Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Yet, internal changes at the team meant his support within the outfit evaporated as Niki Lauda stepped ... bit at Blanchimont on lap two and some fuse popped ...

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.

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 ...

with the 1979 F1 world champion trading fastest lap times with Andretti in the early part of the race weekend. However, Niki Lauda bagged the pole in the Ferrari 312 T. Despite the early setback ...