A gifted driver, endowed with unfailing resistance and incredible foresight, an outstanding mechanic, a free spirit, a business leader…
Le Figaro
retraces the great moments in the life of the most respected racing driver in history.
A legend rewarded with five Formula 1 world championship titles and who inspired the expression "stop taking yourself for Fangio".
“Who is Fangio?”
asks the young man, gun in hand.
It is 8:40 p.m. on February 23, 1958, in Cuba.
On the eve of the Havana Grand Prix, in the lobby of the Lincoln Hotel, Juan Manuel Fangio chats with a group of relatives, including his manager Marcello Gambertone and his former mechanic Sivocci Riccardo.
When a young man -
"very thin and very dark",
as he is described by Fangio himself - bursts in and points his pistol at the pilot and his friends.
The driving ace takes a step forward, identifies himself.
The armed man presents himself in turn as
“a member of the July 26 Movement”.
"I do not know…
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