting this.

Very good documentary. Thanks for this.

Thanks!

A good video about two fast men and their fast work and life.

Thanks for sharing. Great story ❤

How can someone give a thumbs down on this documentary?

Like this if Rush got you here, motivate you or got you into racing 👍

good documentary !! thanks for posting this !

AWESOME, thanks

Thanks for the upload, great stuff.

excellent video, 9:50 I couldn't stop laughing at that sticker in James's car.

Patrick Depailler wasn't dead until 1980....?

Anoraks read on😊:- Sounds counter intuitive but, in actuality, that Ferrari 312 flat 12 back in the day had probably 20/25 or more bhp (depending on atmospheric conditions) LESS real world ponies (not dyno ghosts) than the customer DFV V8s of the day and, the M23s Cosworths had been breathed on by Nicholson-Mclaren tuning making another 15 bhp on top of that disparity, that's quite an advantage....for you can run more wing, for more grip with same top end or, combination of. Ferrari claimed higher bhp but, faster circuits proved the difference. Also, the boxer lost 20 bhp plus during a race due to block shiftage causing poor piston ring sealing and, a prosperity to loose valve face integrity to the point that they were very much a disposable engine. The 'barn door' DFVs would go again after a rebuild. That said, the Fezza boxer pulled more low end torque, over a far wider power band compared to the brutal DFV, far smoother and, kinder on tyres and rear end components, was good on tighter circuits. The 312 ran a five cog box until completely replaced so torque back up was more important than the Mclaren M23 running a 6 speed Hewland box. The fezza lump was a wide engine not great for aerodynamics and lardy, the DFV being narrower, lighter, taller yes, but that not overly so once all the ancillaries were nailed on. It was thirsty enough for Ferrari to eventually go over to Lucas fuel injection, incredible given their patriotism. 😉 Source:- Cosworth Racing when I had them as a customer.😎

Niki lauda is a hero of mine a man of determination a man of precision and the way he got involved with the ntsb to get to the bottom of the crash that his airline suffered was nothing short of phenomenal

Am I the only one who was they could grow. Up watching this rivalry live cause that rush movie was fantastic got to be the movie of the year !

If you consider there were pretty much 2 deaths a season and about 30 drivers, that sounds about right.

awesome stuff!!!

Rush 2: Lauda vs. Prost Rush 3: Senna vs. Prost Oh, and while I'm at it: Rush 0: The Jochen Rindt story.

I'm impressed by how much James Hunt had go his way in 1976. By all accounts he was a great racer, but it looks like he won by default. The business at the British Gran Prix was particularly troubling. 1976 was the first year I paid attention to Formula 1. The drivers all seemed godlike to me. Being and American, I was routing for Mario and those cool looking John Player cars.

great drivers. Sad to see what racing has become today. I did see rush yesterday at a pre screne, and I thought it was quite good. It's a movie so it will never be perfect, but it gave me a insight on 2 drivers I never knew about. f1 was never my main interest in racing, but I have much respect for them. If anything the movie helped give the general public some idea of who these mostly unknown the the general public people these days are.

The kids at the end, wow, I hope they went on to live life with that level of respect, imagine a World today if all kids were like that. Fantastic.

Those big air box cars were always my favorite of the Formula 1 . It's a damn shame they were rolling coffins . My hero Mark Donohue died in 1975 from a accident at Austria . A year later Watson gave Penske it's only F1 win at that track .

Yes, I have to admit that there are some mistakes in the documentary. The one that sticks out for me is the mention of Ronnie Peterson in "The Roll Call Of The Doomed", but he died two years later after the Italian Grand Prix in 1978 (also Patrick Depailler didn't die until 1980). Other than that it's a good documentary.

Never got to see his kids grow, that must be the worst thing ever, 45 isn,t nothing, but at least he had a good life, short but good.Him and Nikki were good friends, most people said they hated each other. Every sport needs a James Hunt to keep it interesting.

I think you need to watch and read a lot to get a fuller picture. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for posting this, I had it on VHS but lost it! Should be an extra on the Rush Blu-ray

wow this is the best presentation after the movie i have seen

Great 👍 video of two awesome racers

I had no idea that Hunt had passed.....Lauda, the intellectual......Hunt, the romantic..... Respect for both of course.....but your heart is saddened knowing he’s not on this earth any more....maybe he wasn’t meant to be an old man, but 45 is far too young

Great vid. James was my favourite ever racer and was a hero from my youth. Thank you for this...

A great rivalry indeed

Ron Howard said on the 'making of Rush' documentary, he had to leave out a lot of events from the 76 season, as if he told the whole story, no one would have believed it was true. Hollywood gave us Rambo and the Terminator, but Laudas story was too much. That to me is the very definition of being a badass