Niki Lauda says that the Formula 1 fraternity this week gave a thumbs-up to a movie about the sport's legendary 1976 world championship season.
During qualifying at the Nurburgring on Saturday, the triple world champion was spotted in the Mercedes garage with Ron Howard.
'Happy Days' actor, American Howard, director of Apollo 13, was behind 'Rush' - a movie about Austrian legend Lauda, his fiery 1976 Nurburgring crash and his rivalry with the late Briton, James Hunt.
The film will not be released until September, but some of the sport's leading figures - including Bernie Ecclestone and Lewis Hamilton - were given a special screening at the Nurburgring, Lauda told Austria's Kleine Zeitung newspaper.
"The pictures are really immense," said the 64-year-old Austrian, now co-owner and chairman of the Mercedes team.
"And the director Ron Howard was really happy because he could see how excited these Formula 1 experts were about his film," added Lauda.
A British newspaper said that Red Bull's Christian Horner and Adrian Newey also attended the screening. (GMM)
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