The Niki Lauda Collection

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 03 April 2016 - 10:06.

So some early cars.....

The Mini Cooper 1300S from his debut at Bad Mullacken Hillclimb 15/4/1968

Mini Cooper 1300 shared with Lambert Hofer, Nurburgring 6 Hours 7/7/1968 (source material may not be 100% on this one)

Porsche 911 Aspern Flugplatzrennen 6/10/1968

Kaimann Mk.3 Aspern Donau Pokal Formua Vee 6/10/1968

Opel Rekord 1900 “Black Widow” Tulln-Langenlebarn Group 5 13/7/1969

Porsche 910/10 Osterreichring Sports 2000 10/8/69, shared with Otto Stuppacher

Kaimann Mk.4 Nurburgring Eifel Cup Formula Vee 12/10/69

Porsche 908-2/008 Norisring 200 Mile Interserie 28/6/70

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Porsche 908-2/008 Hockenheim Interserie 5/7/1970

BMW 1602 Nurburgring 6 Hours 12/7/1970, shared with Rene Herzog

McNamara M3B Brands Hatch Formula 3 Trophy 17/7/70

Porsche 908-2/008 Nurburgring Interserie 18/10/1970

And now the Formula Two career...

March 712M/9 Mallory Park 14/3/1971

March 712M/9 Hockenheim 4/4/1971

March 712M/9 Eifelrennen 2/5/1971

March 712M/9 GP de Rouen-Les Essarts 27/6/71

March 712M/9 GP d’Albi EC 26/9/1971

March 722/5 Mallory Park EC 12/3/1972

March 722/5 Oulton Park John Player Championship 15/7/72

Next Bunch - Sports Racers & Touring Cars

Chevron B19/71-07 Salzburgring Sports 2000 23/5/1971

BMW 2800 CS Nurburgring Touring Cars 11/7/1971

Ford Capri 3000E Brands Hatch Pro-Celeb Race 14/7/72

BMW 2800 CS Zandvoort ETC 20/8/1972

March 73S Kyalami 9-Hours 4/11/1972 shared with Jody Scheckter

BMW 3.0 CSL Monza 4-Hours 25/3/1973

BMW 2002 Aspern Group 1 1/4/1973

BMW 3.0 CSL Spa 1000 Km 6/5/1973 shared with Hans Stuck

BMW 3.0 CSL Nurburgring 24-Hours 23-4/6/1973 shared with Hans-Peter Joisten

BMW 3.0 CSL Nurburgring 6-Hours 8/7/1973 shared with Hans-Peter Joisten

Ford Capri RS 2600 Osterreichring End Of Season Trophy 14/10/1973 (the source material may not be 100% accurate here)

Ferrari 312PB 74/0876 Fiorano Test F1 January 1974

Ford Capri RS 3100 Nurburgring 6-Hours 14/7/1974

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March F1 career, 1971-1972.....

March 711/1 Austrian GP 15/8/1971

March 721/2 Argentine GP 23/1/1972

March 721/2 South African GP 4/3/1972

March 721X/1 Belgian GP 4/6/1972

March 721G/1 GP della Repubblica Italia 17/6/72 - CMGD Team car tested in practice

March 721/1 GP della Repubblica Italia 18/6/72

March 721G/2 French GP 2/7/1972

March 721G/4 British GP 15/7/1972

Matra MS120B/4 Zandvoort Tyre Test 14/8/1972

March 721G/4 Italian GP 10/9/1972

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 08 April 2016 - 08:49.

Thanks guys.

BRM 1973...

BRM P160C/05 Argentine GP 23/1/1973

BRM P160D/01 South African GP 3/3/1973

BRM P160E/08 Belgian GP 20/5/1973

BRM P160E/08Canadian GP 23/9/1973

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Ferrari 1974......

Ferrari 312B3/011 Fiorano test October 1973, 1^st Ferrari test

Ferrari 312B3/012 Vallelunga test October 1973

Ferrari 312B3/012 Argentine F1 12/1/1974, Practice only

Ferrari 312B3/012 Argentine GP 13/1/1974

Ferrari 312B3 Vallelunga Test February 1974

Ferrari 312B3/010 Race of Champions 17/3/1974

Ferrari 312B3/015 Spanish GP 28/4/1974

Ferrari 312B3/012 Monaco GP 26/5/1974

Ferrari 312B3/015 Dutch GP 23/6/1974

Ferrari 312B3/015 German GP 4/8/1974

Ferrari 312B3 Monza test August 1974

Ferrari 312T/018 1^st Test, Fiorano October 1974

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Ferrari 1975....

