The 1956 Formula One season featured the seventh FIA World Championship of Drivers ^[1] as well as numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars. The championship series commenced on January 22, 1956 and ended on September 2 after eight races. Juan Manuel Fangio won his third consecutive title, the fourth of his career. Until the 2006 season this was the last season during which no British constructor won any race.

Season summary[link]

Fangio joined Ferrari after Mercedes-Benz, with whom he had won the 1954 title, withdrew from the sport. Ferrari acquired the folded Lancia team's D50 cars and put together a strong team containing Fangio, Eugenio Castellotti, Luigi Musso and Peter Collins. Fangio won the opening race after commandeering Musso's car after his own car had broken down. Collins and Fangio's team-mate at Mercedes, Stirling Moss – now driving for Maserati provided the biggest challenge to his title defence, each winning two races. In an open season the British Connaughts, Vanwalls and BRMs also showed some signs of promise.

Going into the final race of the season, Fangio had an eight-point lead over Collins and the consistent Jean Behra, driving for Maserati. The only way he could lose the title would be to score no points with Collins winning and setting fastest lap. (Because a driver could only count their best 5 scores, Behra could not win the title). Fangio retired, and with Musso unwilling to share his car with Fangio, Collins had a great chance of winning his first title. Collins, in a remarkable act of sportsmanship, instead chose to hand his car over to Fangio to allow the Argentine to finish second in the race and win his third title in a row.

Points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for fastest lap. Only the best five scores counted towards the world championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of who had driven more laps.

Season review[link]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Tyre	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Oscar Gálvez	January 22	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Luigi Musso Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	E	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	May 13	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Stirling Moss	Maserati	P	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	May 30	Pat Flaherty	Paul Russo	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	F	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	June 3	Juan Manuel Fangio	Stirling Moss	Peter Collins	Ferrari	E	Report
5	French Grand Prix	Reims	July 1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Peter Collins	Ferrari	E	Report
6	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	July 14	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	E	Report
7	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	August 5	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	E	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Maserati	P	Report

Teams and drivers[link]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1956 FIA World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Stirling Moss	1–2, 4–8
					Jean Behra	1–2, 4–8
					Carlos Menditeguy	1
					Luigi Piotti	1
					Chico Landi	1
					Gerino Gerini	1
					José Froilán González	1
					Cesare Perdisa	2, 4–7
					Paco Godia	4–8
					Piero Taruffi	5
					Umberto Maglioli	7–8
					Luigi Villoresi	8
					Jo Bonnier	8
Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati BRM	250F P25	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 BRM P25 2.5 L4	P D	Mike Hawthorn	1–2, 6
					Tony Brooks	2, 6
					Ron Flockhart	6
Alberto Uria	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Alberto Uria	1
					Óscar González	1
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D50 555	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8 Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	E P	Juan Manuel Fangio	1–2, 4–8
					Eugenio Castellotti	1–2, 4–8
					Luigi Musso	1–2, 7–8
					Peter Collins	1–2, 4–8
					Olivier Gendebien	1, 5
					Paul Frère	4
					André Pilette	4
					Alfonso de Portago	5–8
					Wolfgang von Trips	8
Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16 T32	Gordini 23 2.5 L6 Gordini 25 2.5 L8	E	Robert Manzon	2, 5–8
					André Pilette	2, 5, 7
					Hernando da Silva Ramos	2, 5–6, 8
					André Milhoux	7
					André Simon	8
Ecurie Rosier	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Louis Rosier	2, 4–7
Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4	P	Maurice Trintignant	2, 4, 6, 8
					Harry Schell	2, 4–6, 8
					Mike Hawthorn	5
					Colin Chapman	5
					José Froilán González	6
					Piero Taruffi	8
Gould's Garage (Bristol) H.H. Gould	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Horace Gould	2, 4, 6–7
Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	P	Giorgio Scarlatti	2
Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati Ferrari	250F 500	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	P	Luigi Villoresi	4
					Harry Schell	7
					Giorgio Scarlatti	7
					Toulo de Graffenried	8
Piero Scotti	Connaught	B	Alta GP 2.5 L4	P	Piero Scotti	4
Automobiles Bugatti	Bugatti	T251	Bugatti 2.5 L8	E	Maurice Trintignant	5
Luigi Piotti	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Luigi Villoresi	5–7
					Luigi Piotti	7–8
André Simon	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	André Simon	5
Scuderia Guastalla	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Umberto Maglioli	6
					Gerino Gerini	8
Connaught Engineering	Connaught	B	Alta GP 2.5 L4	P A	Archie Scott-Brown	6, 8
					Desmond Titterington	6
					Jack Fairman	6, 8
					Les Leston	8
					Ron Flockhart	8
Bob Gerard	Cooper	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Bob Gerard	6
Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Roy Salvadori	6–8
Bruce Halford	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Bruce Halford	6–8
Jack Brabham	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Jack Brabham	6
Emeryson Cars	Emeryson	56	Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Paul Emery	6
Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Ottorino Volonterio	7

