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".
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It's the last thing he could expect.
At the start of the 1952 season, Juan Manuel Fangio found himself on foot.
Without a steering wheel to defend his first Formula 1 world championship title. Alfa Romeo, with whom he has just been crowned, has decided to withdraw from competition.
Born before the war, the Alfetta single-seater has been kept up to date thanks to tinkering on the chassis to stiffen the assembly and a pair of compressors coupled with a methanol-based fuel to bring the power of the eight-cylinder to 425 horsepower line.
Fangio has just narrowly won his…
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