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− | + | ! colspan=2 |'''Juan Manuel Fangio''' | |
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− | + | |Nationality:||{{flagiconArgentina}} Argentine | |
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− | + | |Years:||1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 | |
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− | + | |Team(s):||[[Alfa Romeo]], [[Maserati]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | |
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− | + | |Races:||52 | |
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− | + | |Championships:||5 | |
− | ''' | + | |- |
+ | |Wins:||24 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Podiums:||31 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Poles:||29 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Fastest laps:||23 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix]] [[British Grand Prix]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |First win:||[[1950 Monaco Grand Prix]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Last win:||[[1957 German Grand Prix]] [[German Grand Prix]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Last race:||[[1958 French Grand Prix]] [[French Grand Prix]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Video || '''Fangio test driving a [[Maserati 250F]]''' | ||
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− | + | [[Image:Fangio-MB-W196-3lMotor-1986.jpg|thumb|270px|Juan Manuel Fangio driving a [[Mercedes-Benz W196]] in the 1986 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the [[Nürburgring]]]] | |
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− | + | '''Juan Manuel Fangio''' ([[June 24]], [[1911]] - [[July 17]], [[1995]]) was a legendary race car driver. The [[Argentina|Argentine]] often referred to as '''The Maestro''', dominated the first decade of [[Formula One]]. According to the official Formula One website, he is ''considered by many to be the greatest Formula One driver of all time''. He won five world championship titles with four completely different teams - [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]], [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Maserati]], a feat that has not been repeated since. After surpassing Fangio's long standing record for total number of World Championship titles, [[Michael Schumacher]] said - ''"Fangio is on a level much higher than I see myself. What he did stands alone and what we have achieved is also unique. I have such respect for what he achieved. You can't take a personality like Fangio and compare him with what has happened today. There is not even the slightest comparison."'' | |
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==Early life== | ||
+ | He was born in [[Balcarce, Buenos Aires|Balcarce]], [[Argentina]] to [[Italian people|Italian]] parents from the small central Italian village of Castiglione Messer Marino, near Chieti. He began his racing career in [[Argentina]] in [[1934]], mostly in long distance road races and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of [[World War II]] halted his rise, and he could not begin racing in [[Europe]] until 1947. | ||
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+ | ==Formula 1== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Juan Manuel Fangio, unlike most later Formula One drivers, started his racing career at a mature age and was the oldest driver in many of his races. During his career, drivers raced almost without protective equipment. The notable rivals he had to face consisted of the likes of [[Alberto Ascari]], [[Giuseppe Farina]] and [[Stirling Moss]]. | ||
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+ | Later drivers, like [[Jim Clark]], [[Alain Prost]], [[Ayrton Senna]] and Michael Schumacher all, in their time, had comparisons drawn to Fangio. However, it is generally acknowledged that such comparisons are not realistic, given driver qualities required for successs and competition levels have varied with time in this sport. Additionally, the rules have varied incredibly. In Fangio's era, for example, drivers could actually use multiple cars in the very same race. | ||
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+ | Initially Fangio was not particularly successful until racing an [[Alfa Romeo]] in 1950. He finished second in the world championship in 1950 and won his first title in 1951. He was competing well in 1952 in a [[Maserati]] until a serious accident at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], [[Italy]] ended his season with a neck injury. Fangio soon returned to win [[La Carrera Panamericana]], the 2000-mile Mexican road race the following year in a [[Lancia]] D24. In 1954 he raced with [[Maserati]] until [[Mercedes-Benz]] entered competition in mid-season. Winning eight out of twelve races (six out of eight in the championship) in that year, he continued to race again with Mercedes—driving the superb [[Mercedes-Benz W196|W196 Monoposto]]—in 1955 (in a dream team that included [[Stirling Moss]]). At the end of the second successful season (which was overshadowed by the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]] in which 81 spectators were killed) Mercedes had won all titles and withdrew from racing as there was nothing left to prove. | ||
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+ | In 1956 Fangio moved to Ferrari, replacing [[Alberto Ascari]] who had been killed in an accident, to win his fourth title. He finished first in three races and second in all the other championship races. In 1957 he returned to Maserati and won his fifth title, notable for an extraordinary performance to secure his final win at the [[Nürburgring]] in [[Germany]]. After his series of back-to-back championships he retired in 1958, following the [[French Grand Prix]]. He won 24 Grand Prix in 51 starts (the best winning percentage in the sport's history). | ||
[[Cuba]]n rebels kidnapped him on [[February 23]], [[1958]] but he was later freed. | [[Cuba]]n rebels kidnapped him on [[February 23]], [[1958]] but he was later freed. | ||
− | During the rest of his life, | + | During the rest of his life, Fangio represented [[Mercedes-Benz]], often driving his former race cars in demonstration laps. In [[1990]], he was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]]. Juan Manuel Fangio died in [[Buenos Aires]] in 1995, at the age of 84. He was interred in the cemetery of his home town Balcarce in Argentina. |
− | + | His nephew, [[Juan Manuel Fangio II]], also was successful as auto racing competitor. | |
− | == External | + | In 2005, the [[Pagani Zonda#2005 C12 F|Zonda 2005 C12 F]] was named after him due to the endorsement from Fangio for [[Pagani]]. |
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+ | ==Complete Formula One World Championship Results== | ||
+ | (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) | ||
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+ | |- style="text-align:center; background:#505050;" | ||
+ | |- tr BGCOLOR=darkred | ||
+ | ! Year | ||
+ | ! Team | ||
+ | ! 1 | ||
+ | ! 2 | ||
+ | ! 3 | ||
+ | ! 4 | ||
+ | ! 5 | ||
+ | ! 6 | ||
+ | ! 7 | ||
+ | ! 8 | ||
+ | ! 9 | ||
+ | ! 10 | ||
+ | ! 11 | ||
+ | ! Team | ||
+ | ! WDC | ||
+ | ! Points | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1950 Formula One season|1950]] | ||
+ | ! [[Alfa Romeo]] | ||
