History Film / Rush2013

** For Niki, of course, it was [[spoiler: his Nurburgring crash.]]

* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Niki talks about the "percentage of risk" quite a bit. According to him, there's a 20% chance of death in a race under normal conditions, which is acceptable. At Nurburgring it's over that, which is unacceptable. There's also no point in increasing the percentage by speeding on regular roads if he's not getting paid (or unless Marlene asks him to).

* IronicEcho: At the Nurburgring, when Niki calls for the race to be cancelled on account of the treacherous rain, James sways everyone to race anyway by suggesting Niki's only doing it to preserve his chances of retaining the title. Cue Fuji, and worse rain, and James is the one calling for the race to be cancelled, even though doing so automatically gives the title to Niki. Not that it mattered, both races went on. (In real life James actually did try to withdraw. Alastair literally threatened to break James's neck if he got out of the car.)

* RedShirt: The Francois Cevert/Helmuth Koinigg CompositeCharacter's only appearance the film is sans-head to demonstrate that AnyoneCanDie. An unnamed driver is also carted away from the Nurburgring with horrific leg injuries the day before the race.

* ThatOneLevel (InUniverse): The Nurburgring (to be specific the Nordschleife circuit where the race was held). Between it being a MarathonLevel (the lap record is ''7 minutes'' and technically Niki has gone under that in a test session, hence him saying he has the record) and long stretches where it's difficult to impossible to have marshals nearby or medical cars to get there easily, it was little wonder Niki tried to boycott the race. After Niki's accident the Nurburgring didn't hold a Formula One race for eight years, and when it did it was on the shorter and safer Strecke circuit.

* VictoriousLoser: [[spoiler:Niki may have lost the title to James, but he's alive to try again, and after the Nurburgring, that was more important to him. Besides, he'd go on to win two more titles, so if anything it's a setback, not a loss.]]

''Rush'' is a 2013 film directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring Creator/DanielBruhl and Creator/ChrisHemsworth. The film dramatizes the real-life UsefulNotes/FormulaOne rivalry of British playboy James Hunt and Austrian precision driver Niki Lauda, culminating in their 1976 duel for the world championship, which is widely considered the most dramatic year in motorsports history. The score was composed by Creator/HansZimmer and the script was penned by Peter Morgan. The real Niki Lauda acted as a consultant for both Peter Morgan and Daniel Brühl. The movie premiered in the UK on September 2nd and opened in the US on September 27th.

''Rush'' is a 2013 film directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring Daniel Brühl and Creator/ChrisHemsworth. The film dramatizes the real-life UsefulNotes/FormulaOne rivalry of British playboy James Hunt and Austrian precision driver Niki Lauda, culminating in their 1976 duel for the world championship, which is widely considered the most dramatic year in motorsports history. The score was composed by Creator/HansZimmer and the script was penned by Peter Morgan. The real Niki Lauda acted as a consultant for both Peter Morgan and Daniel Brühl. The movie premiered in the UK on September 2nd and opened in the US on September 27th.

** A rather minor change in the grand scheme of things: the real life Niki has blue eyes. Presumably they were changed to brown to further the contrast between him and the also blue eyed James, or to make it easier on the naturally brown-eyed Daniel Brühl.

** At the final race in Fuji, Niki pulls another one after only one lap, not wanting to risk his life again because it's not safe in the puring rain.

* AutobiographicalRole: Simon Taylor is the BBC commentator in the film. Taylor actually called F1 races for BBC Radio, beginning in...1976! Taylor also helped with editing the film, and put together dialogue for commentators who were calling the races in other lsnguages.

* ActorAllusion: Possibly coincidental, but this marks the [[Film/InglouriousBasterds second time ]] Daniel Brühl's love interest meets him, only to discover that he is famous when some exuberant young men get excited about meeting their hero. Both times, he's famous for something occurring in Italy.

* ShowSomeLeg: Marlene invokes this in order to get a ride after her car breaks down - "This ''is'' Italy, after all." Subverted because the two guys who stop turn out to be ''huge'' Team Ferrari/Niki Lauda fanboys and ignore her completely!

** James never punched any reporters but he ''did'' punch a fellow driver in F3 after a crash, and a track marshal in 1977 (after the events of the film) after his team-mate had crashed him off.

