135-667: Jaguar Racing is the name given to Jaguar Land Rover 's racing interests. It currently competes in Formula E under the name Jaguar TCS Racing as a result of the partnership with Tata Consultancy Services . It was previously a Formula One constructor that competed in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2000 to 2004 . In addition to single seaters , the Jaguar brand also has rich history in various forms of sportscar racing , most notably with
270-628: A £ 30,000 bank loan, secured by a life insurance policy, to buy his way into the fledgling March team as a Formula Two driver in 1971. Because of his family's disapproval, he had an ongoing feud with them over his racing ambitions and abandoned further contact. Lauda was quickly promoted to the Formula One team but drove for March in Formula One and Formula Two in 1972. Although the latter cars were good and Lauda's driving skills impressed March principal Robin Herd , March's 1972 Formula One season
405-567: A "polack" (an ethnic slur for Polish people) on air in May 2010 at the Monaco Grand Prix . Lauda is sometimes known by the nickname "the Rat", "SuperRat" or "King Rat" because of his prominent buck teeth . He was associated with both Parmalat and Viessmann , sponsoring the ever-present cap he wore from 1976 to hide the severe burns he sustained in his Nürburgring accident. Lauda said in
540-844: A 2009 interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit that an advertiser was paying €1.2 million for the space on his red cap. In 2005, the Austrian post office issued a stamp honouring him. In 2008, American sports television network ESPN ranked him 22nd on their "top drivers of all-time" list. Niki Lauda wrote five books: The Art and Science of Grand Prix Driving (titled Formula 1: The Art and Technicalities of Grand Prix Driving in some markets) (1975); My Years With Ferrari (1978); The New Formula One: A Turbo Age (1984); Meine Story (titled To Hell and Back in some markets) (1986); Das dritte Leben (en. The third life ) (1996). Lauda credited Austrian journalist Herbert Volker with editing
675-470: A Roman Catholic family. In an interview with Zeit he stated that he left the church for a time to avoid paying church taxes , but went back when he had his two children baptised. On 20 May 2019, Lauda died in his sleep aged 70 at the University Hospital of Zürich where he had been undergoing kidney dialysis . He had experienced a period of ill health exacerbated by his lung injuries from
810-522: A chairman after the season with Thierry Bolloré succeeding him in the role. In their most successful season to date, Jaguar Racing finished second in Teams' Championship with 177 points, having led it on two separate occasions (the second one being before the final round), with two victories scored by Bird and further six podium finishes, five of which scored by Evans who as a result scored the most podium finishes out of anyone that season. On 2 November 2021,
945-564: A driver's negotiating position. The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi , barricaded themselves in a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day. The 1983 season proved to be transitional for the McLaren team as they were making a change from Ford - Cosworth engines, to TAG -badged Porsche turbo engines, and Lauda did not win a race that year, with his best finish being second at Long Beach behind his teammate John Watson . Some political maneuvering by Lauda forced
1080-524: A factory entry, Lauda won three races for P4 plus the series. Decades later, Lauda won a BMW Procar exhibition race event before the 2008 German Grand Prix . In September, Lauda finished fourth in Monza, and won the non-WC Imola event, still with the Alfa V12 engine. After that, Brabham returned to the familiar Cosworth V8. In late September, during practice for the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix , Lauda cut short
1215-711: A fairly long run in the Blancpain GT Series , with the Switzerland -based racing outfit Emil Frey Racing fielding multiple Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 cars. Those were an in-house development by Emil Frey Racing, with approval from Jaguar, that conformed to full FIA GT3 regulations. The car debuted in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series and finished its run in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup . For its farewell season,
1350-574: A few races in 2001 and the Austrian Grand Prix in 2000, Pedro de la Rosa in 2001 and 2002, Antônio Pizzonia in 2003 until Hockenheim, Mark Webber in 2003 and 2004, Justin Wilson from Hockenheim to the end of 2003, and Christian Klien in 2004. The team in 2000 was managed by Wolfgang Reitzle , who was then head of Ford 's Premier Automotive Group. The extra funding and publicity brought by becoming Ford's own team were obvious from
1485-581: A fifth-place finish in the first four races, he won four of the next five driving the new Ferrari 312T . His first World Championship was confirmed with a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza ; Lauda's teammate Regazzoni won the race and Ferrari clinched their first Constructors' Championship in 11 years. Lauda then picked up a fifth win at the last race of the year, the United States GP at Watkins Glen . He also became
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#17327908921251620-400: A fuel leak. Lauda was known for giving away any trophies he won to his local garage in exchange for his car to be washed and serviced. Unlike 1975 and despite tensions between Lauda and Montezemolo's successor, Daniele Audetto , Lauda dominated the start of the 1976 Formula One season , winning four of the first six races and finishing second in the other two. By the time of his fifth win of
1755-531: A fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover products. In addition to
1890-603: A furious chief designer John Barnard to design an interim car earlier than expected to get the TAG-Porsche engine some much-needed race testing; Lauda nearly won the last race of the season in South Africa. Lauda won a third world championship in 1984 by half a point over teammate Alain Prost , due only to half points being awarded for the shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix . His Austrian Grand Prix victory that year
2025-518: A huge collision with Evans, who retired in the process. He tried to check on Lynn, who was later taken to hospital. After this race, Jaguar moved to the lead in Teams' Championship for the very first time. At the Valencia ePrix double-header, the team lost its lead in Teams' Championship as it failed to score a single point after poor qualifying performances in both races due to wet conditions in their qualifying group. In May 2021, Tom Dillmann joined
2160-597: A less successful Berlin ePrix double-header. Bolloré stepped down as Jaguar Land Rover CEO in November 2022. With no direct replacement announced for Jaguar Racing's chairman position, Barclay would now remain the sole official authority in the team heading into the Gen3 era of Formula E. Jaguar retained Evans and Bird for their Gen3 debut. The team changed its visual presentation, ditching teal in favor of white, while keeping black as primary colour. Also part of this change,
2295-657: A near 30-year absence. On 7 January 2020, it was announced that Alex Lynn was brought back to the team to become a reserve and test driver. With this move, Ho-Pin Tung , Jaguar's previous reserve driver, became the Jaguar Racing Global Ambassador while also remaining in the I-Pace eTrophy commentary team. At the Mexico City ePrix , Evans gave Jaguar their second Formula E win while also picking up
