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Niki Lauda admits he panicked he would kill himself when he returned to racing at Monza following his horror crash at the German Grand Prix earlier in the 1976 World Championship.

The Austrian had been given the last rites as he lay in a hospital bed bandages covering the horrific burns on his face following a fiery crash at the Nurburgring.

However, just six weeks later he was behind the wheel of his Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix to resume his now legendary title battle with James Hunt.

"I had such a panic that I would drive under a car and kill myself. It was the pressure I put myself under," he told 5 live Sport's Tom Clarkson.

"I had pain because of the burns on my head, but once I snapped out of it I wanted to go as quick as I could."

This clip is from 5 live Sport on Thursday 01 September 2016.