In December Niki Lauda full of Confidence: “It goes uphill, I can walk without any support. At the end of January, I going to throw away the Walker,” said the former three-time formula 1 world champion, the “courier”. The Austrians planned to spend Christmas with his family in Ibiza.

How now, the “Kronen Zeitung” reported, ended up the holiday for Lauda abruptly. He had to be flown home since the beginning of January, Lauda spent in the ICU in the General hospital of the city of Vienna. The reason for the posting of a flu, which could become problematic.

Weakened by the lung transplant

Lauda was already struggling last year with health problems. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes-formula-1-Teams had to undergo a complicated, but ultimately successful lung transplant.

for Five months, Lauda was virtually only in the bed. In December, however, the 69-Year-old saying: “The lung is working properly, this is the most Important. I must now come only to the best.” Now Lauda is back in the hospital. (te)

Created: 06.01.2019, 09:25 PM