2430-479: A new generation of vehicle technologies. Jaguar Land Rover was to invest £50 million in the facility, the university and the UK government. The carmaker said around 1,000 academics and engineers would work there and that construction would start in 2014. Under its chief executive, Ralf Speth , JLR has significantly increased its investment in research and development. In 2013, according to Speth, it invested £3 billion in "product creation" and claimed to be
2565-431: A practice session and promptly informed team principal Ecclestone, that he wished to retire immediately, as he had no more desire to "continue the silliness of driving around in circles". Lauda, who in the meantime had founded Lauda Air, a charter airline, returned to Austria to run the company full-time. In 1982, Lauda returned to racing, for an unprecedented $ 3 million salary. After a successful test with McLaren ,
2700-472: A puncture at the Wippermann, 9 miles into the 10th lap and was passed by Carlos Reutemann , James Hunt , Tom Pryce and Jacques Laffite ; Lauda made it back to the pits with a damaged front wing and a destroyed left front tyre. The Ferrari pit changed the destroyed tyre and Lauda managed to make it to the podium in third behind Reutemann and Laffite after Hunt retired and Pryce had to slow down because of
2835-530: A rain-soaked Paris ePrix , where he was the last driver to physically cross the finish line in sixteenth place, being a lap down after an unscheduled pit stop for a new nose. Lynn was forced to retire from a promising eleventh place after an accident with Venturi 's Edoardo Mortara , effectively ending Jaguar's chances to score points in this round. As a result, this was the first race of the season where both cars failed to score points. The following race in Monaco
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#17327908921252970-471: A record for the most pole positions in a season during the 1975 season, rarely matched his teammate in qualifying. Despite this, Lauda's championship win came in Portugal , when he had to start in eleventh place on the grid, while Prost qualified on the front row. Prost did everything he could, starting from second and winning his seventh race of the season, but Lauda's calculating drive (which included setting
3105-586: A reserve driver. At the season's first event in Hong Kong , Jaguar scored points in both of the weekend's races and took their first podium in the series when Mitch Evans was moved up to third following a post race disqualification of Daniel Abt . The team used Paul di Resta and Pietro Fittipaldi for a rookie test held in Marrakesh which followed the 2018 Marrakesh ePrix . At the Zürich ePrix , Evans claimed
3240-527: A second championship. Vacating his seat after clinching the title at the United States Grand Prix and replaced by Gilles Villeneuve , Lauda signed with Brabham in 1978 , achieving podiums in each of his race finishes that season despite struggling with poor reliability, and taking wins in Sweden and Italy . Amidst a winless 1979 season for Brabham alongside Nelson Piquet , Lauda left
3375-590: A second consecutive bonus point for being the fastest driver in group qualifying stage. Calado finished ninth, but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. On 19 February, Jaguar announced Jamie Chadwick as the first of the two selected drivers for the third annual Marrakesh rookie test. On the following day, Sacha Fenestraz was announced to join Chadwick for the rookie test. On 30 July, Jaguar announced Tom Blomqvist as its new reserve driver, after Lynn got signed to Mahindra Racing and leaving Jaguar in
3510-691: A series of sports prototypes that competed in the World Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship between 1984 and 1993. These cars enjoyed high success, with some of the highlights being: In 2009, RSR Racing revealed the new Jaguar XKR GT2 car, which the team was to enter the American Le Mans Series ' GT2 class with. RSR first raced the XKR in the 2010 American Le Mans Series with Paul Gentilozzi , Ryan Dalziel and Marc Goossens . They finished last in
3645-542: A single race win at the Dutch Grand Prix where he held off a fast-finishing Prost late in the race. This proved to be his last Grand Prix victory, as after announcing his impending retirement at the 1985 Austrian Grand Prix , he retired for good at the end of that season. Lauda's final Formula One Grand Prix drive was the inaugural Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide , South Australia . After qualifying 16th,
3780-490: A stabilisation of results, but the team was unable to challenge for points on a consistent basis. Jaguar would finish seventh in the Constructors' Championship, for the third year in a row. Jaguar's Formula One parent company, Ford, issued a polite ultimatum as part of a reduction in sport involvement internationally. In particular, because Jaguar did not advertise the core Ford brand, there was little return of value from
3915-537: A steady drive saw him leading by lap 53. However, the McLaren's ceramic brakes suffered on the street circuit and he crashed out of the lead at the end of the long Brabham Straight on lap 57 when his brakes finally failed. He was one of only two drivers in the race who had driven in the non-championship 1984 Australian Grand Prix , the other being 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg , who won in Adelaide in 1985 and took Lauda's place at McLaren in 1986. Lauda's helmet
4050-519: A subsidiary of Tata Motors since they founded it as a holding company for the acquisition of Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from Ford in 2008. Both businesses having been part of British Leyland for parts of their histories until 1984, Jaguar Cars and Land Rover were eventually reunited into the same group by the Ford Motor Company in 2002. Ford had acquired Jaguar Cars in 1989 and then Land Rover from BMW in 2000. In 2006, Ford purchased
4185-455: A team launch on 8 September 2016. Carroll and Evans were subsequently signed to the team and Panasonic was named as the team's main sponsor . Lear Corporation , who used to support Jaguar in their Formula One campaign, were announced as the secondary sponsor. In October 2016, Gorillaz guitarist Noodle became Jaguar's global ambassador, following a commercial that shows her driving in an electric open-wheeled car, before getting out and saying
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4320-476: Is so far the only time an Austrian has won his home Grand Prix. Initially, Lauda did not want Prost to become his teammate, as he presented a much faster rival. However, during the two seasons together, they had a good relationship and Lauda later said that beating the talented Frenchman was a big motivator for him. The whole season continued to be dominated by Lauda and Prost, who won 12 of 16 races. Lauda won five races, while Prost won seven. However, Lauda, who set
4455-519: Is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover , also known as JLR , and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and SUV and has its head office in Whitley, Coventry , United Kingdom. The principal activity of Jaguar Land Rover is the design, development, manufacture and sale of vehicles bearing the Jaguar and Land Rover marques. Both marques have long histories prior to their merger – Jaguar going back to
4590-579: The 1973 season, scoring his maiden points finish in Belgium and earning a seat with Ferrari the following year alongside Clay Regazzoni . Lauda was immediately successful at Ferrari, taking his maiden podium on debut and his maiden win three races later at the Spanish Grand Prix . After winning five Grands Prix in his 1975 campaign, Lauda won his maiden title, becoming the first Ferrari-powered World Champion in 11 years . Whilst leading
