3-time F1 champ hospitalised 5 months after lung transplant
Niki Lauda, three-time Formula One world champion, has been admitted to the hospital with flu, five months after undergoing a lung transplant. The 69-year-old underwent the life-saving lung transplant operation in August before he was released for rehabilitation nearly four months later. Lauda won his three F1 championships in 1975, 1977 and 1984.