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The last time Lauda drove an F1 car

As AUTOSPORT's Hunt/Lauda bookazine launches, we revisit a feature from January 2002, when then-Jaguar boss Niki Lauda returned to the F1 cockpit, including video of the event

The last time Niki Lauda raced a Formula 1 car, Jennifer Rush was wailing away at number one with the Power of Love. A pint of beer was a very reasonable 72p and Jenson Button was just five years old.

But last Sunday the 52-year-old boss of Jaguar Racing donned his famous orange and white crash helmet one more time and set off on a lap of the Valencia circuit.

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