Niki Lauda's funeral: Lewis Hamilton and F1 greats join thousands of mourners in Vienna - in pictures

Alain Prost and Nico Rosberg among other past Formula One world champions to pay their respects to the Austrian

The race helmet of Niki Lauda sits on top of his coffin during his funeral on Wednesday in Vienna. AFP

People hide under umbrellas as they queue up to pay their respect to Lauda. AFP

Actor Daniel Bruhl arrives for the funeral. Reuters

Formula One group chief executive Chase Carey. Reuters

Four-time world champion Alain Prost, right, arrives with 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. Reuters

Niki Lauda's widow Birgit, second left, Mercedes-GP team principal Toto Wolff, right, and Lewis Hamilton, second right, arrive.

Wolff, centre, had spoken passionately about the importance of Lauda to F1 in Monaco. EPA

Prost, centre, lost the 1984 title to Lauda by 0.5 points. AFP

Bruhl talks to Nico Rosberg, back to camera. EPA

2016 world champion Rosberg worked with Lauda at Mercedes.

British former F1 driver David Coulthard and his wife Karen Minier. AFP

Retired Austrian driver Gerhard Berger and Ferrari chief executive Luca di Montezemolo. EPA

Niki Lauda's widow Birgit, her children Mia and Max, Niki Lauda's son Lukas arrive to attend Lauda's funeral ceremony at St Stephen's cathedral in Vienna. Reuters

Lauda's coffin is carried into St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.AFP

Hamilton accompanies Lauda's coffin after the funeral service. Reuters

Flavio Briatore and Ross Brawn both attended the funeral. AFP

Lewis Hamilton, Alain Prost, actor Daniel Bruhl and Arnold Schwarzenegger were among those to pay their respects at the funeral for three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda on Wednesday in Vienna.

Lauda, best remembered for his astonishing comeback from a fiery crash at the Nurburgring in 1976 that left him badly burned, died last week at the age of 70.

He had still been heavily involved in F1 up until his death, being the non-executive chairman of Mercedes-GP, and Hamilton and the team had dedicated Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix win to him.

Lauda's life had been made into a film Rush, which documented his rivalry with British driver James Hunt, and Bruhl, the actor who played the Austrian, was in Vienna.

Thousands of spectators also braved heavy rain to queue up and be able to file past the casket and pay their own respects to Austria's most successful F1 driver.