Mercedes 1955 'streamliner' set to smash F1 record at auction
A sleek, long-nosed Mercedes raced by Stirling Moss and five-times Formula One world champion Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 could become the most expensive grand prix car of all time at an auction in ...
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When F1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped at gunpoint in Cuba
Juan Manuel Fangio, without any doubt ... success from the tragedy that the race ultimately became. Cifuentes’ crash and the subsequent failure to control the crowd continued to reveal that ...
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Judge orders Juan Manuel Fangio's body exhumed
A judge in Argentina has ordered the body of the late, great Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio be exhumed for a DNA test to determine if his girlfriend's son was actually his. This week will ...
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Iconic Mercedes F1 car from 1950s could be sold for record £41m
An iconic Mercedes F1 car could be sold for a world record fee in excess of £41 million. Auctioneers RM Sotheby ’s are ...
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Fangio-driven 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 could fetch $70M
A rare Mercedes-Benz owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is headed for auction and expected to fetch more than $50 million The car is a W196 raced by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling ...
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Fangio F1 car sells for record $29M at Goodwood auction
This Mercedes W196R was driven by Juan Manuel Fangio to wins in the 1954 German and Swiss Grand Prix races, and when the hammer fell at auction yesterday, the $29.65 million price it fetched made ...
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Juan Manuel Fangio’s ‘drive of his life’ at the 1957 German Grand Prix
On this day — August 4 — in 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio scored his final Formula 1 victory, one that is considered one of the ...