Niki Lauda said yesterday that Mercedes will have a far easier time ... The 29-year-old German’s hopes of glory were shattered by a failure of his car’s ERS (energy recovery store) on lap 23 of the 55 ...

It was the coldest Formula 1 race in history, and it should come as no surprise that it was ultimately won by a master of the winter ... Drivers like Niki Lauda, Mario Andretti, and Bobby Rahal ...

Niki Lauda was trapped ... John Watson helped Lauda until medics arrived Watson arrived at the crash scene seconds later and cradled Lauda in his lap until the ambulance arrived.