4725-658: The 1976 championship—amidst a fierce title battle with James Hunt —Lauda was seriously injured during the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , suffering severe burns and other life-changing injuries as his Ferrari 312T2 caught on fire during a crash. He returned to racing just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix , but eventually lost the title to Hunt by one point. Lauda remained at Ferrari in 1977 , winning several races on his way to
4860-441: The 1985 season—taking his final victory at the Dutch Grand Prix —having achieved 25 race wins, 24 pole positions, 24 fastest laps and 54 podiums in Formula One. He returned in an advisory role at Ferrari in 1993 , and was the team principal of Jaguar from 2001 to 2002 . From 2012 until his death, Lauda was the non-executive chairman and co-owner of Mercedes , winning six consecutive World Constructors' Championships with
4995-690: The 2018 season . Despite conforming to standard GT4 regulations, the Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4 was run exclusively in British GT and was not expected to be made available to other customers. The GT4 iteration was developed by Jaguar Land Rover 's SVO division. Invictus ran two cars in the 2018 season , both in Pro-Am class. Jason Wolfe and Matthew George were the full-time professional drivers of these cars, while Steve McCulley, Paul Vice, Ben Norfolk and Basil Rawlinson have been selected as
5130-612: The Canadian and United States Grands Prix, Hunt stood only three points behind Lauda before the final race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix . Lauda qualified third, one place behind Hunt, but on race day there was torrential rain, and Lauda retired after two laps. He later said that he felt it was unsafe to continue under these conditions, especially since his eyes were watering excessively because of his fire-damaged tear ducts and inability to blink. Hunt led much of
5265-720: The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY . The series operated an 'Arrive and Drive' package for up to 20 drivers at each race, including a different VIP driver at every venue. The series would be cancelled after the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
5400-414: The Nürburgring , even though he was the fastest driver on that circuit at the time, Lauda urged his fellow drivers to boycott the race, largely because of the 23-kilometre (14 mi) circuit's safety arrangements, citing the organisers' lack of resources to properly manage such a huge circuit, including lack of fire marshals, fire and safety equipment and safety vehicles. Formula One was quite dangerous at
5535-710: The Range Rover Sport P400e for the 2018 model year, a plug-in hybrid model due in the showrooms in late 2017. and be followed by the launch of a plug-in hybrid Range Rover due in 2018 for the 2019 model year. Jaguar Land Rover paid $ 49.5 million in fines for missing its American Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets over the 2009–13 model years. At the beginning of June 2019, JLR and BMW announced that they will collaborate "to develop next generation electric drive units". On 5 July 2019, JLR confirmed that they intended to build an all-electric XJ luxury saloon car, at their Castle Bromwich plant . The car
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5670-578: The Rover brand name from BMW for around £6 million. This reunited the Rover and Land Rover brands for the first time since the Rover group was broken up by BMW in 2000. On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors , a part of the Tata Group , established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as a British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The new company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition from Ford of
5805-540: The Spanish Grand Prix . Although Lauda became the season's pacesetter, achieving six consecutive pole positions , a mixture of inexperience and mechanical unreliability meant Lauda won only one more race that year, the Dutch GP . He finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship and demonstrated immense commitment to testing and improving the car. The 1975 Formula One season started slowly for Lauda; after no better than
5940-730: The XJR sportscars that enjoyed high success in the FIA World Sportscar Championship and also the IMSA GT Championship during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The team is most notably the winner of 2023–24 Formula E World Championship , as the team's first top level motorsport victory since the 1990s. Jaguar Racing was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart 's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. On 14 September 1999, Ford renamed
6075-454: The ePrix ), the team opted to bring back Pietro Fittipaldi and pair him with Harry Tincknell . In March 2019, just after the inaugural Sanya ePrix , Piquet left the team following a string of poor results (in contrast to Evans' string of points finishes) and was replaced by former Virgin driver Alex Lynn . Evans managed to win the following race in Rome , giving Jaguar their first win – this
6210-728: The "biggest R&D investor in the UK in the automotive business". In 2017 a plant for Ingenium engine production was added to the Chery Jaguar Land Rover facility in China. On 13 April 2018, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be cutting 1,000 temporary contract jobs in the West Midlands , citing a slump in sales due to uncertainty over changes to taxes on diesel cars and Brexit . In 2019, Jaguar Land Rover purchased Bowler Motors , which became part of its SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) division. In
6345-489: The 1930s and Land Rover to the 1940s – first coming together in 1968 as part of the British Leyland conglomerate, later again independent of each other, and then as subsidiaries of BMW (in the case of Land Rover), and Ford Motor Company (Jaguar). In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group . Jaguar Land Rover has been
6480-428: The 1970s, culminating in a disastrous start to the 1973 season, Ferrari regrouped completely under Luca di Montezemolo and were resurgent in 1974 . The team's faith in the little-known Lauda was quickly rewarded by a second-place finish in his debut race for the team, the season-opening Argentine Grand Prix . His first Grand Prix (GP) victory – and the first for Ferrari since 1972 – followed only three races later in
6615-500: The 1976 accident. He had a double lung transplant the previous year, and kidney transplants in 1997 and 2015. At the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix , current and former drivers and teams paid tributes on social media and during the pre-race Wednesday press conference. A moment of silence was held before the race. Throughout the weekend, fans and drivers wore red caps in his honour, with the Mercedes team painting their halo device red with
6750-554: The 2030s. CEO Thierry Bolloré clearly stated that this is to help JLR comply with the incoming more stringent emission standards and the phase-out and banning of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 from Europe, India, China, South Korea, Japan, United States, etc. due to climate change and air pollution. This also comes after the United Kingdom passed legislation in February 2020, that will ban new sales of all fossil fuel vehicles from
6885-627: The Chilean-Austrian Marlene Knaus. They divorced in 1991. Lauda and Knaus had two sons, Mathias , a racing driver, and Lukas, who acted as Mathias's manager. In 1992 Lauda briefly dated racing driver Giovanna Amati . In 2008 he married Birgit Wetzinger, a flight attendant for his airline. In 2005, Wetzinger donated a kidney to Lauda after the kidney he had received from his brother in 1997 failed. In September 2009, Birgit gave birth to twins, Max and Mia. Lauda spoke fluent German , English and Italian . Lauda came from
