Juan Manuel Fangio

Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)

  • Fame60.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Argentina rank#151
Source-basedStable
  • Fame60.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Argentina rank#151
  • Wikipedia55.1K
Lived 1911–1995, aged 84Argentina
  • Wikipedia
    71 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Argentina
    #151
    Athletes
  • Era
    1911–1995
    Aged 84
  • Known for
    Grand Prix
    1966
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

He won nearly half his races—24 of 52—and took five world titles with four different teams in F1's first decade, then retired and kept the championship record for 46 years. The percentages alone tell you why they called him "el Maestro".

Biography

About

Fangio left school early for auto mechanics and began racing Ford V8s in Argentina's Turismo Carretera in 1938, winning back-to-back national titles in 1940 and 1941. After competing in Europe through the late 1940s, he entered Formula One's inaugural season in 1950 and dominated the decade that followed, claiming championships with Alfa Romeo in 1951, Mercedes-Benz in 1954 and 1955, Ferrari in 1956, and Maserati in 1954 and 1957—the only driver in history to win with four constructors. At 44, he drove the entire 1955 Argentine Grand Prix alone in searing heat while rivals rotated younger co-d…

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Teams

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  • Alfa Romeo Racing
  • Mercedes F1 Team
  • Maserati
  • Scuderia Ferrari
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Awards

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  • diamond Konex award
Where to find them

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Score breakdown

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Fame
Stable
60.6
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Score components
Historical26.0
Now attention2.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
Country rank
#151
Category rank
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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