+ | || [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | [[1950 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1950 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Alfa Romeo]] | ||
+ | || '''2nd''' | ||
+ | || '''27''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1951 Formula One season|1951]] | ||
+ | ! [[Alfa Romeo]] | ||
+ | || '''[[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]'''<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | [[1951 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>9</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || [[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Alfa Romeo]] | ||
+ | || '''1st''' | ||
+ | || '''31''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1953 Formula One season|1953]] | ||
+ | ! [[Maserati]] | ||
+ | || [[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | | [[1953 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || [[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || [[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || [[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || [[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>2</small> | ||
+ | | '''[[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]'''<br /><small>4</small> | ||
+ | || [[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Maserati]] | ||
+ | || '''2nd''' | ||
+ | || '''28''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1954 Formula One season|1954]] | ||
+ | ! [[Maserati]] | ||
+ | || [[1954 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | [[1954 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1954 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1954 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | '''[[1954 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''<br><small>4</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1954 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1954 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | [[1954 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br><small>3</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Mercedes-Benz]] | ||
+ | || '''1st''' | ||
+ | || '''42''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1955 Formula One season|1955]] | ||
+ | ! [[Mercedes-Benz]] | ||
+ | || [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | | [[1955 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Mercedes-Benz]] | ||
+ | || '''1st''' | ||
+ | || '''40''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1956 Formula One season|1956]] | ||
+ | ! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
+ | || '''[[1956 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]'''<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1956 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | | [[1956 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1956 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | | '''[[1956 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>4</small> | ||
+ | || [[1956 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1956 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1956 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>2</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
+ | || '''1st''' | ||
+ | || '''30''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1957 Formula One season|1957]] | ||
+ | ! [[Maserati]] | ||
+ | || [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1957 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | | [[1957 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1957 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || [[1957 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1957 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br><small>1</small> | ||
+ | || '''[[1957 Pescara Grand Prix|PES]]'''<br><small>2</small> | ||
+ | || [[1957 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>2</small> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | ! [[Maserati]] | ||
+ | || '''1st''' | ||
+ | || '''40''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[1958 Formula One season|1958]] | ||
+ | ! Scd. Sud Americana | ||
+ | ||'''[[1958 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]'''<br /><small>4</small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]<br /><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small>DNS</small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>4</small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small> | ||
+ | | [[1958 Moroccan Grand Prix|MOR]]<br><small></small> | ||
+ | ! J.M. Fangio | ||
+ | | 14th | ||
+ | | 7 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/fangio_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Juan-Manuel Fangio | *[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/fangio_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Juan-Manuel Fangio | ||
+ | *[http://www.4mula1.ro/history/driver/Juan_Manuel_Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio statistics] | ||
+ | *[http://www.jmfangio.org/ Juan Manuel Fangio Web] | ||
+ | *[http://www.museofangio.com Museum Juan Manuel Fangio] | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ==Video Links== | ||
+ | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Ifcgl789E Onboard with Juan Manuel Fangio Video] | ||
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+ | {{Scuderia Ferrari}} | ||
[[Category:Argentine Formula One drivers|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] | [[Category:Argentine Formula One drivers|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Turismo Carretera drivers|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] | ||
[[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] | [[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Ferrari Formula One drivers|Fangio, Juan Manuel]] |
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Juan Manuel Fangio | |
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Nationality: | Argentine |
Years: | 1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 |
Team(s): | Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari |
Races: | 52 |
Championships: | 5 |
Wins: | 24 |
Podiums: | 31 |
Poles: | 29 |
Fastest laps: | 23 |
First race: | 1950 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix |
First win: | 1950 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix |
Last win: | 1957 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix |
Last race: | 1958 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix |
Video | Fangio test driving a Maserati 250F |
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a legendary race car driver. The Argentine often referred to as The Maestro, dominated the first decade of Formula One. According to the official Formula One website, he is considered by many to be the greatest Formula One driver of all time. He won five world championship titles with four completely different teams - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati, a feat that has not been repeated since. After surpassing Fangio's long standing record for total number of World Championship titles, Michael Schumacher said - "Fangio is on a level much higher than I see myself. What he did stands alone and what we have achieved is also unique. I have such respect for what he achieved. You can't take a personality like Fangio and compare him with what has happened today. There is not even the slightest comparison."