Ferrari 312B3/020 Argentine GP 10/1/1975, Practice only

Ferrari 312B3/020 Argentine GP 12/1/1975

Ferrari 312T/018 French GP 5/7/1975 1^st Practice

Ferrari 312T/023 Italian GP 26/5/1975

Ferrari 312T2/025 Presentation, Fiorano 26/10/1975

Ferrari 312TA Vallelunga test November 1975

Ferrari 312T2/025 Mugello test November 1975

Ferrari 312T Fiorano test December 1975

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Ferrari 1976....

Ferrari 312T2/025 Vallelunga test February 1976

Ferrari 312T/023 South African GP 6/3/1976

Ferrari 312T2/025 Race Of Champions 14/3/1976

Ferrari 312T/02 United States (West) GP 28/3/76

Ferrari 312T2/025 Spanish GP Practice 30/4/1976

Ferrari 312T2/025-7 Fiorano test May 1976

Ferrari 312T2/026 Monaco GP 20/5/1976

Ferrari 312T2/026 Swedish GP Practice 11/6/1976

Ferrari 312T2/026 French GP Practice 3/7/1976

Ferrari 312T2/028 German GP Practice 31/7/1976

Ferrari 312T2/026 Italian GP Practice 11/9/1976

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Formula 11977....

Ferrari 312T2/026 Argentine GP 9/1/1977

Ferrari 312T6 Fiorano test April 1977

Ferrari 312T2 Fiorano test April 1977

Ferrari 312T2 Fiorano test 10/6/1977 Long wheelbase

Ligier JS7/02 Zandvoort Tyre Test 6-15/6/1977

Fittipaldi F5/1 Zandvoort Tyre Test 6-15/6/1977

Ferrari 312T2/031 German GP Practice 29/7/1977

Ferrari 312T2/031 German GP 31/7/1977

Ferrari 312T2/031 Dutch GP 28/8/1977

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1978 Season....

Brabham BT45B Vallelunga late 1977, 1^st test

Brabham BT46/1 Launch December 1977

Brabham BT45C/7 Argentine GP 15/1/1978

Brabham BT45C/7 Brazilian GP 29/1/1978

Brabham BT46/1 South African GP 1978

Brabham BT46/4 Monaco GP 7/5/1978

Brabham BT46B/6 Swedish GP 7/6/1978

Brabham BT46/5 French GP Practice 1/7/1978

Brabham BT46/6 French GP 2/7/1978

Brabham BT46C/6 Austrian GP Practice 11/8/1978

Alfa Romeo T177/001 Le Castellet test 23/8/1978

Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC Riverside Road Race 14/10/78

1979 Season...

Brabham BT48/2 Argentine GP 1^st Practice 20/1/1979

Brabham BT48/2 Argentine GP 22/1/1979

Brabham BT48/2 Race Of Champions Practice 14/4/1979

BMW M1 Monaco Procar 26/5/1979

Brabham BT48/4 Monaco GP 27/5/1979

Brabham BT48/2 Gran Premio Dino Ferrari 16/9/79

Brabham BT49/3 Canadian GP Practice 28/9/1979

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McLaren era 1981-1985

McLaren MP4/1 Donington Park Test 15-22/9/1981

McLaren MP4/1B-04 Detroit GP 6/6/1982

McLaren MP4/1B-07 Swiss GP 29/8/1982

McLaren MP4/1C-7 Brazilian GP 13/3/1983

Porsche 930 (911) Weissach Test 1983 TAG Turbo test hack

McLaren MP4/1D Weissach Test April 1983 TAG Turbo test hack

Porsche 956/107Weissach Test August 1983 TAG Turbo test hack

McLaren MP4/1E-6 Dutch GP 28/8/1983

McLaren MP4/1E-6 European GP 25/9/1983

McLaren MP4/2-1 Italian GP 9/9/1984

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 European GP Demo Race 5/10/1984 Practice

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 European GP Demo Race 6/10/1984

Ralt RT4 Australian GP Formula Mondial 18/11/1984

McLaren MP4/2B-1 Dutch GP 25/8/1985

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Post-Retirement era....

BMW M5 Nurburgring Renntaxi, July 1986 demonstration 

McLaren MP4/98T-1 Demonstration 21/6/1999, Lukas & Matthias as passengers

Jaguar R2C Valencia “Test” 13/1/2002

Ferrari 312PB/0892 Nurburgring Demo 23+24/7/2003, Modena Motorsport Festival

Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM Hockenheim DTM 2003, Demo (Bernd Schneider’s Car)

BMW M1 Hockenheim Procar Revival 19/7/2008

Ford Sierra RS500 Australian Supercars 1988 (a bit of an oddity this one; sponsorship only by Lauda Air, but not driven by him)

Mercedes-Benz W196/008-54 Hockenheim 23-25/10/2009 Demonstration

Mercedes-Benz 500 SLE Rallye MB Stars & Cars 12/12/2015 Pursuit

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 09 April 2016 - 06:20.

