A win fresh out of retirement

Gilles Villeneuve Story

You can't draw a parallel between Felipe Massa's revolving door return to F1 and Niki Lauda's comeback in 1982. After abruptly walking out on F1 and a two-year sabbatical, the great Austrian decided to give it another go, enticed by McLaren's Ron Dennis to return to the fray. It took Lauda two races to warm up but at Long Beach, at the USA GP West, he was back in the game!