, hospitalized for a “severe cough” and illness while on vacation just a few days before, in Austria around the . Nearly three months later, reports are that the hospital released him to undergo “intensive rehabilitation” over the next few weeks.

reports that the Vienna hospital confirmed Lauda’s release and rehabilitation plans, saying he’ll still get help from the hospital’s lung-transplant team and the Medical University of Vienna now that he’s out.

Lauda, a three-time champion and non-executive chairperson of the Mercedes F1 team who is now 69 years old, was visiting Ibiza a few months ago when reports came out that he got a lung infection. Motorsport.com reports that doctors said early on the lung complications didn’t have to do with Lauda’s in the 1976 German Grand Prix, which damaged his lungs with smoke and severely burned areas of his body.

Lauda was visiting Ibiza a few months ago when reports came out that he got a lung infection and flew to Austria to get it checked out. He had complications in the hospital and got a lung transplant on Aug. 2, reported, and the hospital said his organs were “functioning well” after the surgery and that his breathing tubes were removed. About 24 hours after the transplant, a hospital statement said Lauda was “spontaneously breathing and had full consciousness.”

That same statement said Lauda would stay in the Vienna hospital “until his full recovery,” which took several months. Motorsport.com didn’t say where the rehabilitation would happen now that he’s out, but reports that Lauda’s doctors will have a news conference on Thursday.

Having Niki Lauda in this world is good, and it’s also good that he’s hopefully planning to stick around a little while longer.