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This is the story of two great drivers and the managers who almost killed them.
The victory duel for the 1976 Formula 1 Championship has become the stuff of legend. The spectacular battle for supremacy that raged all season between Austrian Niki Lauda and ‘True Brit’ James Hunt has never been equalled. Could swashbuckling Hunt catch the scientific Lauda? Could Niki overcome an appalling crash to come back from the dead and fight James all the way to the last race of the season? This powerful story captures the heart of the 1970s - told through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were really there: the team managers, families, journalists and friends who were in the front row of the season that changed Formula 1 forever.
Hunt and Lauda were at the mercy of their ferociously ambitious team managers every time they raced. In the mind of Ferrari’s Daniele Audetto, and McLaren’s Alastair Caldwell, 1976 was to be a death struggle between Ferrari and McLaren. Both teams craved victory - whatever the cost….
In 1976 motor racing was a ferocious spectacle without a safety net - and danger was king... A high stakes game where bad blood and cheating threatened to tear the sport to pieces at any moment.
Like gladiators, Hunt and Lauda would be tested to the limit in a season that took on almost Shakespearean proportions as they fought for the chequered flag and control of their lives - circuit after circuit.
‘I did not want to start the race at the Nurburgring…
I did so out of loyalty towards my firm and my friends.
It was not a good compromise for me.’ Niki Lauda
James Hunt: ‘Niki was the only bloke who could get half
his face burnt off and come out better looking!’
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