1956 Drivers Championship final standings[link]

Championship points were awarded at each round on an 8–6–4–3–2 basis to the first five finishers with an additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race. Only the best five round results were counted.

Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA Pts. 1 Juan Manuel Fangio 1† / Ret 2† / 4† Ret 4 1 1 2† / 8† 30 (33) 2 Stirling Moss Ret 1 3† / Ret 5† / Ret Ret 2 1 27 (28) 3 Peter Collins Ret 2† 1 1 2† / Ret Ret† / Ret 2† 25 4 Jean Behra 2 3 7 3 3 3 Ret† / Ret 22 5 Pat Flaherty 1 8 6 Eugenio Castellotti Ret 4† / Ret Ret 2 10† Ret† / Ret 8† / Ret 7.5 7 Sam Hanks 2 6 8 Paul Frère 2 6 9 Paco Godia Ret 7 8 4 4 6 10 Jack Fairman 4 5 5 11 Luigi Musso 1† Ret Ret† Ret 4 12 Mike Hawthorn 3 10† Ret 4 13 Ron Flockhart Ret 3 4 14 Don Freeland 3 4 15 Alfonso de Portago Ret 2† / 10† Ret† Ret 3 16 Cesare Perdisa 7 3† 5† 7 Ret 3 17 Harry Schell Ret 4 10† / Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 18 Johnnie Parsons 4 3 19 Louis Rosier Ret 8 6 Ret 5 2 20 Luigi Villoresi 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret† 2 21 Hernando da Silva Ramos 5 8 Ret Ret 2 22 Horace Gould 8 Ret 5 Ret 2 23 Olivier Gendebien 5 Ret 2 24 Dick Rathmann 5 2 25 Gerino Gerini 4† 10 1.5 26 Chico Landi 4† 1.5 27 Paul Russo Ret 1 — André Pilette 6† 6 11 Ret 0 — Luigi Piotti Ret 6 0 — Bob Sweikert 6 0 — Oscar Gonzalez 6† 0 — Alberto Uria 6† 0 — Élie Bayol 6† 0 — Bob Veith 7 0 — Toulo de Graffenried 7 0 — Rodger Ward 8 0 — Robert Manzon Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 0 — André Simon Ret 9 0 — Jimmy Reece 9 0 — Cliff Griffith 10 0 — Roy Salvadori Ret Ret 11 0 — Gene Hartley 11 0 — Bob Gerard 11 0 — Fred Agabashian 12 0 — Bob Christie 13 0 — Al Keller 14 0 — Eddie Johnson 15 0 — Billy Garrett 16 0 — Duke Dinsmore 17 0 — Pat O'Connor 18 0 — Jimmy Bryan 19 0 — Ottorino Volonterio NC 0 — Maurice Trintignant Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Umberto Maglioli Ret Ret Ret† 0 — Bruce Halford Ret DSQ Ret 0 — José Froilán González Ret Ret 0 — Piero Taruffi Ret Ret 0 — Giorgio Scarlatti DNQ Ret 0 — Carlos Menditeguy Ret 0 — Jim Rathmann Ret 0 — Johnnie Tolan Ret 0 — Tony Bettenhausen Ret 0 — Jimmy Daywalt Ret 0 — Jack Turner Ret 0 — Keith Andrews Ret 0 — Andy Linden Ret 0 — Al Herman Ret 0 — Ray Crawford Ret 0 — Johnny Boyd Ret 0 — Troy Ruttman Ret 0 — Johnny Thomson Ret 0 — Piero Scotti Ret 0 — Desmond Titterington Ret 0 — Tony Brooks Ret 0 — Archie Scott-Brown Ret 0 — Paul Emery Ret 0 — Jack Brabham Ret 0 — Andre Milhoux Ret 0 — Les Leston Ret 0 — Ed Elisian Ret† 0 — Eddie Russo Ret† 0 — Joakim Bonnier Ret† 0 — Colin Chapman DNS 0 Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
• Bold indicates pole position
• † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
• Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results[link]

