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But at least you have beautiful ghosts

“Happiness is your biggest enemy. It weakens you. Puts doubts in your mind. Suddenly you have something to lose!”

"Twenty five drivers start every season in Formula One, and each year two of us die. What kind of person does a job like this? Not normal men, for sure. Rebels, lunatics, dreamers. People who are that desperate to make a mark, and are prepared to die trying. My name is Niki Lauda, and racing people know me for two things. The first is my rivalry with him [James Hunt].  I don't know why it became such a big thing. We were just drivers busting each other's balls. To me this is perfectly normal, but other people saw in differently. That whatever it was between us went deeper. The other thing I'm remembered for is what happened on 1st August 1976, when I was chasing him like an asshole...”

My 240 in its habitat by me

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJoTxywiRG0)

"You appreciate that it is very easy to die and you have to arrange your life to cope with that reality." ~ Niki Lauda