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endofbeginings · 3 months
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Fangio was just an insane guy, he started competing in f1 in his forties, outdriving his fitter and younger rivals every single time. He broke his neck but came back to f1 a year later and won 4 consecutive titles. When he was at ferrari he would fight with enzo constantly bc he didnt want to follow his strategies. Then he left ferrari for maserati and enzo called him a whore for not being loyal to only one team. At one point he got kidnapped at the cuban gp and asked the kidnappers not to take stirling moss as well because he had just gotten married and he didnt want them to ruin the mood!! Then he said he was treated very well and became friends with one of his kidnappers LMAO
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frenchcurious · 18 days
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La Mercedes-Benz W 196 R de Juan Manuel Fangio, vainqueur du Grand Prix des Pays-Bas 1955. - source RM Sotheby's.
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theminimalisto · 1 year
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schumi-honey · 6 months
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"We think of Rome as an empire in a way that we do not use for other nations. The others are pretenders. Rome stands alone. Throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, its wreckage still draws the traveller and speaks a message that is haunting: this was imperial, this was lasting, this is gone."
- There and Then: The travel writing of James Salter
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msmirrorball21 · 1 year
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"Once in a generation talents"
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I don't know if it's been done before, but I wanted to have it in here.
(photo credits to owners, I only put everything together in photoshop)
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lascitasdelashoras · 7 months
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Juan Manuel Fangio
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masochistic-tifosi · 8 months
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History of the Motorsport Champaign Spray
The most important part of a Motorsport podium is a Champagne Spray. But you have to admit that spraying Champagne on teammates and rivals is kinda weird. So why the fuck do people spray champagne on each other on the podium.
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Before we answer why drivers do the Champagne spray, first we must ask why Champagne is on the podium in the first place.
The first time Champagne was rewarded during Formula 1's first season. After the 1950 French Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was awarded a bottle of champagne from Moët & Chandon. Moët & Chandon would be the official champagne provider to F1 from 1966-1999 and from 2016-2017.
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The first time Champagne was ever sprayed on the Podium did not happen during an F1 event. In fact, it wasn't even on purpose. After the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans (Yes, the one in Ford vs Ferrari), the class winner of Prototype 2000 Jo Siffert accidentally sprayed the crowd with Champagne when opening the bottle as it had built pressure from being in the sun for too long.
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The next year's class and overall winner Dan Gurney (Also apart of the only pure American team to win Le Mans) decided to do a little trolling and shacked the bottle until it popped, spraying his teammate, photographers, Carroll Shelby, and Henry Ford II. Thus the tradition was born.
“What I did with the champagne was totally spontaneous. I had no idea it would start a tradition. I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectly...I thought this hard-fought victory needed something special.” - Dan Gurney
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In ye olden days most drivers competed in multiple series a year, so my theory is that Dan Gurney friend and the people he competed with in that race thought it would be fun to spray the Champagne.
Because I mainly blog about F1, the first time Champagne Spray was not done by Dan Hurney(He was also an F1 driver, in fact he is the first of three people to win an F1, Indy, and Nascar race in the world) recorded was in 1969 French GP, where Jackie Stewart accidentally popped the cork of a warm bottle of Champagne, he tried to preserve the drink by covering it with his thumb, but it made it worse.
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Fun fact: It cannot be called Champagne if it was not made in the French region of Champagne. So the current F1 officel victory drink Ferrari Trento(No relation to Scuderia Ferrari) is not Champagne, its sparkling wine.
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308ferrari · 11 days
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blackswaneuroparedux · 10 months
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Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.
Steve McQueen
In his lifetime Juan Manuel Fangio was called 'El Maestro' and was rightly considered as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time.
In seven full Formula One seasons (he missed one recovering from a nearly fatal injury) he was World Champion five times (with four different teams) and runner-up twice. In his 51 championship Grands Prix he started from the front row 48 times (including 29 pole positions) and set 23 fastest race laps en route to 35 podium finishes, 24 of them victories. His superlative track record was achieved by some of the greatest displays of skill and daring ever seen. Fangio did it all with style, grace, nobility and a sense of honour never seen before or since.