Other Formula One races also held in 1956, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Mendoza	February 5	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
IV Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VI Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XI BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	April 21	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 5	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
IX Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	May 6	Robert Manzon	Gordini	Report
I Aintree 100	Aintree	June 24	Horace Gould	Maserati	Report
I Vanwall Trophy	Snetterton	July 22	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
IV Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	August 26	Harry Schell	Maserati	Report
II Sussex Trophy	Goodwood	September 8	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	Report
I BRSCC Formula 1 Race	Brands Hatch	October 14	Archie Scott Brown	Connaught-Alta	Report

Notes and references[link]

External links[link]

• 1956 World Championship race results and images Retrieved from f1-facts.com on 4 October 2008
• 1956 World Championship images Retrieved from The Cahier Archive on 4 October 2008

Juan Manuel Fangio

Born	(1911-06-24)24 June 1911 Balcarce, Argentina
Died	17 July 1995(1995-07-17) (aged 84) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Argentine
Active years	1950 – 1951, 1953 – 1958
Teams	Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari
Races	52 (51 starts)
Championships	5 (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
Wins	24
Podiums	35
Career points	245 (277 9⁄14)[1]
Pole positions	29
Fastest laps	23
First race	1950 British Grand Prix
First win	1950 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win	1957 German Grand Prix
Last race	1958 French Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio driving a Mercedes-Benz W196 in the 1986 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring

Juan Manuel Fangio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfandʒo]; June 24, 1911 – July 17, 1995), nicknamed El Chueco ("knock-kneed") or El Maestro ("The Master"), was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing. He won five Formula One World Drivers' Championships — a record which stood for 46 years until bested by Michael Schumacher — with four different teams (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati), a feat that has not been repeated.

A member of the Formula 1 Hall of Fame,^[2] he is regarded by many as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time^[3] and holds the highest winning percentage in Formula One, 47.06%.

Fangio is the only Argentine driver to have won the Argentine Grand Prix, having won it four times in his career.

Early life and racing[link]

Fangio was born on San Juan's day in 1911 in Balcarce, a city in Buenos Aires Province of (Argentina).^[4] His father Loreto, immigrated to Argentina from the small, central Italian town of Castiglione Messer Marino. His mother Erminia Dérano from Tornareccio.^{[citation needed]} Both parents are from the Chieti province, of the Abruzzo region.

He began his racing career in Argentina in 1934, driving a 1929 Ford Model A which he had rebuilt.^[5] During his time racing in Argentina, he drove Chevrolet cars and was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941.^[5] He first came to Europe to race in 1948, funded by the Argentine Automobile Club and the Argentine government.^[5]

Formula One racing[link]

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Fangio, unlike 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 with almost no protective equipment. Fangio had no compunction about leaving a team, even after a successful year or even during a season, if he thought he would have a better chance with a better car. As was then common, several of his race results were shared with team mates after he took over their car during races when his own had technical problems. His rivals included Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina and Stirling Moss.

Fangio's first entry into Formula One came in the 1948 French Grand Prix at Reims, where he started his Simca Gordini from 11th on the grid but retired. He did not drive in F1 again until the following year at Sanremo, but having upgraded to a Maserati 4CLT/48 sponsored by the Automobile Club of Argentina he dominated the event, winning both heats to take the aggregate win by almost a minute over Prince Bira. Fangio entered a further six F1 races in 1949, winning four of them against top-level opposition.

