Juan Manuel Fangio

Nationality: Argentina
Date of Birth-Death: 24 June 1911 - 17 July 1995
Drivers championships: 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
Grand Prix victories: 24
Races started: 51
Pole positions: 29
Teams: Alfa-Romeo 1950-1951, Maserati 1953 - 1955, Ferrari 1956, Maserati 1957 - 1958,

Juan Manuel Fangio career

Juan Manuel Fangio is rated by many people as the greatest grand prix driver of all time. His record of 5 championship wins in the 1950's stood until Michael Schumacher overtook it in 2003. It is not possible to properly compare drivers from different eras of the sport, but he was definitely one of the greatest of his generation. Unusually he was 40 when he won his first championship title.

1958

Team: Maserati
Position: 14
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1
In his final year in F1 he finished 4th in the two races he started.

1957

Team: Maserati
Position: 1
Points: 40
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 4
This was his 5th and final championship win with four wins and two second places out of 7 races.

1956

Team: Ferrari
Position: 1
Points: 30
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 6
His third consecutive championship with three wins and two second places.

1955

Team: Mercedes
Position: 1
Points: 40
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 3
In another championship winning year he won 4 of the 6 races.

1954

Team: Maserati / Mercedes
Position: 1
Points: 42
Race wins: 6
Pole positions: 5
This year was his second drivers championship and the first of four consecutive drivers championships. He won six out of the 8 races.

1953

Team: Maserati
Position: 2
Points: 28
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 2
This season he had one win and three second places for runner up in the drivers championship.

1951

Team: Alfa Romeo
Position: 1
Points: 31
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 4
This was his first drivers championship with three wins and two second places.

1950

Team: Alfa Romeo
Position: 2
Points: 27
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 3
In the first championship season he won the three races he completed.

Juan Manuel Fangio