The insult that spurred Niki Lauda on to his final F1 victory

Niki Lauda secured his 25th and final Grand Prix victory at Zandvoort in 1985, a remarkable feat achieved against his McLaren teammate Alain Prost. Despite a challenging season marked by poor reliability and a difficult qualifying session, Lauda's racecraft shone through. Having announced his retirement a week prior, the Austrian veteran fended off Prost in a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle to win by a mere 0.232 seconds. This victory equaled Jim Clark's tally of 25 wins and was underlined by Lauda's deteriorating relationship with team boss Ron Dennis, adding a layer of personal triumph to his last hurrah.