These were words that went down in history. Because he didn't want to anymore "race in a circle“, Is Niki Lauda leta 1979 announced the letter from Formula 1 and that immediately. Even during training for Canadian GP the then two-time world champion ended his career and left the team Brabham in Bernie Ecclestone.
Austrian is then up to Canada has been experiencing real horror since the season since he was on 13s races recorded kar eleven resignations. Afterwards, he preferred to dedicate himself to aviation and setting up its own airline. But by the end of the season, there were two more races. But after just a few rounds of training in Montreal, it is Lauda hung his helmet on a wedge. With this, the Austrian put his team in front of a big problem, as they had to quickly find a new racer. 40 let later he was the team boss at the time Bernie Ecclestone denied that Lauda simply let the team down. “That's not true at all,”He told British colleagues from Sky.
Instead, he was supposed to Lauda announced that he only wants to end his career after the end of the season. “Then I said to him, 'Do you know when you're going to quit?' He replied, 'Yes, the end of the year.' I retorted to him, ‘I should quit now. Imagine having an accident today and lying in the hospital. You will go now! ' And he asked me, 'What should I do now?' I told him, 'Take off your overalls, get in the car and disappear.' And then he did.' "
Brabham brought the Argentine to the team quickly Ricardo Zunino, who experienced his christening in Formula 1 and drove the last two races for the team. He did not score points. In Lauda? Later, he wanted to race in a circle again and it took years 1982 returned to Formula 1, where he remained for another four years, during which time he added more to his collection en world title.
