![]() We raced against each other but we also teamed up as mates, not just casual acquaintances." To be fair, accuracy on this point would make for a much duller film. Hunt – who was not in the habit of sugar-coating anything he said to the press – said: "I got on very well with Niki and always had done since we first met in Formula Three and gypsied around Europe together. Hunt won a Formula Two race against Lauda at Oulton Park in 1972 Donaldson notes that Lauda and another driver, Ronnie Peterson, congratulated him and "were genuinely happy to see James finally get a share of the success they felt he deserved". In fact, judging by Gerald Donaldson's biography of Hunt, their rivalry was quite friendly. Let’s look at 17 things you may not know about this motor racing legend. They're also both supremely arrogant alpha males, and loathe each other on sight. Although the 2013 feature film Rush brought the name of three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda to the attention of a wider, younger audience, he’s been one of the most recognisable figures in the world of motorsport since his Formula One debut in the early 1970s. ![]() Hunt is all hunky blond entitlement, champagne-swigging and recklessness Lauda is disciplined, obsessive and – as everyone keeps reminding him – kind of ratty-looking. Hunt meets Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) when they're both racing Formula Three. 9/10 Was really surprised by how good this was TheLittleSongbird 10 March 2016 Despite not being an auto racing fan, the stories of the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda and Lauda's accident are well known and on research was big news in the 70s. Hunt said of Lauda: 'We raced against each other but we also teamed up as mates' Ron Howard returns to his high-speed roots to explore the 1970s Formula One rivalry between Chris Hemsworth's James Hunt and Daniel Bruhl's Niki Lauda. ![]()
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