Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Manuel Fangio (born 24 June 1911 in Balcarce, 17 July 1995 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine racing driver who competed in Formula 1 in all of the 1950s. A very talented sportscar and non-championship driver, he was an occasional front-runner in the early days of the championship, narrowly losing the 1950 title to Giuseppe Farina. He won three championship Grands Prix while developing a reputation as a crash-happy driver. He drove for Alfa Romeo and Ferrari, then signed for Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing, but following an accident at the 1954 Syracuse Grand Prix where he broke his legs, he was forced to sit out the following year and a half. Fearing his career to be over, Fangio announced his retirement, but was nonetheless offered a drive at Ferrari for 1956, which he accepted. He scored a podium in Monaco, but largely disappointed. 1957 was a better year for Fangio, scoring his third win in Spain as he finished 9th in the championship.

His nephew, Juan Manuel Fangio II, would go on to race in Formula One in 1995.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1950	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 158/50	Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s	GBR 8	MON 2	500 DNQ	SUI 1	BEL 4	FRA 4	ITA Ret					3rd	20 (21)
1951	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 158/50	Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s	MON Ret	500	BEL Ret	FRA 4	GBR Ret	GER Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret				16th	4
1952	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159/52	Alfa Romeo 159 1.5 L8s	MON 7	ENG Ret	BEL 4	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 2	NED 4	ITA Ret	USA Ret	AUS DNS		9th	13
1953	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON 6	NED Ret	BEL Ret	FRA 6	GBR 1	GER 9	SUI Ret	ITA 10	USA			11th	8
1956	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4	MON 3	FRA 12	BEL 6	GER Ret	GDR	IRL Ret	SCO 5	GBR 8				14th	7
	Reatherson Racing Developments											ITA Ret	THA
1957	Scuderia Centro-Sud	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4s	MAR	MON Ret										9th	12
	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili		O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s			FRA Ret	BEL 5	NED Ret	IRL Ret	GBR Ret	GER 6	ITA Ret	ESP 1	USA Ret
1958	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	O.S.C.A F158	O.S.C.A 1558 1.5 L4s	AUS 6†	MON Ret	FRA Ret	NED	BEL	GER Ret	GBR					26th	1
		O.S.C.A F156A									POR 8	ITA Ret	MAR Ret	USA

• † signifies that Fangio did not finish the race but completed enough distance to be classified.