Lauda, ​​dispute over the inheritance between the family and the Corriere.it Foundation

Niki Laudaformer three-time world champion Formula 1 driver with Ferrari And McLarenwho died four years ago (20 May 2019, he was 70), leaving a great void in the paddock and a vast inheritance of 500 million euros, around which a fierce dispute has arisen. According to reports from the Austrian newspaper Kurieraway from the curious eyes of the public, Two cases are pending at the Vienna Regional Court which deals with civil matters which see Lauda’s widow, the 44-year-old, as the protagonist Birgit Wetzinger.

The dispute

The latter, mother of the twins Max and Mia (13 years), in the two different proceedings he asked for between 20 and 30 million euros from the assets of the Lauda Foundation established by the former champion in 1997. All this despite the Austrian’s attempt to avoid disputes between his heirs, a will that had pushed him to clearly and clearly regulate the property relations between his two families with a lawyer, with on one side the sons Lukas (44 years old) and Mathias (42) born from the first marriage with Marlene Knaus, and with the other twins from his second marriage to Birgit. There should be no disputes between the two parties, only the Foundation would be at the center of the debate. Furthermore, according to the will, when the direct line of Lauda’s descendants dies out, what remains of the heritage will be destined for the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.