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#17327908921257020-593: The Englishman retired with brake failure on lap 52. As Lauda had passed the Toleman of rookie Ayrton Senna for third place only a few laps earlier, Mansell's retirement elevated him to second behind Prost. Lauda had signed an initial letter of intent to leave McLaren team and join Renault for the 1985 season . The agreement was not implemented and Lauda stayed with McLaren for the 1985 season. The 1985 season
7155-673: The GT class with five points. They also visited that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans , but retired early into the race. The team then entered another season in the American Le Mans Series with Cristiano da Matta and Bruno Junqueira , this time finishing ninth (second last) with six points. The first GT3 iteration of the XKR was developed by Apex Motorsport , which ran these cars in the FIA GT3 European Championship (from 2007 to 2009). Jaguar then had
7290-532: The Jaguar Formula One team from Ford as an ongoing outfit. The new team, named Red Bull Racing , used the chassis and engine that would have been Jaguar's 2005 Formula 1 challenger for its first season. Rumours of a possible Jaguar Formula E entry go back to the summer of 2015. Jaguar's intentions to enter Formula E were officially revealed in December of that year. Unlike its Formula One campaign,
7425-695: The Jaguar and Land Rover marques, JLR also owns the rights to the dormant Daimler , Lanchester and Rover marques. The latter was acquired by Land Rover, whilst still under Ford ownership, from BMW in the aftermath of the collapse of MG Rover Group ; BMW had retained ownership of the marque when it broke up Rover Group in 2000, then licensed it to MG Rover. In March 2011, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would hire an additional 1,500 staff at its Halewood plant , and signed over £2 billion of supply contracts with UK-based companies, to enable production of its new Range Rover Evoque model. In September 2011,
7560-458: The Jaguar and Land Rover marques. In March 2019, Jaguar Land Rover became the first European car producer to submit new cars from its marques to AIR Index to receive NOx emissions ratings. In September 2017, Jaguar Land Rover announced that all new Jaguar and Land Rover models launched from the 2020 model year will have an all-electric or hybrid powertrain option. In October 2017, JLR announced that its electrification programme will start with
7695-513: The UK and one in India. Jaguar Land Rover has three research and development facilities in the UK: Vehicle assembly plants: SVO facility Engine assembly plants Planned facilities Co-operations In 2020, Jaguar Land Rover's UK production facilities were halted for the period from March 20 to April 20 due to coronavirus pandemic . Jaguar Land Rover currently sells vehicles under
7830-609: The UK by 2030. Bolloré also stated that all the upcoming electric vehicles being introduced by JLR and other car manufacturers should also become more mainstream and eventually overtake fossil fuel vehicles. Niki Lauda Andreas Nikolaus " Niki " Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver , motorsport executive and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985 . Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at
7965-406: The amateur drivers. The entry was reduced to a single car for the 2019 season , with George, McCulley and Vice staying in the team. The Invictus team disbanded prior to the 2020 season . In February 2020, both cars along with spare parts were auctioned via Silverstone Auctions and eventually sold for £213,750. For the 2018–19 season , Jaguar Racing launched a support series for Formula E, dubbed
8100-418: The books. The 1976 battle between Lauda and James Hunt was dramatized in the film Rush (2013), where Lauda was played by Daniel Brühl —a portrayal that was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Lauda made a cameo appearance at the end of the film. Lauda said of Hunt's death, "When I heard he'd died age 45 of a heart attack I wasn't surprised, I was just sad." He also said that Hunt
8235-510: The brink of winning all three titles come the final round in London . Whilst their results would be enough to win both the teams' championship and, along with customer team Envision, the newly-formed manufacturers' trophy, a puncture for Cassidy and a late attack mode miss from Evans meant that Jaguar missed out on the drivers' title to Pascal Wehrlein , with Evans and Cassidy ending up second and third respectively. The Jaguar XJR sportscars were
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#17327908921258370-413: The burns to his head, losing most of his right ear as well as the hair on the right side of his head, his eyebrows, and his eyelids. He chose to limit reconstructive surgery to replacing the eyelids and restoring their functionality. After the accident he always wore a cap to cover the scars on his head. He arranged for sponsors to use the cap for advertising. With Lauda out of the contest, Carlos Reutemann
8505-565: The car 9 out of 14 races. Lauda's best results, apart from the wins in Sweden and Italy after the penalization of Mario Andretti and Gilles Villeneuve, were second in Monaco and Great Britain, and a third in the Netherlands. The Alfa flat-12 engine was too wide for ground effect designs in that the opposed cylinder banks impeded with the venturi tunnels, so Alfa designed a V12 for 1979. It was
8640-488: The car was moved to the Silver Cup and won the championship with the lineup of Alex Fontana , Mikaël Grenier and Adrian Zaugg . It was also third overall in the Endurance Cup Team Rankings. In the previous seasons, the XKRs were run exclusively in the Pro Cup, with the team fielding two cars instead of one in the 2016 and 2017 seasons . A new entry to the British GT Championship , named Invictus Games Racing and financed by James Holder , fielded two new Jaguar cars for
8775-472: The car, but one was Arturo Merzario, the Italian guy, who also had to stop there at the scene, because I blocked the road; and he really came into the car himself, and uh, triggered my, my seatbelt loose, and then pulled me out. It was unbelievable, how he could do that, and I met him afterwards, and I said, 'How could you do it?!'. He said, 'Honestly, I do not know, but to open your seatbelt was so difficult, because you were pushing so hard against it, and when it
8910-519: The company LaudaMotion . As a result of Air Berlin's insolvency in 2017, LaudaMotion took over the Niki brand and asset after an unsuccessful bid by Lufthansa and IAG. Lauda held an airline transport pilot's licence and from time to time acted as a captain on the flights of his airline. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993 and from 1996 provided commentary on Grands Prix for Austrian and German television on RTL . He was, however, criticized for calling Robert Kubica
9045-410: The company confirmed that it would be investing £355 million in the construction of a new engine plant at the i54 business park near Wolverhampton , central England, to manufacture a family of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. In November 2011 Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be creating 1,000 new jobs at its Solihull plant , a 25 per cent increase in the size of the workforce at
9180-432: The donkey, and the mechanics announced their intention to auction it on eBay and donate the proceeds to charity. For the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix , Jaguar's cars were fitted with newly designed nose cones to promote the film Ocean's Twelve . Steinmetz Group diamonds worth in excess of US$ 250,000 were attached to the nose of each car, one of which allegedly went missing after Christian Klien 's first lap crash. 2004 saw
