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Raed Raffii:
– Formula One
 
Richie Stanaway:
– World Champion
 
Myles Collins:
– To have a career in motorsport - my passion as a career - does it get any better than that?
 
Brendon Cook:
– To race in a Grand Prix
 
Max Cornelius:
– F1
 
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4.Rio Haryanto
5.Joel Miller
6.Samuele Buttarelli
7.Andre Heimgartner
8.Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.Stefan Rzadzinski
10.Kevin Mirocha
11.Jody Fannin
12.Simon Sikes
13.Nick Percat
14.Lewis Hamilton
15.Alice Powell
16.James Thorp
17.Felipe Merjech
18.Daniel Haglöf
19.Sami Luka
20.Jesse Krohn
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Juan Manuel Fangio

Date of birth:June 24, 1911
Place of birth:Balcarce
Died:July 17, 1995
Place of death:Balcarce
Races entered:204
Wins:81
Podiums:117
Pole positions:77
Fastest laps:61
Race win percentage:39.71%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Racing career highlights


Winner of the Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1958.
Formula 1 world champion 1957.
Winner of the Gran Premio de Cuba 1957.
Winner of the Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1957.
Winner of Gran Premio Ciudad de Sao Paolo 1957.
Winner of the Grand Prix de Boa Vista, Brasil 1957.
Formula 1 world champion 1956.
Winner of the Siracusa Grand Prix 1956.
Third in Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore, Italy 1956.
Second in Gran Premio Internacional de Venezuela 1956.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Gran Premio ciudad de Buenos Aires (Mendoza) 1956.
Formula 1 world champion 1955.
Second in Targa Florio 1955.
Winner of the Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1955.
Second in Tourist Trophy 1955.
Second in Mille Miglia Italy 1955.
Winner of the ADAC-Eifel-Rennen, Nürburgring 1955.
Winner of the Swedish Grand Prix 1955.
Winner of Gran Premio Internacional de Venezuela 1955.
Formula 1 world champion 1954.
Second in Tourist Trophy 1954.
Second in Grosser Preis von Berlin 1954.
Second in Formula 1 1953.
Winner of the Formula 2, Gran Premio di Modena, Italy 1953.
Third in Formula 2 (F1), Gran Prix de Bordeaux, France 1953.
Second in Formula 2 (F1), Grand Prix di Napoli, Italy 1953.
Winner of Formula 2 (F1), Vue des Alpes, Switzerland 1953.
Second in Formula Libre, Silverstone Grand Prix 1953.
Second in Formula Libre, Trofeo Woodcote, Great Britain 1953.
Second in Targa Florio - S 2.0 1953.
Winner of the Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore, Italy 1953.
Winner of the Gran Premio Ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay 1952.
Winner of the Gran Premio Maria Eva Duarte de Peron 1952.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Grande Prêmio da Cidade de São Paulo 1952.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Grande Prêmio da Quinta da Boa Vista, Brasil 1952.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Gran Premio Presidente Perón, Argentina 1952.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Gran Premio de Uruguay 1952.
Formula 1 world champion 1951.
Third in Gran Premio Gral. Juan Domingo Perón, Argentina 1951.
Winner of the Formula 1 Gran Premio di Bari, Italy 1951.
Second in Formula 1 1950.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Gran Premio de Paraná Argentina 1950.
Winner of the Formula Libre, Gran Premio del presidente Arturo Alessandri Palma Chile 1950.
Winner of the Formula Libre, 500 Millas de Rafaela Argentina 1950.
Third in Formula 2, Grand Prix de Marseille, France 1950.
Winner of the Formula 2, Circuit International Automobile Des Remparts -Angoulême- France 1950.
Winner of the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Pau, France 1950.
Winner of the Formula 1 Gran Premio di San Remo, Italy 1950.
Third in Mille Miglia Italy, Group S+2.0 1950.
Second in Formula 1, Gran Premio di Bari Italy 1950.
Winner of Formula 1, III Grand Prix des Nations Switzerland 1950.
Winner of Formula 1, XIX Circuito di Pescara, Italy 1950.
Second in Formula 1, II BRDC International Trophy, Great Britain 1950.
Winner of the X Gran Premio di San Remo, Italy 1949.
Third in Turismo Carretera Argentina 1949.
Winner of the Mar del Plata Grand Prix 1949.
Winner of X Pau Grand Prix 1949.
Winner of IV Grand Prix du Roussillon 1949.
Winner of Grand Prix de l’Albigeois, France 1949.
Winner of the Premio Jean Pierre Wimille Argentina 1949.
Second in Autos Especiales GP Maria Eva Duarte de Peron 1949.
Winner of the II Gran Premio Internacional San Martin Argentina 1949.
Winner of the Grand Prix de Marseille France 1949.
Second in Formula Libre, IV Gran Premio Juan Domingo Peron (Palermo) Argentina 1949.
Winner of Gran Premio Autodromo di Monza Formula 2 race 1949.
Winner of Gran Premio Ciudad de Mercedes, Uruguay 1948.
Third in Premio Cien Millas Playas de Necochea, Argentina 1948.
Winner of the Gran Premio Otoño (Palermo), Argentina 1948.
Winner of Premio Doble vuelta Ciudad de Coronel Pringles 1948.
Third in Turismo Carretera Argentina 1947.
Third in Grand Prix Vendima 1947.
Winner of Premio de Mecánica Rioplatense Ciudad de Montevideo 1947.
Third in Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1947.
Winner of Premio de Mecánica Argentina Ciudad de Rosario 1947.
Winner of Premios Primavera Mecánica Argentina 1947.
Second in Ford T Premio Ciudad de Morón 1946.
Second in Ford T Premio Circuito de Tandil 1946.
Argentinian Turismo Carretera champion 1941.
Argentinian Turismo Carretera champion 1940.

Racing career summary


The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

1958 5 races. 1 win. 1 podium. 2 pole positions. 2 fastest race laps.
1957 16 races. 9 wins. 11 podiums. 11 pole positions. 6 fastest race laps.
1956 16 races. 7 wins. 10 podiums. 12 pole positions. 7 fastest race laps.
1955 14 races. 8 wins. 12 podiums. 6 pole positions. 6 fastest race laps.
1954 13 races. 6 wins. 9 podiums. 6 pole positions. 3 fastest race laps.
1953 24 races. 5 wins. 14 podiums. 6 pole positions. 5 fastest race laps.
1952 12 races. 6 wins. 6 podiums. 7 pole positions. 4 fastest race laps.
1951 14 races. 4 wins. 7 podiums. 7 pole positions. 8 fastest race laps.
1950 26 races. 12 wins. 15 podiums. 15 pole positions. 12 fastest race laps.
1949 20 races. 11 wins. 15 podiums. 4 pole positions. 6 fastest race laps.
1948 13 races. 4 wins. 5 podiums. 1 pole position. 2 fastest race laps.
1947 14 races. 4 wins. 6 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1946 2 races. 0 wins. 2 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1942 2 races. 1 win. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1941 2 races. 2 wins. 2 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1940 2 races. 1 win. 1 podium. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1939 4 races. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1938 2 races. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1937 1 race. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.
1936 2 races. 0 wins. 0 podiums. 0 pole positions. 0 fastest race laps.




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