Lauda was comfortably leading the world championship after another 3 wins, when at the 1976 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring he had a massive accident caused by a suspected rear suspension failure.
Lauda lideraba comodamente o campionato do mundo logo de 3 vitorias, cando no Gran Premio de Alemaña de 1976 en Nürburgring tivo un enorme accidente causado, sospéitase, por unha avaría na suspensión traseira.