9315-482: The duration of the Gen3 era of Formula E which is set to start with the 2022–23 season . After a poor start to the season, Jaguar recovered at the Rome ePrix where Evans got a double victory. Bird was also looking for a double points finish, but he was forced to retire from the second race. At the inaugural Jakarta ePrix , Evans added another win to his resume, remaining fourth in the championship, but getting closer to his title rivals that gained advantage on him after
9450-474: The end of 2002. In September 2012, he was appointed non-executive chairman of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport . He took part in negotiations to sign Lewis Hamilton to a three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013. He remained at Mercedes until his death in 2019, winning six World Constructors' Championships with the team. Lauda returned to running his airline, Lauda Air , on his second Formula One retirement in 1985. During his time as airline manager, he
9585-633: The enormous amount of money invested, so funding was reduced from Ford itself. Ford chose to sell the operation near the end of 2004 despite a more consistent showing in its previous two years as Ford wanted to concentrate on World Rally Championship operations on the international motorsports sector and thus Ford forced to absent from international automobile road racing for 11 years until its return in 2016 but Ford partnered Chip Ganassi Racing GTE Pro team as their full-works partnership team in FIA World Endurance Championship . In mid-November 2004, energy drink company Red Bull confirmed that they had purchased
9720-439: The entire Jaguar range will become all-electric for the 2025 model year. The company also stated that it will introduce its first all-electric Land Rover vehicle in 2023 as a 2024 model year. JLR also stated that it will end production and sales of diesel-powered Land Rover vehicles in 2026, with production and sales of petrol-powered Land Rover vehicles ending in 2030. This will lead to Jaguar Land Rover becoming 100% all-electric by
9855-417: The establishment of a research and development facility, the creation of a new automobile marque, and sales of vehicles produced by the company. Jaguar Land Rover planned to create 4,500 manufacturing and engineering jobs in the UK over the next five years. In late 2012, the company announced a joint venture for Jaguars and Land Rovers to be built in China, now the world's biggest car-market. The agreement
9990-486: The experience could be improved. For the 2016–17 season, Jaguar would finish 10th in Teams' Championship, with the best result being a double points finish of 4th and 8th at the 2017 Mexico City ePrix . Carroll along with Andretti 's Robin Frijns were the only two drivers to finish all 12 races of the season. Prior to the season, Jaguar entered a multi-year partnership with GKN . A new sponsorship deal with Viessmann
10125-411: The fan car's legality and Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone , who at the time was maneuvering for acquisition of Formula One's commercial rights, did not want to fight a protracted battle over the car, but the victory in Sweden remained official. The Brabham BT46 Alfa Romeo flat-12 began the 1978 season at the third race in South Africa. It suffered from a variety of troubles that forced Lauda to retire
10260-404: The fastest race lap), passing car after car, saw him finish second behind his teammate which gave him enough points to win his third title. His second place was a lucky one though as Nigel Mansell was in second for much of the race. However, as it was his last race with Lotus before joining Williams in 1985, Lotus boss Peter Warr refused to give Mansell the brakes he wanted for his car and
10395-672: The first driver to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under seven minutes, which was considered a huge feat as the Nordschleife section of the Nürburgring was two miles longer than it is today. Lauda did not win the German Grand Prix from pole position there that year; after battling hard with Patrick Depailler for the lead for the first half of the race, Lauda led for the first 9 laps but suffered
10530-406: The first race of the year. The team hired 1999 world championship runner up Eddie Irvine to partner former Stewart driver Johnny Herbert , but the results that season did not match the results that Stewart had been able to achieve in 1999. Jaguar would finish ninth in the Constructors' Championship, only ahead of Minardi and Prost who both failed to score any points. Reitzle stepped down and
10665-595: The first race, Evans finished third after successfully defending his position over René Rast . Bird retired from the race following a collision with Alex Lynn , who was later given a penalty for the incident. In the following race, Bird won his first race in the Jaguar overalls after starting from third and successfully overtaking Dragon 's Sérgio Sette Câmara at the start and later the pole-sitter Robin Frijns , his former Virgin Racing teammate. The race however ended prematurely red-flagged due to Alex Lynn being involved in
10800-522: The first team to announce its driver lineup for the 2020–21 season after signing Sam Bird to the team. Bird would finish the ongoing 2019–20 season with Envision Virgin Racing before completing the switch. Evans continues with the team as he signed a multi-year contract prior to the 2019–20 season. In October 2020, Jaguar unveiled the development version of the I-Type 5 car, with the team only referencing to itself as Jaguar Racing , quietly splitting with
10935-544: The fourth 12-cylinder engine design that propelled the Austrian in Formula One since 1973. Lauda's 1979 Formula One season was again marred by retirements and poor pace, even though he won the non-championship 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix with the Brabham-Alfa. In the single-make BMW M1 Procar Championship , driving for the British Formula Two team Project Four Racing (led by Ron Dennis ) when not in
11070-569: The late 1960s. With his career stalled, Lauda took out a £ 30,000 bank loan and secured a place in European Formula Two with March in 1971 , making his Formula One debut with the team at the Austrian Grand Prix . He was promoted to a full-time seat in 1972 , ending the season with a non-classified championship finish, despite winning the British Formula Two Championship . Lauda moved to BRM for
11205-557: The laws of England and Wales (Company No. 06477691). The immediate parent of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is TML Holdings, Singapore and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Tata Motors of India. The chairman of Tata Group , Ratan Tata , was the chairman and a director of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive from 2008 to December 2012. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive's principal active subsidiaries are: Jaguar Land Rover has six main facilities for research and development, manufacturing and vehicle assembly, of which five are in
11340-859: The message "Niki we miss you" instead of their usual silver scheme. The Haas VF-19 's shark fin engine cover was painted red with Lauda's name and the years of his birth and death. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel wore helmets in Lauda's honour, and when Hamilton won the race he dedicated it to Lauda. His funeral at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna was attended by prominent Formula One figures, including Gerhard Berger , Jackie Stewart , Alain Prost , Nelson Piquet , Jean Alesi , Lewis Hamilton , David Coulthard , Nico Rosberg , Valtteri Bottas , René and Hans Binder and René Rast . Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austrian politicians, including Alexander Van der Bellen , also attended. According to Lauda's wishes he
