Niki Lauda has been hailed by Sir Jackie Stewart as the bravest driver in Formula One history.
Nine months after a lung transplant and following complications from influenza he contracted while on holiday in Ibiza in January, Lauda died with his family at his bedside in Vienna on Monday. He was 70.
The grand prix roadshow will mourn the loss of its triple world champion, and the non-executive chairman of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team, when it arrives in Monaco on Wednesday.