{"id":763079,"date":"2026-06-26T19:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763079\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:25:11","slug":"mercedes-welcome-niki-laudas-family-at-f1-austrian-gp-a-legacy-that-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763079\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes welcome Niki Lauda&#8217;s family at F1 Austrian GP: &#8220;A legacy that lives on&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven years after the passing of three-time Formula 1 champion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mercedes\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mercedes<\/a> non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, his family has joined the Brackley outfit at the Red Bull Ring ahead of this weekend&#8217;s Austrian Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes confirmed the visit via its social media channels, sharing images of Lauda&#8217;s son, Mathias, and his grandson, Lennon, alongside the Austrian driver&#8217;s famous red cap and headset.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A legacy that lives on. Special to have\u00a0Niki\u2019s family with us at his home race,&#8221; the team wrote on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Lauda, who passed away in 2019, served as the non-executive chairman of Mercedes and was a key part of the team&#8217;s success in the turbo hybrid era. He was also instrumental in convincing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/lewis-hamilton\/1278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> to join the squad from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mclaren\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McLaren<\/a> ahead of the 2013 season.<\/p>\n<p>After his passing, his signature red cap was permanently placed in the Mercedes garage alongside his headset as a tribute to the F1 legend. Additionally, a single red star has been included on the Mercedes livery as another nod to\u00a0Lauda.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great to see Lauda family around the paddock. The man was a legend after the accident that caused him massive burns,&#8221; one fan commented on the post, which had already amassed over 45,000 views at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May the entire Mercedes team honour this legacy this weekend,&#8221; someone else commented, while another fan added: &#8220;Hopefully Mercedes can make the Lauda family proud this weekend with a win!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further reactions included: &#8220;A legendary legacy that continues to inspire the entire paddock every single day. Having Niki&#8217;s family with the team in Austria makes this racing weekend deeply meaningful,&#8221; and &#8220;Niki Lauda\u2019s spirit will forever run deep through the veins of the Silver Arrows. Incredibly special to have his family trackside in Spielberg for his home race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven years after the passing of three-time Formula 1 champion and Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, his family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[45812,49,48,578,270882,576,577,1881,271690,47525,82,4962],"class_list":["post-763079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-austrian-gp","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-austrian-grand-prix","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-mercedes","tag-mercedes-welcome-niki-laudas-family-at-f1-austrian-gp-a-legacy-that-lives-on","tag-niki-lauda","tag-sports","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}