11475-483: The most retirements out of all drivers who competed in the season – he missed the chequered flag five times. Evans and Piquet were retained for the 2018–19 season . Ho-Pin Tung was also retained in his position. In addition to his reserve driver duty, Tung also served as a pundit and was part of the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy broadcast team. For the 2019 rookie test (which was once again held in Marrakesh following
11610-541: The new I-Type 6 cars would also run asymmetric liveries. Jaguar had a troublesome season opener in Mexico City . Bird was suffering from technical isues throughout the whole weekend and had to retire early into the race. Evans, despite crashing after the first free practice due to a different unspecified problem, finished the race in eighth position. Further drama came at the inaugural Hyderabad ePrix , where Bird collided with Evans after unsuccessfully attempting an overtake on Sacha Fenestraz , taking both him and Evans out of
11745-603: The only problem was to convince then team sponsor Marlboro that he was still capable of winning. Lauda proved he was when, in his third race back, he won the Long Beach Grand Prix . Before the opening race of the season at Kyalami race track in South Africa , Lauda was the organiser of the so-called "drivers' strike"; Lauda had seen that the new Super Licence required the drivers to commit themselves to their present teams and realised that this could hinder
11880-437: The parent company brand. Irvine scored another third-place finish, this time at Monza , which would ultimately be Jaguar's last podium in the sport. Jaguar would once again improve their result in the Constructors' Championship, this time finishing seventh. Funding was reduced for 2003. Lauda and 70 other staff were made redundant, and a two-year timeframe was given to show possible benefits. 2003 saw an improvement of form for
12015-492: The pits, peeling the blood-soaked bandages off his scarred scalp. He also had to wear a specially adapted crash helmet so as not to be in too much discomfort. In Lauda's absence, Hunt had mounted a late charge to reduce Lauda's lead in the World Championship standings. Hunt and Lauda were friends away from the circuit, and their personal on-track rivalry, while intense, was cleanly contested and fair. Following wins in
12150-461: The process. Calado's final race for Jaguar would be the fourth Berlin race as 2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps prevented him from attending the final two races, in which the new reserve Blomqvist would take his place. After an unsuccessful season finale in Berlin , Jaguar would only score 81 points in their campaign, finishing 7th in Teams' Championship once again. On 14 July 2020, Jaguar became
12285-450: The process. Jaguar lost the teams' title by 12 points to Envision; Evans secured the third in the drivers' championship. On 12 January 2024, it was announced that Joel Eriksson and Tom Dillmann would both remain as test, reserve, and simulator drivers for the 2023–24 season . Meanwhile, Nick Cassidy would replace Bird to partner Evans. The team experienced their best season to date, as two wins from each of their drivers would put them on
12420-567: The race before his tyres blistered and a pit stop dropped him down the order. He recovered to third, thus winning the title by a single point. Lauda's previously good relationship with Ferrari was severely affected by his decision to withdraw from the Japanese Grand Prix, and he endured a difficult 1977 season , despite easily winning the championship through consistency rather than outright pace. Lauda disliked his new teammate, Reutemann, who had served as his replacement driver. Lauda
12555-423: The race. Jaguar-powered cars were initially uncompetitive against Porsche -powered teams in race conditions (despite having a superior one-lap pace), but slowly took over, scoring several poles, podium finishes and wins since, splitting them between the factory drivers of Evans and Bird and the customer Envision Racing driver lineup of Nick Cassidy and Sébastien Buemi , who became Jaguar's biggest title rivals in
12690-440: The season, however, was Irvine scoring the team's first podium in Monaco , finishing third. This allowed Jaguar to finish eighth in the Constructors' Championship. 2002 was even worse under Lauda 's stewardship, with only a resurgence later in the year in terms of results. Ford 's board of directors were beginning to have major issues with the costs and benefits of running the team in Formula One, especially as it did not feature
12825-403: The second seat. On 26 September, Jaguar formally confirmed Evans as their first driver as he signed a multi-year contract with the team. This will be Evans' fourth consecutive season with Jaguar. On 2 October, Calado was confirmed as Evans' teammate. On the same day, Jaguar also unveiled the new I-Type 4 along with Castrol as its new partner, which returns to Jaguar's motorsport activities after
12960-468: The site. In March 2012, Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs at its Halewood plant, and a shift to 24-hour production at the plant. In the same month, Jaguar Land Rover and the China-based carmaker Chery agreed to invest an initial US$ 2.78 billion in a new joint venture, the activities of which would include the manufacture of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles and engines,
13095-402: The team after the Italian Grand Prix , following their move to Ford Cosworth V8 engines. After a two-year hiatus, Lauda returned to Formula One with McLaren in 1982 , winning multiple races upon his return. After a winless 1983 campaign, Lauda was partnered by Alain Prost the following season , beating Prost to his third title by a record half-point . Lauda retired at the conclusion of
13230-459: The team announced their latest rebranding to Jaguar TCS Racing along with confirming the unchanged driver lineup of Bird and Evans. Thierry Bolloré was also confirmed as the team's new chairman. On 17 January 2022, Norman Nato was announced as Jaguar's new reserve and simulator driver, joining Tom Dillmann and replacing Sacha Fenestraz . On 8 February 2022, it was announced that Jaguar would become powertrain suppliers for Envision Racing over
13365-459: The team as a second reserve driver, returning to the sport after previously competing for Venturi and NIO . On 22 July 2021, Jaguar Land Rover formally committed to Formula E for the next set of rules which are set to keep Jaguar Racing on the grid until 2026. Then on 3 August, it was announced that Evans signed another multi-year extension with the team. Before the Berlin ePrix , it was announced that Gerd Mäuser would step down from his role as
13500-539: The team as part of its global marketing operations to promote their Jaguar premium car company and marked for the first time since 1980 that a Formula One team was owned by American company when Shadow was the last American-owned Formula One team. Despite this branding, they continued to use full-works Ford Cosworth engines in the cars, no Jaguar engineering was involved and also served as Ford's official Formula One full-works team. Drivers included Eddie Irvine from 2000 to 2002, Johnny Herbert in 2000, Luciano Burti for
13635-582: The team from 2014 to 2019 . Outside of Formula One, Lauda won the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 1973 with Alpina , and the BMW M1 Procar Championship in 1979 with Project Four . In aviation, Lauda founded and managed three airlines: Lauda Air from 1985 to 1999, Niki from 2003 to 2011, and Lauda from 2016 onwards. Lauda was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993. Niki Lauda