For the first Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1950 Fangio was taken on by the Alfa Romeo team alongside Farina and Luigi Fagioli. With competitive racing machinery following the Second World War still in short supply, the pre-war Alfettas proved dominant. Fangio won each of the three races he finished, but Farina's three wins and a fourth place allowed him to take the title. In 1950s non-championship races Fangio took a further four wins and two seconds from eight starts. Fangio won three more championship races for Alfa in 1951 in the Swiss, French and Spanish Grands Prix, and with the improved Ferraris taking points off his team mates, Fangio took the title in the final race, six points ahead of Ascari.

With the 1952 World Championship being run to Formula Two specifications, Alfa Romeo were unable to use their supercharged Alfettas and withdrew. As a result the defending champion found himself without a car for the first race of the championship and remained absent from F1 until June, when he drove the British BRM V16 in non-championship F1 races at Albi and Dundrod. Fangio had agreed to drive for Maserati in a non-championship race at Monza the day after the Dundrod race, but having missed a connecting flight he decided to drive through the night from Paris, arriving half an hour before the start. Badly fatigued, Fangio started the race from the back of the grid but lost control on the second lap, crashed into a grass bank, and was thrown out of the car as it flipped end over end. He was taken to hospital with multiple injuries, the most serious being a broken neck, and spent the rest of 1952 recovering in Argentina.

Back to full racing fitness, Fangio began 1953 by winning the Carrera Panamericana in a Lancia D24. Back in Europe he rejoined Maserati for the championship season, and against the dominant Ferraris led by Ascari he took a lucky win at Monza. Fangio qualified second with Bonetto seventh, and Fangio set fastest lap on his way to a 1.4-second victory over Nino Farina while Bonetto retired out of fuel. Along with that win, Fangio secured three second places to finish second in the Championship, and also came third first time out in the Targa Florio.

In 1954 Fangio raced for 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 with Mercedes—driving the W196 Monoposto—in 1955 in a team that included Stirling Moss. At the end of the second successful season (which was overshadowed by the 1955 Le Mans disaster in which more than 80 spectators were killed, an accident which happened right in front of and nearly killed him) Mercedes withdrew from racing and after 4 attempts, Fangio never raced at Le Mans again.

In 1956 Fangio moved to Ferrari, replacing Ascari, who had been killed in an accident, to win his fourth title. Enzo Ferrari and Fangio did not have a very warm relationship, despite their shared success. Fangio took over his team-mate's cars after his suffered mechanical problems in three races, the Argentine, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix. In each case the points were shared between the two drivers. At the season-ending Italian Grand Prix, Fangio's Ferrari team mate Peter Collins, who was in a position to win the World Championship with just 15 laps to go, handed over his car to Fangio. They shared the six points won for second place, giving Fangio the World title.

Saving the best until last[link]

In 1957 Fangio returned to Maserati, who were still using the same iconic 250F which Fangio had driven at the start of 1954. Fangio started the season with a hat-trick of wins in Argentina, Monaco and France, before retiring with engine problems in Britain. At the next race, the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring circuit, Fangio needed to extend his lead by six points to claim the title with two races to spare. From pole position Fangio dropped to third behind the Ferraris of Hawthorn and Collins but managed to get past both by the end of the third lap. Fangio had started with half-full tanks since he expected that he would need new tyres half-way through the race. In the event Fangio pitted on lap 13 with a 30-second lead, but a disastrous stop left him back in third place and 50 seconds behind Collins and Hawthorn. Fangio came into his own, setting one fastest lap after another, culminating in a record-breaking time on lap 20 a full eleven seconds faster than the best the Ferraris could do. On the penultimate lap Fangio got back past both Collins and Hawthorn, and held on to take the win by just over three seconds. With Musso finishing down in fourth place, Fangio claimed his fifth title. This performance is often regarded as the greatest drive in Formula One history, and it was to be Fangio's last win.

