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  Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Juan-Manuel Fangio - Biography
Fangio was thrown out and would spend the next few hours hovering near death.
Fangio always made it his policy to garner the loyalty of the team mechanics.
Fangio both loved and was in awe of the Nurburgring circuit but driving an under powered Maserati he managed to come from behind and pass the two leading Ferraris.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/fangio_bio.htm   (666 words)

  
 www.MSport-UK.com | Driver Guide | Juan Manuel Fangio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Born in 1911, the son of an Italian immigrant in in Balcarce, Argentina, Fangio's childhood passion was football.
Fangio retired as the reigning champion, a title which Hawthorn took at the end of the season.
Juan Manuel Fangio, died in 1995 at the age of 84.
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 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Fangio flourished in Formula One racing when the world championship was in its infancy and he was a comparatively 'Old Man' - which is what his admiring rivals called the aging genius who won his last driving title in 1957, when he was 46.
Fangio credited his parents with instilling in him the virtues of honesty and integrity, self-discipline, respect for others and the sense of responsibility that characterized his approach to life.
Fangio's strengths included being both a team player and a team leader of the highest order, providing inspirational qualities (he always befriended his mechanics) and making practical contributions (he often wielded wrenches himself) that invariably improved morale and brought the best out of the personnel.
www.formula1.com /archive/halloffame/driver/268.html   (1113 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Manuel Fangio driving a Mercedes-Benz W196 in the 1986 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring
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.
Juan Manuel Fangio died in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 84.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio   (760 words)

  
 Un tributo al chueco... Remembering the Maestro.
Fangio’s unassuming nature was demonstrated in 1950, his first season of Grand Prix racing, when he was courted by Alfa Romeo to join its team.
Juan Manuel Fangio was born in 1911 in Balcarce, Argentina, the son of an Italian immigrant who made his living as a stonemason, plasterer and painter.
Juan Fangio could only hope that, when it resumed, he would not be too old to continue his racing career.
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 F1A&G - Juan Manuel Fangio
Fangio was dedicated to motor racing both as a science that had to be mastered by long study
Fangio was only indirectly involved in the accident that led to the death of 81 spectators in the 1955 24 Heurs du Mans, yet it marked a turning point in his career nonetheless.
Of all those that have followed him, the legendary Fangio said that only Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna, both of whom ironically died in their race cars, came close to matching his driving skills.
www.f1-grandprix.com /fangio.html   (556 words)

  
 Eagle-eye: Juan Manuel Fangio II
Fangio gained an early introduction to Indy car racing at the end of 1995 when AAR and Pac West Racing reached an agreement to allow Fangio to compete in the final four series races as a substitute driver for Pac West's injured Danny Sullivan.
It would have been difficult to isolate the young Fangio from racing considering his father, Ruben "Toto" Fangio, was a car builder whose designs and constructions were the class of the field in the 60's and 70's in Argentina.
Fangio continued his ARS success in 1987 with a victory at Mid-Ohio, drove for Toyota at Daytona, Sebring, Road America, Sears Point and Watkins Glen, and won the professional division of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach ahead of Parnelli Jones and Gurney.
www.allamericanracers.com /jmf2.html   (1623 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio
Fangio besass später sogar einen Diplomatenpass, aber er war gar kein guter Politiker.
But fog made all flights to be cancelled, Fangio had driven his car through the half of Europe and for this reason he had been totally overtired.
Fangio ever calculated his chances very cool and he drove only so fast as it was neccessary.
www.research-racing.de /fangio.htm   (981 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a noted Argentinian racing car driver and winner of the Formula One championship five times, including four in a row from 1954-57.
At the end of the second successful season (which was overshadowed by disaster at Le Mans in which 81 spectators were killed) Mercedes had won all titles and withdrew from racing as nothing was left to prove.
For 1956, Fangio moved to Ferrari, replacing Alberto Ascari who had been killed in an accident, Winning his fourth title - finishing first in three races and second in all the other championship races.
juan-manuel-fangio.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (441 words)

