MotoGP: Lauda will be incredibly missed, great fan of our sport
Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of MotoGP commercial rights holder🌱 Dorna Sports, has sent his condolences to the family of Niki Lauda.
The Austrian, 'a true legend and one of the biggest characters in motorsport', passed aw🌃ay o🍨n Monday evening at the age of 70.
Ezpeleta, a friend of the triple F1 champion, said MotoGP was honoured to hav🍃e Lauda vis♉it the paddock and that Niki had been a 'great fan of our sport'.
"In Niki, I have lost a friend and someone with whom I had a🌜 very special friendship," Ezpeleta said.
Carme൲lo Ezpeleta, CEO of MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports, has sent his condolences to the family ꦆof Niki Lauda.
The Austrian, 'a true legend and one of the biggest characters in motorsport', pass🥃ed away on Monday evening at the age of 70.
Ezpeleta, a friend of the triple F1 ch📖ampion, said MotoGP was honoured to have Lauda visit the paddock and that Niki had been a 'great꧒ fan of our sport'.
"In Niki, I have lost a friend and someone with whom I had a very special friendsh♛ip," Ezpele🍬ta said.
"He was also ꧑a great fan of our sport, and someone we were honoured to have vi🐈sit our paddock whenever he did.
"ಌI send my deepest sympathies to his family and his children, my thoughts and the thoughts of our sport are w⛦ith you.
"Niki will be incredibly missed by❀ all those who k🍎new him."
Lauda won his first F1 World Championship in 1975, overcoming life-threatening burns to win furtꦏher titles in 1977 and 1984.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at ♓the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