13770-406: The team received publicity when two of the team's mechanics, having won an inflatable donkey from the movie Shrek from a give-away on a fizzy drink can, photographed it around the paddock at several races and set up a website for the pictures. After the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix , Bernie Ecclestone , Max Mosley , much of the sport's management, and every driver except Michael Schumacher signed
13905-483: The team was to enter the series as a manufacturer, developing its own powertrain . Jaguar made their debut in Formula E's third season, replacing the folded Trulli GP . On 19 August 2016, it was announced that Jaguar would bring A1 GP champion Adam Carroll , Le Mans champion Harry Tincknell and 2012 and 2014 GP3 champions Mitch Evans and Alex Lynn to the pre-season test at Donington Park , with plans for
14040-411: The team's maiden pole position. Jaguar would finish 6th in Teams' Championship, with the best result being Evans' inherited third place in the second race of the 2017 Hong Kong ePrix . The team managed three double points finishes throughout the season. Both drivers finished in top 10 of the Drivers' Championship – Evans was seventh, while Piquet ended the season at ninth place. Piquet, however, also had
14175-471: The team, directed by John Hogan , as it benefited from good management and a more efficient usage of resources (in particular, using a wind tunnel near the factory compared to one in California). A new lineup consisting of Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia (who was later replaced by Justin Wilson ) would help the team to retain seventh place in the Constructors' Championship. In Jaguar's final season,
14310-520: The time (three of the drivers that day later died in Formula One incidents: Tom Pryce in 1977; Ronnie Peterson in 1978; and Patrick Depailler in 1980), but a majority of the drivers voted against the boycott and the race went ahead. On 1 August 1976, during the second lap at the very fast left kink before Bergwerk, Lauda was involved in an accident where his Ferrari swerved off the track, hit an embankment, burst into flames, and made contact with Brett Lunger 's Surtees - Ford car. Unlike Lunger, Lauda
14445-459: The time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (54); he remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers' Championship with both Ferrari and McLaren , and won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons. Born and raised in Vienna , Lauda was the grandson of local industrialist Hans Lauda . Starting his career in karting , he progressed to Formula Vee and privateer racing in
14580-428: The title sponsor Panasonic. On 27 November, the team held a virtual launch of the I-Type 5 along with the drivers presentation, revealing new sponsors and announcing the car numbers. In February 2021, Sacha Fenestraz returned to the team as a reserve driver, replacing Blomqvist who joined NIO 333 as a full-time driver. The Diriyah ePrix double-header saw the team scoring two podium finishes and two retirements. In
14715-515: The top. From 1983 to 1985, the red and white were reversed to evoke memories of his earlier helmet design. In 1993, Lauda returned to Formula One in a managerial position when Luca di Montezemolo offered him a consulting role at Ferrari . Halfway through the 2001 season, Lauda assumed the role of team principal of the Jaguar Formula One team. The team failed to improve and Lauda was made redundant, together with 70 other key figures, at
14850-529: The two businesses – Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover for US$ 2.23 billion. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008. Included in the deal to buy Land Rover and Jaguar Cars were the rights to three other British brands: the Daimler marque , as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover . On 1 January 2013, the group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent
14985-685: The unknown Gilles Villeneuve in a third car at the Canadian Grand Prix . Joining Parmalat-sponsored Brabham - Alfa Romeo in 1978 for a $ 1 million salary, Lauda endured two unsuccessful seasons, remembered mainly for his one race in the Brabham BT46 B, a radical design known as the Fan Car: it won its first and only race at the Swedish GP, but Brabham did not use the car in Formula One again; other teams vigorously protested
15120-486: The year at the British GP , he had more than double the points of his closest challengers Jody Scheckter and James Hunt , and a second consecutive World Championship appeared a formality. It was a feat not achieved since Jack Brabham 's victories in 1959 and 1960 . He also looked set to win the most races in a season, a record held by the late Jim Clark since 1963 . A week before the 1976 German Grand Prix at
15255-526: The year ended 31 March 2013, Jaguar Land Rover sold a total of 374,636 units. In 2016, Jaguar Land Rover became the biggest car manufacturer in the UK, producing 489,923 cars and overtaking Nissan , the previous leader. In January 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that Jaguar Land Rover sold a record 425,006 vehicles in 2013 as demand for its luxury vehicles increased in all major markets including in China, North America and Europe. JLR
15390-615: Was a disappointment for Lauda, with eleven retirements from the fourteen races he started. He did not start the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after crashing and breaking his wrist during practice, and he later missed the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch ; John Watson replaced him for that race. He did manage fourth at the San Marino Grand Prix , 5th at the German Grand Prix , and
15525-542: Was a success, with both cars finishing on points for the first time since the opening round in Ad Diriyah . The race also marked Lynn's first point-scoring finish for the team. The team had a strong finish to the season, with Evans picking up multiple podium finishes, which even inserted him into Drivers' Championship fight at the Swiss ePrix , after which he found himself third in the ongoing championship with 87 points. Lynn
15660-400: Was also announced. In an effort to boost its chances at good results, Jaguar signed Nelson Piquet Jr. , the series' inaugural Drivers' Champion. Piquet had the option to stay with his previous employer NIO , but chose not to as a performance clause allowed him to exit the team. Evans was retained to partner Piquet, who replaced Carroll. Ho-Pin Tung remained with the team for another season as
15795-401: Was also the only driver who managed to physically cross the finish line in every race of the season, even though Audi 's Daniel Abt was classified in every race as well (but failed to finish in Rome as he retired in the final lap). In June 2019, Jaguar began their season six development testings with Alex Lynn and Mitch Evans. The team also tested James Calado , a potential candidate for
15930-517: Was also the team's first actual podium finish in the series. His teammate Lynn finished 12th on his Jaguar debut. Evans' car was subsequently sent to the FIA headquarters in Geneva for checks to analyse one of the wishbones and its compliance with the wishbone/arm element sealed at the homologation. No issues were found, thus the win became officially confirmed. Evans' point-scoring streak came to an end in
16065-449: Was appointed consultant at Ferrari as part of an effort by Montezemolo to rejuvenate the team. After selling his Lauda Air shares to majority partner Austrian Airlines in 1999, he managed the Jaguar Formula One racing team from 2001 to 2002. In late 2003, he started a new airline, Niki . Similar to Lauda Air, Niki was merged with its major partner Air Berlin in 2011. In early 2016, Lauda took over chartered airline Amira Air and renamed
