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		JshWright on May 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Niki Lauda has died "A racer" undersells it a bit. He was a multiple-time world champion in what is arguably the "premier" motorsport, including twice _after_ suffering massive burns in a crash that should have killed him. If you made a list of the best race car drivers in history, there's no doubt he'd be on it. How many airlines have you founded...?

mhh__ on May 21, 2019 [–]

>arguably the "premier" motorsport

s/arguably/is F1 drivers are the absolute bests of the their generation, and Lauda was one of the best of all of them

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