Fangio flourished in Formula One racing when the world championship was in its infancy and he was a comparatively 'Old Man' - which is what his admiring rivals called the aging genius who won his last driving title in 1957, when he was 46 years old.
Most of his challengers were young enough to be his sons, and nearly all of them came from privileged backgrounds far removed from Fangio's humble origins in a remote corner of Argentina, in the dusty frontier town of Balcarce. His father and mother, hard-working immigrants from the Abruzzi region of Italy to whom Fangio was deeply devoted, raised their six children (three boys and three girls) to believe in God and the dignity of labour.
Juan Manuel Fangio credited his parents with instilling in him the virtues of honesty and integrity, self-discipline, respect for others and the sense of responsibility that characterised his approach to life. 
Fangio’s legacy in the world of motorsport is immense. He set a standard of excellence that has inspired generations of racers, and his smooth driving style and strategic mastery have been studied and emulated by countless drivers. He was also a pioneer in the sport, helping to popularize Formula One in South America and paving the way for future generations of drivers from the region.
A notable victory came in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, where Fangio overcame a 50-second deficit to win the race by just over three seconds. The race is remembered for Fangio’s heroic performance, as he pushed his car to the limit and overtook several competitors in the closing laps.
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retromania4ever · 4 months
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1955 Juan Manuel Fangio 🇦🇷 - Mercedes-Benz W196.
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This pole is for research.
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endofbeginings · 3 months
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Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995)
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frenchcurious · 3 months
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Les Lancia Ferrari D50 du Grand Prix d'Italie - Monza 1956 : #22 Juan Manuel Fangio - #24 Eugenio Castellotti - #26 Peter Collins - #28 Luigi Musso - #30 Alfonso de Portago - #50 Wolfgang von Trips. - source UK Racing History.
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eliotheeangelis · 10 months
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juan manuel fangio congratulates mercedes teammate stirling moss on his victory | 1955 british grand prix
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mugellocircuit · 6 months
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⚠️be honest, don't just pick the driver you like the most⚠️
please check out part 1 for other drivers
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Maserati 250F 2.5
Grand Prix racing wins
1954 Buenos Aires (Fangio)
1954 Spa (Fangio)
1956 Monaco (Moss)
1956 Monza (Moss)
1957 Buenos Aires (Fangio)
1957 Monaco (Fangio)
1957 Rouen (Fangio)
1957 Nurburgring (Fangio)
Forever associated with five-time Formula 1 World Champion, Juan Manuel Fangio, the Maserati 250F is the quintessential front-engined Grand Prix car. Designed principally by Gioacchino Colombo and Valerio Colotti, and introduced for the 1954 season, the 250F was constructed around a tubular ladder-frame chassis, with independent front suspension and a De Dion rear axle, and was powered by a 2½-litre double-overhead-camshaft straight-six engine.
Fangio secured two Grand Prix victories with the 250F before leaving for Mercedes-Benz, ending the '54 season as Formula 1 World Champion for the second time. Having secured a further two F1 World Championships, Fangio was back behind the wheel of a 250F, by this time further developed by Giulio Alfieri, for the 1957 season. Fangio drove to four more World Championship victories that year, including his legendary win at the Nürburgring where he overcame a 48-second deficit following a botched pit stop, passing race leader Mike Hawthorn on the penultimate lap. In doing so he broke the lap record ten times. Fangio's final win, this performance at the wheel of a Maserati 250F is often regarded as the greatest drive in Formula 1 history.
The late Sir Stirling Moss, who achieved his first Formula 1 victory at the wheel of a 250F when he won the non-Championship Oulton Park International Gold Cup in 1954, described the Maserati as "the most beautiful Formula 1 car in the world", an assessment few would disagree with.
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