That's the collection to date (having sorted out some of the previous fuzzy photos - sorry). There are a few work-in-progress items awaiting parts to finish, these being the BMW 2800 from the 1971 Spa 24 Hours; March 722 F2 from Pau, 1972; BMW 3.0 CSL practiced at the 1973 Nurburgring 1000 km; Brabham BT45C Le Castellet Test January 1978 and Brabham BT46/1 Kyalami Test February 1978. I will post these in the appropriate places when completed.

There are still a couple of omissions for which I am still unable to find any images that are stymying my "completist" tendencies, so if anyone can help with the following I would be very grateful indeed:

• Porsche 902/2-008 Preis Der Martha 25/10/1970
• BMW 2002 Innsbruck Group 1 30/9/1973

If anyone has some more robust source material for the Lauda/Hofer Mini from the 1968 Nurburgring 6 Hours or the Ford Capri RS2600 from 1973's Osterreichring End Of Season Trophy that would validate the completed models, I would love to hear from them.

Thanks for indulging me.

Edited by dolomite, 08 April 2016 - 15:22.

Very nice collection. Congratulations!

BMW M5 Nurburgring Renntaxi, July 1979 demonstration

I think you know your E28 M5 model is a E30 series 3. The year 1979 is definitely wrong. The first M5 was introduced in 1985. Niki started to work with BMW in 1986. So should be dated to that year.

Thanks Irvine99 - the perils of late night posting! Suitably corrected now.

Omitted this one - March 712/722 evolution, tested at Silverstone August 1971.

Couple of late additions:

March 722/5 F2, Deutschland Trophy, Hockenheim 16/4/1972

March 722/5 F2, Pau 7/5/1972

Ferrari 312T2-77, Unraced modifications, Fiorano January 1977

Wow.  Wow.  Wow.  Incredible.

Even the Camaro from the IROC Riverside race in 1978.

Fantastic work.

Didn't he miss a race ortwo following an accident on a ride-on lawnmower?  Should it be included?

Do we have the chassis number ??? 

Vince H.

I'm probably not quite anal enough to have a go at the infamous tractor, though I am quite tempted to do the go kart he demonstrated somewhere in Eastern Europe a few years back. And I quite like the look of the fully-liveried Chevrolet Blazer he drove in the driver's parade at the Osterreichring in 1975    

I have now built up the other variant of the Brabham BT48 that was used in first practice for the Spanish GP in 1979; I'll get round to photographing that shortly. Still waiting on the arrival of base models to have a go at the BMW 2800CS from Spa 24 hours 1971, the BMW 3.0 CSL practiced for the 1973 Nurburgring 1000 km and another F3 McNamara to be completed in the correct green livery for Brno in 1970. And maybe I might then look at the test livery versions of the Brabham BT45C and Brabham BT46 from 1978.....and there's still a couple of others I can't find pictures of anywhere!

The trouble with being a completist is you keep finding stuff that you hadn't thought about .....

Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. 

I was joking about his lawnmower/tractor incident.  But on the question of tractors, did he take part in any of the celebrity tractor races between GP drivers at Brands Hatch?  If so that would be a valid subject for a model. 
I don't think the tractor and trailer they paraded the Silverstone winner on counts, as he didn't drive it.

That's an interesting point about the Brands Hatch tractor races - I had forgotten about them. In fact, the only one I can recall seeing a photo of was from the 1972 event which was run before the Rothmans 50,000 Formula Libre race (there's a colour pic in "From Brands Hatch To Indianapolis"). Perhaps some of the TNFers may know how many such races there were, and who took part? Maybe I should post that question on the main forum. 

Wow.  Wow.  Wow.  Incredible.
 
Even the Camaro from the IROC Riverside race in 1978.
 
Fantastic work.
 

Great collection. Maybe some future additions: the Rolls Royce he owned in the 70s, the Ferrari 288 GTO gift, the Alfa Spyder Veloce (limited edition with Niki Lauda F1 decalling on the nose) and the Moon Car  from the movie "Die zukunft hat Geburtstag".

Thanks Arjan. I didn't know about the Lunar Rover demonstrated in the film - that looks pretty interesting!

