• The race helmet of Niki Lauda sits on top of his coffin during his funeral on Wednesday in Vienna. AFP
    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
    People hide under umbrellas as they queue up to pay their respect to Lauda. AFP
  • Actor Daniel Bruhl arrives for the funeral. Reuters
    Actor Daniel Bruhl arrives for the funeral. Reuters
  • Formula One group chief executive Chase Carey. Reuters
    Formula One group chief executive Chase Carey. Reuters
  • Four-time world champion Alain Prost, right, arrives with 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. 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.
    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
    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
    Prost, centre, lost the 1984 title to Lauda by 0.5 points. AFP
  • Bruhl talks to Nico Rosberg, back to camera. EPA
    Bruhl talks to Nico Rosberg, back to camera. EPA
  • 2016 world champion Rosberg worked with Lauda at Mercedes.
    2016 world champion Rosberg worked with Lauda at Mercedes.
  • British former F1 driver David Coulthard and his wife Karen Minier. AFP
    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
    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
    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
    Lauda's coffin is carried into St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.AFP
  • Hamilton accompanies Lauda's coffin after the funeral service. Reuters
    Hamilton accompanies Lauda's coffin after the funeral service. Reuters
  • Flavio Briatore and Ross Brawn both attended the funeral. AFP
    Flavio Briatore and Ross Brawn both attended the funeral. AFP

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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

Graham Caygill

May 29, 2019

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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.

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