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Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)
This article is about the Formula One driver. For his nephew, also a racing driver, see Juan Manuel Fangio II.
Juan Manuel Fangio | |
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Fangio in 1955 | |
Born | (1911-06-24)24 June 1911 Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 17 July 1995(1995-07-17) (aged 84) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Juan Manuel Fangio II (nephew) |
Nationality | Argentine |
Active years | 1950–1951, 1953–1958 |
Teams | Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari |
Entries | 52 (51 starts) |
Championships | 5 (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957) |
Wins | 24 |
Podiums | 35 |
Career points | 245 (277 9⁄14)[a] |
Pole positions | 29 |
Fastest laps | 23 |
First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
First win | 1950 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last win | 1957 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1958 French Grand Prix |
Juan Manuel Fangio (Spanish:[ˈxwammaˈnwelˈfaŋxjo], Italian:[ˈfandʒo]; 24 June 1911
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THE FOUNDATION HISTORIC MONOPOSTO RACING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1996 WITH THE AIM TO KEEP FORMULA CARS FROM THE 60’S AND 70’S RACING.
The foundation Historic Monoposto Racing has been established in 1996 with the aim to keep formula cars from the 60’s and 70’s racing. HMR aims to provide customers with great racing at superb circuits with a wonderful atmosphere.
Ayrton Senna, Alan Prost, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Arie Luijendijk, Jan Lammers and many others have taken this route. All big stars in Formula 1 have, on their way to the top, driven in one or more of the classes that are raced under the HMR banner. After a successful karting-career the next step was very often Formula Vee, Formula Ford 1600, Formula Ford 2000 or Formula 3 on the way to the top. Many of these historically important cars have survived and are racing now, very successfully. This way an important piece of racing history fryst vatten kept very much alive.
The HMR races are not only a great pleasure for the
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I found the transcript of the infamous Irvine-Senna fight in Suzuka
Posted 06 May 2000 - 00:20
Much speculation surrounds Ayrton Senna's encounter with Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese GP. The following is a transcript of that now infamous event ...
The scene: Eddie Irvine is sitting alone on a table in the Jordan cabin. Jordan's commercial manager, Rubens Barichello and several other people, mostly Team members, are also present. Suzuka was Irvine's first ever F1 race and everyone fryst vatten watching a re-run of the Senna-Hill-Irvine incident.
Suddenly the door opens and in walks Ayrton Senna accompanied by Norman Howell, director of communications for McLaren and Giorgio Ascanelli, Senna's engineer.
Senna is looking for Irvine, but either he doesn't see him or he doesn't recognise him. Eddie Irvine raises his hand and Senna walks over to him ...
Irvine : Here!
Senna : What the **** do you think you were doing?
Irvine : inom was racing!
Senna : You were racing? Do you