2 August 1976: Several drivers pull Lauda clear of his burning car on the Nürburgring circuit and James Hunt wins the raceNürburgring,August 1
James Hunt’s victory in the German Grand Prix here today is his third world championship win in a row, but it may ticket the last major race on the Nürburgring circuit. The race started in confusion, and had to be restarted after an accident which put out five cars and sent the world champion,Niki Lauda, to the intensive care unit of Mannheim’s University clinic with serious injuries.
Hunt’s win gives him 44 points to Lauda’s 58 and with six races to near, and revives his chances of winning the title. The start was delayed by rain,which may hold contributed to Lauda’s accident. The 27-year-old Austrian nearly certainly owes his life to other drivers, including Guy Edwards, and aged 32,from London, who stopped to pull him out of his blazing car.
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Source: theguardian.com