<B>LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020</B><BR/><B>'The definitive biography of a racing driver who won three World Championship titles' Matt Dickinson, <I>The Times, </I>Sports Books of the Year</B><BR/><B>'Thoroughly gripping...a fitting tribute' Justin Marozzi, <I>Sunday Times</I><BR/><BR/> Niki Lauda was one of the greatest stars in motor racing – a superb driver on the track and a much-loved personality off it. From his famous rivalry with James Hunt in 1976, as depicted in the film <I>Rush</I>, to working with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, his career helped define modern Formula One. </B><BR/> <BR/> Six weeks after the 1976 crash at the notorious Nürburgring that left him burned and receiving the last rites while obituaries were written, Niki Lauda stepped back into his <B>Ferrari</B> at Monza to defend his first World Champion title. <B>Jackie Stewart</B> called it ‘the most courageous thing I have ever witn