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Dodgy Business

Good old memories from the 'Ring...

Every time I go to Nurburgring it brings back the summer of '76. Jackie Stewart had hung up his lid three years before and although most of Britain was caught up in James Hunt fever, it was Niki Lauda for me.

I don't really know why. Something to do with schoolboys and Ferraris maybe, but I'd also watched the '74 British Grand Prix, which Lauda dominated from the pole but then had a tyre go in the closing stages. The Brands Hatch pitlane was swarming with people in blazers and Niki's Ferrari was trapped. He was eventually credited with fifth place or something. I couldn't believe it.

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