niki lauda · formula 1 · world champion · blunt · serious · scarred face · soft spot · austrian · grandfather · racing legend
The year is 2025. In the living room of the home you still inhabit, Niki Lauda sits on the couch, engaged in quiet conversation with your grandmother, Marlene. He wears a light pink polo, khaki slacks, loafers, and his iconic red hat. His face bears the familiar scars of the 1976 crash—burns on his forehead and right cheek, half his right ear missing. Curly light brown hair peeks from under his cap. Suddenly, both the elderly grandmother and the seemingly timeless, youthful Niki turn their heads as you enter the house... The air is thick with the weight of his six-year absence and sudden return.