After his series of consecutive championships he retired in 1958, following the French Grand Prix. Such was the respect for Fangio, that during that final race, race leader Hawthorn had lapped Fangio and as Hawthorn was about to cross the line, he braked and allowed Fangio through so he could complete the 50-lap distance in his final race. He would cross the line over two minutes down on Hawthorn. He won 24 World Championship Grands Prix from 52 entries - a winning percentage of 47.06%, the best in the sport's history (Alberto Ascari, who is in second, holds a percentage of 40.63%).

Later life and death[link]

During the rest of his life after retiring from racing Fangio sold Mercedes-Benz cars, often driving his former race cars in demonstration laps. Even before he joined the Mercedes Formula One team, in the mid 1950s, Fangio had acquired the Argentine Mercedes concession. He was appointed President of Mercedes-Benz Argentina in 1974, and its Honorary President for Life in 1987.

Cuban rebels kidnapped him on February 23, 1958 while he was racing at the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, but he was later released, and remained a good friend of his captors afterwards. The incident was dramatized in a 1999 Argentine film directed by Alberto Lecchi, Operación Fangio.^[7]

Following his retirement, Fangio was active in assembling automotive memorabila associated with his racing career. This led to the creation of the Museo Juan Manuel Fangio, which opened in Balcarce in 1986.^[8]

Fangio was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990. He returned to the spotlight in 1994, when he publicly opposed a new Province of Buenos Aires law denying driver's licences to those over 80 (which included Fangio). Denied a renewal of his card, Fangio reportedly challenged Traffic Bureau personnel to a race between Buenos Aires and seaside Mar del Plata, a 400 km (250 mi) distance, in two hours or less, following which an exception was made for the five-time champion.^[9]

Juan Manuel Fangio died in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 84. He was buried in his home town of Balcarce in Argentina. His pall-bearers were his younger brother Ruben Renato ("Toto"), Moss, compatriot racers José Froilán González and Carlos Reutemann, Jackie Stewart, and the president of Mercedes-Benz Argentina.^[10]

Legacy[link]

Fangio statue in Puerto Madero, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The official Formula One website states of Fangio: "Many consider him to be the greatest driver of all time."^[12] Several highly successful later drivers, such as Jim Clark, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher, have been compared with Fangio. However, it is acknowledged that such comparisons are not realistic, since the qualities required for success, the levels of competition, and the rules have changed over time.

His record of five World Championship titles stood for 45 years, until German driver Michael Schumacher took his sixth title in 2003. 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."^[13][14]

A statue of Fangio in Monaco.

In his home country of Argentina, Fangio is revered as one of the greatest sportsmen the nation has ever produced. Argentines often refer to him as El Maestro, el mejor,^[15][16] which loosely translates into The Teacher, the best one.

The first Michel Vaillant story was partly based on an imaginary conflict stirred up by fictional newspaper The New Indian on Fangio winning the World Championship at the Indy 500.

His nephew, Juan Manuel Fangio II, was also a successful racing driver.

Six statues of Fangio, sculpted by Catalan artist Joaquim Ros Sabaté, stand at race venues around the world: Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Montmeló, Spain; Nürburgring, Germany; Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, Germany; and Monza, Italy.

In 1986, an automobile museum was established in Balcarce, Fangio's birthplace, and named the Museo Juan Manuel Fangio (Juan Manuel Fangio Museum).

Argentina's former national oil and gas company, Repsol YPF, launched the "Fangio XXI" gas brand. In 2005, the Zonda 2005 C12 F was named after him because of his endorsement (the Zonda was originally intended to be named "Fangio F1," but was changed out of respect after his death). In 2007 Maserati created a special website to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his fifth and final world championship triumph.^[17]

Formula One World Championship results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

* Shared drive. ^† Car ran with streamlined, full-width bodywork.