Early life
He was born in Balcarce, Argentina to Italian parents from the small central Italian village of Castiglione Messer Marino, near Chieti. He began his racing career in Argentina in 1934, mostly in long distance road races and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of World War II halted his rise, and he could not begin racing in Europe until 1947.
Formula 1
Juan Manuel Fangio, unlike most later Formula One drivers, started his racing career at a mature age and was the oldest driver in many of his races. During his career, drivers raced almost without protective equipment. The notable rivals he had to face consisted of the likes of Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina and Stirling Moss.
Later drivers, like Jim Clark, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher all, in their time, had comparisons drawn to Fangio. However, it is generally acknowledged that such comparisons are not realistic, given driver qualities required for successs and competition levels have varied with time in this sport. Additionally, the rules have varied incredibly. In Fangio's era, for example, drivers could actually use multiple cars in the very same race.
Initially Fangio was not particularly successful until racing an Alfa Romeo in 1950. He finished second in the world championship in 1950 and won his first title in 1951. He was competing well in 1952 in a Maserati until a serious accident at Monza, Italy ended his season with a neck injury. Fangio soon returned to win La Carrera Panamericana, the 2000-mile Mexican road race the following year in a Lancia D24. In 1954 he raced with Maserati until Mercedes-Benz entered competition in mid-season. Winning eight out of twelve races (six out of eight in the championship) in that year, he continued to race again with Mercedes—driving the superb W196 Monoposto—in 1955 (in a dream team that included Stirling Moss). At the end of the second successful season (which was overshadowed by the 1955 Le Mans disaster in which 81 spectators were killed) Mercedes had won all titles and withdrew from racing as there was nothing left to prove.
In 1956 Fangio moved to Ferrari, replacing Alberto Ascari who had been killed in an accident, to win his fourth title. He finished first in three races and second in all the other championship races. In 1957 he returned to Maserati and won his fifth title, notable for an extraordinary performance to secure his final win at the Nürburgring in Germany. After his series of back-to-back championships he retired in 1958, following the French Grand Prix. He won 24 Grand Prix in 51 starts (the best winning percentage in the sport's history).
Cuban rebels kidnapped him on February 23, 1958 but he was later freed.
During the rest of his life, Fangio represented Mercedes-Benz, often driving his former race cars in demonstration laps. In 1990, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Juan Manuel Fangio died in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 84. He was interred in the cemetery of his home town Balcarce in Argentina.
His nephew, Juan Manuel Fangio II, also was successful as auto racing competitor.
In 2005, the Zonda 2005 C12 F was named after him due to the endorsement from Fangio for Pagani.
Complete Formula One World Championship Results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Team | WDC | Points |
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1950 | Alfa Romeo | GBR Ret |
MON 1 |
INDY |
SWI Ret |
BEL 1 |
FRA 1 |
ITA Ret |
Alfa Romeo | 2nd | 27 | ||||
1951 | Alfa Romeo | SWI 1 |
INDY |
BEL 9 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 2 |
GER 2 |
ITA Ret |
ESP 1 |
Alfa Romeo | 1st | 31 | |||
1953 | Maserati | ARG Ret |
INDY |
DUT Ret |
BEL Ret |
FRA 2 |
GBR 2 |
GER 2 |
SWI 4 |
ITA 1 |
Maserati | 2nd | 28 | ||
1954 | Maserati | ARG 1 |
INDY |
BEL 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 4 |
GER 1 |
SWI 1 |
ITA 1 |
ESP 3 |
Mercedes-Benz | 1st | 42 | ||
1955 | Mercedes-Benz | ARG 1 |
MON Ret |
INDY |
BEL 1 |
DUT 1 |
GBR 2 |
ITA 1 |
Mercedes-Benz | 1st | 40 | ||||
1956 | Ferrari | ARG 1 |
MON 2 |
INDY |
BEL Ret |
FRA 4 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
ITA 2 |
Ferrari | 1st | 30 | |||
1957 | Maserati | ARG 1 |
MON 1 |
INDY |
FRA 1 |
GBR Ret |
GER 1 |
PES 2 |
ITA 2 |
Maserati | 1st | 40 | |||
1958 | Scd. Sud Americana | ARG 4 |
MON |
DUT |
INDY DNS |
BEL |
FRA 4 |
GBR |
GER |
POR |
ITA |
MOR |
J.M. Fangio | 14th | 7 |
External links
- Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame, Juan-Manuel Fangio
- Juan Manuel Fangio statistics
- Juan Manuel Fangio Web
- Museum Juan Manuel Fangio
Video Links
Onboard with Juan Manuel Fangio Video