Parting shot: Kyalami 1976

March 4, 1976 Kyalami, South Africa

Niki Lauda raises his hand in a driver's briefing at the 1976 South African Grand Prix

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Niki Lauda – known for mixing serious discussion with witty outbursts – sits front and centre in what appears to be one of the more amusing F1 driver briefings. Something certainly seems to have tickled much of the grid, especially the group of Gunnar Nilsson, Ian Scheckter and John Watson (left). James Hunt (behind Lauda) is enjoying himself, however Mario Andretti (behind Fittipaldi) looks less impressed…