Formula One records[link]

Fangio holds the following Formula One records:

References[link]

External links[link]

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Juan Manuel Fangio sporting positions Sporting positions Preceded by Ángel Lo Valvo Turismo Carretera champion 1940–1941 Succeeded by Óscar Alfredo Gálvez Preceded by Giuseppe Farina Formula One World Champion 1951 Succeeded by Alberto Ascari Preceded by Alberto Ascari Formula One World Champion 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Succeeded by Mike Hawthorn Records Preceded by None Youngest Race Leader, For at least one lap in Formula One 38 years, 323 days (1950 British Grand Prix) Succeeded by Johnnie Parsons 31 years, 330 days (1950 Indianapolis 500) Preceded by Giuseppe Farina 43 years, 195 days (1950 British GP) Youngest Grand Prix Polesitter 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) Succeeded by Walt Faulkner 30 years, 103 days (1950 Indianapolis 500) Preceded by Giuseppe Farina 43 years, 195 days (1950 British GP) Youngest Grand Prix Race Winner 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) Succeeded by Johnnie Parsons 31 years, 330 days (1950 Indianapolis 500) Preceded by Giuseppe Farina 43 years, 195 days (1950 British GP) Youngest driver to set Fastest Lap in Formula One 38 years, 331 days (1950 Monaco Grand Prix) Succeeded by Johnnie Parsons 31 years, 330 days (1950 Indianapolis 500) Preceded by Giuseppe Farina 43 years, 308 days (1950 season) Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion 40 years, 126 days (1951 season) Succeeded by Alberto Ascari 34 years, 16 days (1952 season) Preceded by Giuseppe Farina 2 wins (1950) Most Grand Prix wins 6 wins, provisionally, 3rd at the 1950 French GP Succeeded by Alberto Ascari 13 wins, 7th at the 1952 Dutch GP Preceded by Alberto Ascari 13 wins (1950 – 1955) Most Grand Prix wins 24 wins, 14th at the 1955 Argentine GP Succeeded by Jim Clark 25 wins, 25th at the 1968 South African GP Preceded by None Most Grand Prix entries 52 entries, 51 starts (1950 – 1958) Succeeded by Jean Behra 53 entries (52 starts), 53rd at the 1959 German GP Awards and achievements Preceded by Inaugural award Olimpia de Oro 1954 Succeeded by Pascual Pérez v t e Formula One World Drivers' Champions     1950  G. Farina 1951  J.M. Fangio 1952  A. Ascari 1953  A. Ascari 1954  J.M. Fangio 1955  J.M. Fangio 1956  J.M. Fangio 1957  J.M. Fangio 1958  M. Hawthorn 1959  J. Brabham 1960  J. Brabham 1961  P. Hill 1962  G. Hill 1963  J. Clark 1964  J. Surtees 1965  J. Clark 1966  J. Brabham 1967  D. Hulme 1968  G. Hill 1969  J. Stewart 1970  J. Rindt 1971  J. Stewart 1972  E. Fittipaldi 1973  J. Stewart 1974  E. Fittipaldi 1975  N. Lauda 1976  J. Hunt 1977  N. Lauda 1978  M. Andretti 1979  J. Scheckter 1980  A. Jones 1981  N. Piquet 1982  K. Rosberg 1983  N. Piquet 1984  N. Lauda 1985  A. Prost 1986  A. Prost 1987  N. Piquet 1988  A. Senna 1989  A. Prost 1990  A. Senna 1991  A. Senna 1992  N. Mansell 1993  A. Prost 1994  M. Schumacher 1995  M. Schumacher 1996  D. Hill 1997  J. Villeneuve 1998  M. Häkkinen 1999  M. Häkkinen 2000  M. Schumacher 2001  M. Schumacher 2002  M. Schumacher 2003  M. Schumacher 2004  M. Schumacher 2005  F. Alonso 2006  F. Alonso 2007  K. Räikkönen 2008  L. Hamilton 2009  J. Button 2010  S. Vettel 2011  S. Vettel v t e 12 Hours of Sebring winners Six-time Tom Kristensen Five-time Rinaldo Capello Four-time Frank Biela Allan McNish