I have a few of the "road cars" sorted already (and just for the sake of completeness, I'll post some photos of these separately). The 288 GTO is actually en route (and has been for a while, now!) but so far I have completed:

• Fiat X1/9 Lusso Sportivo, 1976 (Lauda was persuaded to appear in the advertisments used to promote this whilst he was at Ferrari)
• Alfa Romeo 1600 Giuletta 1978 (he appeared in a TV commercial alongside a small boy dreaming of owning one)
• Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce (as you describe)
• Ferrari 458 Niki Lauda Edition (indirectly endorsed special edition)

I've thought about doing the Rolls Royce (pictured in "For the Record"), but the guy has had so many personal cars it starts to become a case of "where does it end?". I may, however, go with ones where there is a particular significance or where he has had some media or promotional involvement, such as:

• Volkswagen Beetle drophead (the first car, the one he learned to drive in on the family estate)
• Bentley S3 1966 (own car)
• Ferrari 308 GTB 1976 (developed with his input and used in publicity shots at Fiorano)
• Porsche 911/930 (own car 1978)
• BMW M3 (road tested 1978)
• Audi Quattro (publicity shots)
• Mercedes-Benz S-class (tested at the Nurburgring on video)
• Smart 2 Brabus (endorsed)
• Smart city car 2003 (for his Vienna "Laudamotion" project)

There's also the Ski/Sled "Car" he demonstrated in tandem with Bernie Ecclestone at the Hannenkham in 2013.

As far as track vehicles go, I'm still trying to find out if he actually drove the following:

• Lola T212 which he was down to drive in the 1972 Buenos Aires 1000 km for Ecurie Bonnier. He didn't race it but I wonder if he tried it out before?
• Ferrari 312B3 with the full width nose, as tested by Regazzoni at Vallelunga in 1974?
• Red Bull RB2 2006 - photos show him sitting helmet-less in the cockpit, with his name on the side, but did he ever drive it?

And then of course my remaining long standing quest to find a picture of the BMW 2002 he raced in the Prix von Tirol, Innsbruck in September 1973.

If anyone knows of others, I'd be delighted to hear about them or see images!

Further images a promised....

Brabham BT48/2, 1st practice Spanish GP 27/4/1979

An oddity here: Geoff Nicol's March 74B Formula Pacific from Adelaide International Raceway, 1983 complete with "Niki Lauda After Shave" sponsor joke...

These close ups really show up the flaws, sorry !

And the road cars so far:

Fiat X1/9 Sportivo Lusso 1976

Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce Niki Lauda

Alfa Romeo 1600 Giuletta 1978

Ferrari 458 Niki Lauda Edition 2013

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 09 October 2016 - 19:30.

Are you going to move on to his aircraft?  Maybe the lightplanes pre-Lauda Air.

Edited by D-Type, 09 October 2016 - 09:46.

Does Niki know about all this?

I'm too dizzy to care. For those of us with slow internet service all those photos means trying to open the thread or scroll to the end has the screen jumping all over the place for 2 or 3 minutes. 

Sorry if the plethora of photos is causing you issues RS2000. I've tried to use the recommended route for posting.

As for whether the good Mr Lauda ia aware of my project, I couldn't say. In the past, he has been famously disinterested in memorabilia (witness his giving away of his trophies to a local garage in return for free car washes), though he has of late given a few more retrospective interviews and was of course a supporter of the "Rush" movie. If these models are of interest, you never know....

I hadn't given any thought to the aircraft, but the answer is probably not; tracking down enough source images would most likely preclude it.

I just wondered whether he would be able to help as well.  I know of one or two people who have made comebacks so that their kids can see them in action, perhaps Niki would want to show his grandkids that he was a Big Wheel...

Here's a few more updates:

March 732/1 - Development Tests, October 1972

BMW 3.0 CSL Nurburgring 1000 km, 27/5/1973 shared with Brian Muir (practiced)

Ford Capri RS3100 Austria Trophy, Salzburgring, 14/4/1974 shared with Jochen Mass (No sills, smaller vents in wheel arches and different cooling arrangement under the rear. Had missed this until recently.)

Brabham BT45C Le Castellet Test, January 1978

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 16 December 2016 - 19:45.

New delivery today courtesy of Best Model's latest release; one I wasn't aware of:

Ferrari 308 GTB4 LM - Fiorano test 1976

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Did manage to find one image on the web that confirms its provenance though.

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 16 December 2016 - 19:44.

What an amazing labour of love! Well done you.

The Ralt RT4 - is there a kit for that or did you scratch-build it too?

Maybe you should include the FIAT from 'Rush' - the on that picked up he and Marlene?

Bruce Moxon

Thanks Bruce.

For the Formula Pacific Ralt, I used an F3 Ralt as the base, modified the bodywork and engine bay and added F2 wheels before the usual paint & decalling. Not so much conversion work needed on that one as with some others!

I've also added the Ferrari 305 GT4 BB (4.4-litre version) that he was doing bespoke tyre tests with at Fiorano in early 1976, with DSJ as his passenger among other journalists. Will photograph that one in due course.

Regards,

Jon

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 17 December 2016 - 17:40.

Amazing.

Finally managed to complete 3 more gaps - though the eyesight is now making it a bit trickier 

McNamara M3B/007-70 Brno F3 24/5/1970

Corrected BMW 2800 CS Nurburgring TC 11/7/1971

BMW 2800 CS Spa 24 hours 24/7/1971