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-  Name = Juan Manuel Fangio |
-  Nationality = Argentine |
-  Years = 1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 |
-  Team(s) =  [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Maserati]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
-  Races = 51 |
-  Championships = 5 |
-  Wins = 22 |
-  Podiums = 31 |
-  Poles = 29 |
-  Fastest laps = 23 |
-  First race = [[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |
-  First win =  [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]|
-  Last win =  [[1957 German Grand Prix|1957]] [[German Grand Prix]]|
-  Last race = [[1958 French Grand Prix|1958]] [[French Grand Prix]] |
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-'''Juan Manuel Fangio''' ([[June 24]], [[1911]] - [[July 17]], [[1995]]) was a noted [[Argentina|Argentine]] racing car driver and winner of the [[Formula One]] championship five times, including four in a row from 1954-57. Fangio is widely considered to be one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, possibly above [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[Michael Schumacher]].
-He was born in [[Balcarce, Buenos Aires|Balcarce]], [[Argentina]] to [[Italian people|Italian]] parents. He began his racing career in [[South America]] 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.
-Initially he was not particularly successful until racing a [[Alfa Romeo]] in 1950. He came second in the 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. In 1954 he was back, racing with a [[Maserati]] until [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes-Benz]] entered 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 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. In 1957 he returned to Maserati and won his fifth title, notable for an extraordinary performance to secure his final win at the [[Nurburgring]] in [[Germany]]. After his series of back-to-back championships he retired in 1958, after the [[French Grand Prix]], having won 24 Grand Prix in 51 starts.
-[[Cuba]]n rebels kidnapped him on [[February 23]], [[1958]] but he was later freed.
-During the rest of his life, he was a representative of [[Mercedes-Benz]], often driving his former race cars in demonstration laps. In [[1990]], he was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]]. In [[2005]], the [[Pagani Zonda#2005 C12 F|Zonda 2005 C12 F]] was named after him due to the  engineering done by Fangio for [[Pagani]].
-He is buried in [[Ciudad de Balcarce Cemetery]], Balcarce, Argentina.
-== External link ==
-*[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/fangio_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Juan-Manuel Fangio
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-[[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame|Fangio, Juan Manuel]]
-[[Category:Italian-Argentines|Fangio, Juan Manuel]]
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