  
 Ben Lovejoy
Even so, Fangio is polite to non-enthusiasts and always seems to be smiling as he talks in that high reedy voice of his, with the faintly singsong Spanish of the people who live in Buenos Aires province.
Fangio always finds a way to be nice to everyone from heads of state to filling station operators without affectation, and without looking up to or down on the person.
This is why today Juan Manuel Fangio is the Argentine best known outside his native country, and is a top celebrity in Europe, where, a quarter of a century later, his motor racing successes are remembered vividly.
www.nurburgring.org.uk /fangio.html   (5440 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
uan Manuel Fangio was born on 24 June 1911 in Balcarce, Argentina.
The son of an Italian immigrant stonemason, Fangio's character was shaped be honest hard work and loyal frienships.
It was later found that he had driven the final part of the race with a broken seat, holding himself in the cockpit with just his knees.
www.ping.be /~mathiasg/fangio.htm   (348 words)

  
 Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio was one of the greatest racecar drivers of the twentieth century.
The following year, a terrible accident on the Monza circuit, which almost cost Fangio his life, forced the driver out of competition for seven months, and he was unable to race for the remainder of the season.
Fangio had signed a contract with Mercedes Benz, which authorized him to race with another motor racing team while the german cars were being readied for competition.
www.fangio.8m.com   (468 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio  -  Bentley Publishers - Automotive Books and Repair Manuals
Juan Manuel Fangio began racing in the 1930s in his native Argentina and was immediately successful.
Juan Manuel Fangio was among the most powerful, sympathetic and engaging of any sportsman of the post-war era.
Fangio's career is depicted by such fine photographers as Rodolfo Mailander, Bernard Cahier, Peter Keen and Guy Griffiths, together with the Klemantaski Collection.
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 Juan Manuel Fangio - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
Fangio was 36 and considered "over the hill" by many when he began his assault on Europe.
Fangio's skill was never better detailed than in the German Grand Prix of 1957.
The short, stocky Fangio didn't look the part of a race driver, but with 24 Grands Prix wins and countless others, he is one of the finest who ever lived.
motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1990/Juan_Manuel_Fangio_main.htm   (488 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio fue campeón argentino de carreteras en los años 1940 y 1941.
Fangio se rompió el cuello y tuvo lesiones en las vértebras cervicales lo que lo obligó a retirarse por el resto de la temporada.
A principios de la década del 80, Juan Manuel Fangio comienza a sufrir complicaciones cardíacas que resultan en una exitosa operación de bypass y logrando su recuperación.
www.easybuenosairescity.com /biografias/fangio.htm   (1225 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio - Wikipedia
Fangio startete vor dem Krieg bei Rallye-Veranstaltungen in Südamerika, wobei bei einem Unfall sein Beifahrer getötet wurde.
Mit insgesamt 6 Saisonsiegen wurde Fangio überlegen zum zweiten Mal Weltmeister.
Auch 1955 pilotierte Fangio einen Mercedes W196 und wurde mit 40 Punkten und 4 Saisonsiegen ein drittes Mal Weltmeister.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio   (689 words)

  
 Formel 1 by Thomas Staedeli
The Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio was born in Balcarce in 1911.
Fangio obtained first successes in the European motor racing only at a "high" age of 37 years.
In 1958 Fangio drove his last race at the Grand Prix of France and afterwards retired.
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 Juan Manuel Fangio Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At the time Fangio became the the world´s champion for the second time, in 1955, the Mercedes Benz team withdrew from competition after one of his cars caused a true massacre at Le Mans.
On July 17 1995 Fangio died at the age of 84.
Oscar has a large collection of Fangio Memorabilia, some of which is shown here.
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 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Schumi: Fangio was greater than me (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Michael Schumacher has insisted Juan Manuel Fangio was a greater driver than himself after breaking the Argentine's record of five Formula One titles.
The Ferrari star said after winning his sixth championship at the Japanese Grand Prix: "Fangio is on a level much higher than I see myself.
Fangio won five titles between 1951 and 1957 and won an incredible 24 of his 51 Grands Prix.
news.bbc.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3181448.stm   (180 words)

  
 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Juan-Manuel Fangio - Images
During the night the mechanics had swapped the cars and repainted the numbers."
"I thought I was taking this corner pretty quickly, and in the early stages I was dicing with Fangio for the lead.
Fangio goes by on the inside, oversteering it on the throttle!
www.ddavid.com /formula1/fangio.htm   (157 words)

  
 Juan Manuel Fangio - Wikimedia Commons
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Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a legendary Argentine race car driver.
This page was last modified 19:44, 3 August 2006.
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Juan Manuel Fangio Formula 1 Driver Profile for Juan Manuel Fangio.
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