Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati

The famous argentinian driver juan manuel fangio raced for maserati for a number of years in the 1950s producing a number of stunning victories including winning the world championship in 1957 in the maserati 250f.

Juan manuel fangio maserati. Fangio was an unknown when he arrived on t. The 250f first raced in the 1954 argentine grand prix where juan manuel fangio won the first of his two victories before he left for the new mercedes benz team. Takes record 5th title by 15 points. 1957 08 04 argentine maserati driver juan manuel fangio clinches his record 5th f1 world drivers championship 4th consecutive in winning the german grand prix at the nürburgring 1957 09 08 juan manuel fangio confirms his f1 world drivers championship finishing 2nd in the season ending italian gp at monza.

Stirling moss raced his own privately owned 250f for the full 1954 season. Other racing projects in the 50s were the maserati 200s maserati 300s maserati 350s maserati 450s followed in 1961 by the famous maserati birdcage. Beside him is the ferrari of mike hawthorn then maserati team mate jose froilan gonzalez and on pole ferrari s alberto ascari. The story of the maestro himself juan manuel fangio one of the most successful racing drivers of all time.

Stories about juan manuel fangio the greatest formula one driver ever are pretty well trod at this point there s the famous 1957 german grand prix win the fact that he was in his forties in. Fangio won the 1954 drivers world championship with points gained with both maserati and mercedes benz. One of the screws in the back of my seat broke on the last lap. Having lost his lead after a pit stop he set off in pursuit of the ferraris of mike hawthorn and peter collins and is shown powering his maserati 250f up the hill.

Maserati s juan manuel fangio nearest camera lines up fourth on the grid at the start of the british grand prix. Juan manuel fangio maserati 250f takes the chequered flag. But i had a problem. Sutton no reproduction without permission.

Fangio believed he would never race again and entered a depressed state after the death of his friend but he soon got out of his saddened state and his successes in argentina caught the attention of the argentine automobile club and the juan peron led argentine government so they bought a maserati and sent him to europe in december 1948 to continue his career.