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- The engines screamed in anticipation as the grid for the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix waited for the signal to burst into action.
- On pole was the indomitable hometown hero Niki Lauda, almost exactly a year on from the horrific crash in Germany that would leave his face permanently scarred.
- A spot behind him was the glamorous and charismatic Brit James Hunt, a man that Lauda described as the only person he ever envied.
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- The engines screamed in anticipation as the grid for the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix waited for the signal to burst into action.
- On pole was the indomitable hometown hero Niki Lauda, almost exactly a year on from the horrific crash in Germany that would leave his face permanently scarred.
- A spot behind him was the glamorous and charismatic Brit James Hunt, a man that Lauda described as the only person he ever envied.
Sources: ABC Australia