biography
| name: |
Fangio, Juan Manuel
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pronunciation:
[fanjioh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1911–95)
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| biography:
| Motor-racing driver, born in Balcarce, E Argentina, of Italian descent. He served his apprenticeship to road racing first as a mechanic, then in South American events with a car he built himself. He first took part in European Grand Prix racing in 1949, and by 1957 had won the World Championship a record five times (1951, 1954–7). He won 24 Grands Prix. After his retirement (1958) he joined Mercedes-Benz in Argentina. He was once held hostage by Castro's revolutionaries in Cuba. |
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