Formula One legend Niki Lauda has left hospital after undergoing a lung transplant in the summer, his doctors said Wednesday.
The three-time world champion, 69, is described as in a good general condition after the six-hour surgery at the Vienna General Hospital but will require intensive rehabilitation for several weeks, the hospital said in a statement.
Lauda, who was badly burned in a near-fatal Formula One crash in 1976, was taken ill at the beginning of August with a condition described as "extremely critical" at the time of the surgery.
His doctors will hold a further news conference on Thursday.