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The casket of Formula One legend and Austrian national hero Niki Lauda is brought out of Vienna's landmark cathedral after a funeral ceremony attended by a host of F1 stars including world champion Lewis Hamilton. IMAGES
He started in Formula 1 between 1971 and 1985 and became world champion three times. As a 19-year-old - in his first race, the mountain race on April 15, 1968 in Bad Mühllacken - Lauda was second in a class with a Mini Cooper S 1300 right off the bat.Lauda's first Formula 1 race was the Grand Prix of Austria on 15 August 1971 for March-Ford, where he failed. In 1972, Lauda bought a cockpit from March-Ford with a loan of Raiffeisenbank in the amount of two million Schilling.Grand Prix of Germany on August 1, 1976 - amateur film footage of a French spectator reveals how the Ferrari 312T2 suddenly turns outward (ie to the right) after passing through the left-hand bend, which today is unofficially named after Lauda, bumping into a cliff face along the road and flies up in flames.
Coffin transporting body of former president Sebastian Pinera arrives at cathedral as the country holds State funeral. The 74-year-old billionaire died on February 6th when the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake. IMAGES
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh for a flight back to London where it will be displayed to the public for several days ahead of her funeral next week. The monarch's only daughter Princess Anne is accompanying the casket which will be flown from Edinburgh to an air base west of London before the coffin procession makes its way to Buckingham Palace. IMAGES
People leave St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh after seeing the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state before travelling back to London. IMAGES
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