Doctors Optimistic About Formula One Great Niki Lauda’s Recovery

Niki Lauda talks to the media at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Doctors are optimistic about Formula One triple world champion Niki Lauda’s recovery following a six-hour lung transplant.

The Austrian motor racing legend, 69, underwent the surgery in Vienna on Thursday.