Outside Line: Here is why Niki Lauda has to be the GOATest of the Formula 1 GOATs

Writer Paul Velasco reflects on the 50th anniversary of Niki Lauda's near-fatal crash at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, which occurred on 1 August 1976. Velasco, who was 15 at the time and attending boarding school in South Africa, recalls watching SABC television coverage of the accident, one of the rare instances Formula 1 was broadcast in the country. The article argues that Lauda's survival and subsequent comeback make him the greatest of all time in Formula 1 history.