16200-584: Was born on 22 February 1949 in Vienna , Austria, to a wealthy paper manufacturing family. His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born industrialist Hans Lauda . Lauda became a racing driver despite his family's disapproval. After starting out with a Mini , Lauda moved on into Formula Vee , as was normal in Central Europe , but rapidly moved up to drive in private Porsche and Chevron sports cars. With his career stalled, he took out
16335-596: Was catastrophic. Perhaps the lowest point of the team's season came at the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park , where both March cars were disqualified within three laps of each other, just past three-quarters of the race distance. Lauda took out another bank loan to buy his way into the BRM team in 1973. Lauda was instantly quick, but the team was in decline; although the BRM P160E was fast and easy to drive it
16470-570: Was expected to be launched in 2020. On 15 February 2021, CEO Thierry Bolloré announced that development on the all-electric XJ saloon has been cancelled due to poor sales of saloons in general, as people around the world are preferring crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks over saloons, coupes, convertibles, estates, hatchbacks, and compact cars, especially in the Americas, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East. In February 2021, JLR announced that
16605-419: Was helpful in boosting profit, with a 54.6% increase in worldwide sales. Tata was open to considering a partnership with another company, according to a statement in mid-October, if the partnership agreement would allow Tata to maintain control of the business. The company ruled out the possibility of a sale of JLR to another entity. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is a public limited company incorporated under
16740-585: Was mostly dealing with reliability issues, most notably retiring from second place in the first New York City race at the Brooklyn Street Circuit . Despite improved form in the second half of the season, Jaguar would finish 7th in Teams' Championship with 116 points, which is down from a 6th place achieved in the previous season. Evans, however, improved his result in Drivers' Championship as he finished fifth with 105 points, only three points short from Lucas di Grassi , who finished third. Evans
16875-411: Was not comfortable with this move and felt he had been let down by Ferrari. "We never could stand each other, and instead of taking pressure off me, they put on even more by bringing Carlos Reutemann into the team." Having announced his decision to quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left earlier after he won the Drivers' Championship at the United States Grand Prix because of the team's decision to run
17010-702: Was not reliable and its engine lacked power. Lauda's popularity was on the rise after he was running third at the Monaco Grand Prix that year before a gearbox failure ended his race prematurely, resulting in Enzo Ferrari becoming interested. When his BRM teammate Clay Regazzoni left to rejoin Ferrari in 1974, team owner Enzo Ferrari asked him what he thought of Lauda. Regazzoni spoke so favorably of Lauda that Ferrari promptly signed him, paying him enough to clear his debts. After an unsuccessful start to
17145-470: Was one of the very few he liked, one of a smaller number of people he respected and the only person he had envied. Lauda appeared in an episode of Mayday titled " Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits " regarding the events of Lauda Air Flight 004 , and described running an airline as more difficult than winning three Formula 1 championships. Lauda dated Mariella von Reininghaus until 1975. In 1976 he married
17280-449: Was open, I got you out of the car like a feather...'. As Lauda was wearing a modified helmet, it did not fit him properly; the foam had compressed and it slid off his head after the accident, leaving his face exposed to the fire. Although Lauda was conscious and able to stand immediately after the accident, he later lapsed into a coma. While in hospital he was given the last rites , but he survived. Lauda suffered extensive scarring from
17415-530: Was originally painted plain red with his full name written on both sides and the Raiffeisen Bank logo in the chin area. He wore a modified AGV helmet in the weeks following his Nürburgring accident so as the lining would not aggravate his burned scalp too badly. In 1982, upon his return to McLaren, his helmet was white and featured the red "L" logo of Lauda Air instead of his name on both sides, complete with branding from his personal sponsor Parmalat on
17550-485: Was replaced by American racing champion and successful team owner Bobby Rahal for 2001. Results did not improve, and the appointment of three-time F1 World Champion Niki Lauda in the middle of the year did not help team morale, with the team sliding further back in the field. An abortive attempt to bring McLaren's former technical director Adrian Newey to Jaguar further destabilised the team, and conflict between Rahal and Lauda led to Rahal's resignation. The highlight of
17685-498: Was struggling by mid-2019 and Tata Motors wrote down its investment in JLR by $ 3.9 billion. Much of the financial problem was due to a 50% drop in sales in China during 2018, although the situation was improving by autumn 2019. This was confirmed by a third quarter profit of £156 million (pre-tax) versus a £395 million loss in the second quarter; JLR had also experienced a boost in sales in China of 24%. The new Range Rover Evoque
17820-626: Was taken on as his replacement. Ferrari boycotted the Austrian Grand Prix in protest at what they saw as preferential treatment shown towards McLaren driver James Hunt at the Spanish and British Grands Prix. Lauda missed only two races, appearing at the Monza press conference six weeks after the accident with his fresh burns still bandaged. He finished fourth in the Italian GP , despite being, by his own admission, absolutely petrified. Formula One journalist Nigel Roebuck recalls seeing Lauda in
17955-552: Was to be spent on designing systems to allow the chassis of future models to be made out of aluminium; the first of these would be a new mid-sized sports saloon car to be introduced in 2015. The same month, the company announced plans to open a £100 million research and development centre called the National Automotive Innovation Campus at the University of Warwick , Coventry to create
18090-425: Was trapped in the wreckage. Drivers Arturo Merzario , Lunger, Guy Edwards , and Harald Ertl arrived at the scene a few moments later, but before Merzario was able to pull him from his car, Lauda suffered severe burns to his head and hands and inhaled hot toxic gases that damaged his lungs and blood. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Lauda said: There were basically two or three drivers trying to get me out of
18225-899: Was with Chery , China's sixth largest auto manufacturer, and called for a new Chinese factory in Changshu to build vehicles starting in 2014. Trial production at the facility began in April 2014, with a potential capacity of 130,000 vehicles annually. The first production model by the Chery Jaguar Land Rover venture was the Evoque, with other models planned that also include modifications, such as longer wheelbases, to satisfy Chinese market demand. In September 2013, Jaguar Land Rover announced an additional 1,700 jobs and £1.5 billion investment at its facility in Solihull. The money
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