''Rush'' is a 2013 film directed by Creator/RonHoward and starring Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth. The film dramatizes the real-life UsefulNotes/FormulaOne rivalry of British playboy James Hunt and Austrian precision driver Niki Lauda, culminating in their 1976 duel for the world championship, which is widely considered the most dramatic year in motorsports history. The score was composed by Creator/HansZimmer and the script was penned by Peter Morgan. The real Niki Lauda acted as a consultant for both Peter Morgan and Daniel Brühl. The movie premiered in the UK on September 2nd and opened in the US on September 27th.

* TheCameo: The real Alastair Caldwell, former Team Manager of [=McLaren=], [[spoiler:shows up during the final Press Conference at the Japanese GP. He's the moustached man sitting behind the drivers]].

** Look at the finishing order of the Japanese Grand Prix. The film shows Patrick Depailler, Hunt, Regazonni, and Jacques Laffite as the drivers finishing from second to fifth respectively. Alan Jones, the actual fourth place finisher, isn't included in the list presumably because he drove for Surtees at the time, which was less known than the likes of [=McLaren=] (Hunt), Ferrari (Regazonni), Tyrrell (Depailler), and Ligier (Laffite). Especially considering that the [=McLaren=] and Ferrari are the two protagonists, Tyrrell had the six-wheeler, and Ligier was making their Grand Prix debut.

** Look at the finishing order of the Japanese Grand Prix. The film shows Patrick Depailler, Hunt, Regazonni, and Jacques Laffite as the drivers finishing from second to fifth respectively. Alan Jones, the actual fourth place finisher, isn't included in the list presumably because he drove for Surtees at the time, which was less known than the likes of [=McLaren=] (Hunt), Ferrari (Regazonni), Tyrrell (Depailler), and Ligier (Laffite).

* DownToTheLastPlay: With Lauda withdrawing from the race, James Hunt needs to finish fourth or better[[note]][[spoiler:If Hunt finished fourth, he would tie Lauda's points, but James took the title since he won more races than Niki]][[/note]] in the last F1 race of the season to be world champion. [[spoiler:After having a tire problem late in the race and taking a pit stop which dropped him to fifth, he finishes third on the last lap of the race to beat Lauda by a single point and becomes world champion.]]

** Look at the finishing order of the Japanese Grand Prix. The film shows Depailler, Hunt, Regazonni, and Laffite as the drivers finishing from second to fifth. Alan Jones, the actual fourth place finisher, isn't included in the list presumably because he drove for Surtees at the time, which was less known than the likes of [=McLaren=] (Hunt), Ferrari (Regazonni), Tyrrell (Depailler), and Ligier (Laffite).

* DownToTheLastPlay: James Hunt needs to finish third or better in the last F1 race of the season to be world champion. [[spoiler:He finishes third on the last lap of the race to beat Lauda by a single point and becomes world champion.]]

* ReplacementScrappy (InUniverse): Niki made it clear from his tone that he was ''not pleased'' that Ferrari hired Carlos Reutemann to fill his seat-before he even got to the hospital!

* AnyoneCanDie: With an average of 2 deaths a year, most drivers learned to live with the thought that the current race could be their last. Just to drive the point home we see François Cevert get decapitated at the Watkins Glen race, and another driver get his leg hideously fractured at the Nürburgring [[spoiler: the day before Lauda himself is almost killed]]

** At the Italian Grand Prix, James [[spoiler:is visibly shocked by Niki's burn scars, but tries to say it's not that bad when Niki notices this. Niki replies that seeing James' reaction is proof that he'll spend the rest of his life with a face that frightens people]].

* DefrostingTheIceQueen: A genderflipped version. Niki warms up to Marlene and impresses her during their first meeting despite telling James that he doesn't bother with getting people to like him.
* TheDeterminator:

* JerkAss: The reporter who asks Niki if his marriage could really last [[spoiler:after his facial disfigurement.]] James and Niki also had their moments, though they prefer the term 'asshole'.

* RulesLawyer: Niki plays this card with his one of his early Formula 1 races with James by accusing the British racer's car of being of illegal width. The judges examine it and agree, which disqualifies James' win and handicaps him for a number of races with mechanical failures as his crew struggles to modify the car to fit it within regulations even though the ruling was later overturned.

* CrazyJealousGuy: The film begins with James entering a hospital after being hit in the ribs with a crowbar by a jealous husband.
** There's a definite undercurrent of jealously from James himself when his wife leaves him for RichardBurton. He tries to be calm and remain civil but he can't help but get a jab or two in regarding Burton's own reputation.