Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na ngwụcha afọ 1975, Fittipaldi hapụrụ iji sonyere nwanne ya nwoke &lt;a href="Fittipaldi%20Automotive"&gt;Fittipaldi/Copersucar&lt;/a&gt; otu. Ebe ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala kachasị elu abanyela na ndị otu ndị ọzọ, Mayer tụgharịrị na James Hunt, onye ọkwọ ụgbọala onye biographer Gerald Donaldson tụgharịrị uche na ya nwere "aha ọjọọ". Na 2008, Lauda dị ike ọzọ na Ferrari ya; n'etiti oge, o duziri asọmpi ahụ na ihe 56 ebe Hunt nwere naanị 26 n'agbanyeghị mmeri na Spain (agbụrụ nke a kwụsịrị ya na mbụ) na France. Na
Otú ọ dị, na German Grand Prix, Lauda dara nke ukwuu, ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ nwụọ, ọ tụfuru agbụrụ abụọ sochirinụ. Hunt ji mmeri anọ ọzọ merie Grand Prix nke mere ka o jiri ihe atọ na-erughị eru na-aga n'ikpeazụ na Japan. N'ebe a, mmiri zoro nke ukwuu, Lauda lara ezumike nká n'ihi nchegbu maka nchekwa, na Hunt mechiri asọmpi ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala site n'ịrụcha nke atọ. Otú ọ dị, McLaren meriri Ferrari n'asọmpi ndị na-ewu ụgbọala.