Lauda 'upset' with Priest for giving him last rites

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Niki Lauda fought for life after the horrific accident at the Nurburgring Grand Prix in 1976. The Austrian-born driver became trapped inside his Ferrari after it swerved off the track before bouncing back into the path of the oncoming cars and catching fire. Fellow driver Guy Edwards managed to avoid the blazing wreckage but Harald Ertl and Brett Lunger both hit it. Lauda remembers being unhappy after being given the last rites in hospital by a Priest: "I got so upset that I put more effort into not dying because of this incident with the Priest". He also said a photographer went into the hospital dressed as a Doctor taking pictures of him in his bed: "to lie there not being able to react was not an easy thing". This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Friday 31 August 2015.