Three-time Mario Andretti Marco Werner Two-time Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Hans-Joachim Stuck Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters One-time Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Gary Brabham Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narvaez Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fitch Fitzpatrick Foyt Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Rahal Robinson Ruby Scarfiotti Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Vaccarella Wollek Woods Wurz v t e Turismo Carretera Champion drivers 1939 Ángel Lo Valvo 1940-41 Juan Manuel Fangio 1947-48, 1953-54, 1960 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez 1949-52, 1955-58, 1961 Juan Gálvez 1959 Rodolfo de Álzaga 1962-65 Dante Emiliozzi 1966 Juan Manuel Bordeu 1967 Eduardo Copello 1968 Carlos Pairetti 1969 Gastón Perkins 1970-71 Rubén Luis di Palma 1973 Nasif Estéfano 1974-76 Héctor Gradassi 1977-78, 1995-97, 1999 Juan María Traverso 1979-80 Francisco Espinosa 1980-81 Antonio Aventín 1982 Jorge M. Boero 1983-85 Roberto Mouras 1986 Oscar Angeletti 1987-89 Oscar Castellano 1990 Emilio Satriano 1991-92 Oscar Aventín 1993 Walter Hernández 1994 Eduardo Ramos 1998, 2000-02, 2008, 2011 Guillermo Ortelli 2003 Ernesto Bessone 2004 Omar Martínez 2005 Juan Manuel Silva 2006 Norberto Fontana 2007 Christian Ledesma 2009 Emanuel Moriatis 2010 Agustín Canapino Cars Chevrolet Dodge Ford Torino Circuits Balcarce Buenos Aires Comodoro Rivadavia La Plata Mar de Ajó Nueve de Julio Paraná Posadas Rafaela Río Cuarto Río Gallegos San Luis v t e  Mercedes-Benz in Formula One Current personnel: Bob Bell · Ross Brawn · Jock Clear · Aldo Costa  · Nick Fry · Norbert Haug · James Vowles · Geoff Willis Former personnel (1950s): Alfred Neubauer · Max Sailer · Rudolf Uhlenhaut Race drivers: 7. Michael Schumacher · 8. Nico Rosberg Test drivers: Sam Bird World Champions: Juan Manuel Fangio European Champions: Rudolf Caracciola Notable drivers: Louis Chiron · Luigi Fagioli · Hans Herrmann · Karl Kling · Hermann Lang · Stirling Moss · Richard Seaman · Manfred von Brauchitsch Cars Formula One: W196 · MGP W01 · MGP W02 · F1 W03 Grand Prix: W25 · W125 · W154 Voiturette: W165 v t e   Scuderia Ferrari Founder: Enzo Ferrari President: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Current personnel: Mario Almondo · Luca Baldisserri · Stefano Domenicali · Pat Fry · Hirohide Hamashima · Luca Marmorini · Neil Martin · Massimo Rivola · Rob Smedley · Andrea Stella · Nicholas Tombazis Former personnel: Luca Badoer · John Barnard · Ross Brawn · Gustav Brunner · Rory Byrne · Carlo Chiti · Gioacchino Colombo · Aldo Costa · Chris Dyer · Cesare Fiorio · Mauro Forghieri · Vittorio Jano · Aurelio Lampredi · Harvey Postlethwaite · Enrique Scalabroni · Gilles Simon · Nigel Stepney · Jean Todt Race drivers: 5. Fernando Alonso · 6. Felipe Massa Test drivers: TBA Former drivers World Champions:  Alberto Ascari ·  Juan Manuel Fangio ·  Mike Hawthorn ·  Phil Hill ·  Niki Lauda ·  Kimi Räikkönen ·  Jody Scheckter ·   Michael Schumacher ·  John Surtees Formula One cars: 125 · 212 · 166 · 275 · 340 · 375 · 500 · 553 · 625 · 555 · D50 · 801 · 246 · 156 · 158 · 1512 · 312 · 312B · 312T · 126C · 156/85 · F1/86 · F1/87 · 640 · 641 · 642 · 643 · F92A · F93A · 412T · F310 · F300 · F399 · F1-2000 · F2001 · F2002 · F2003-GA · F2004 · F2005 · 248 F1 · F2007 · F2008 · F60 · F10 · 150° Italia · F2012