1959 DOCUMENTARY “TRIBUTE TO FANGIO” FORMULA ONE AUTO RACING JUAN MANUEL FANGIO MONACO GP XD48044

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Consider becoming a channel member Created by British Petroleum, and RHR Productions / Ronald H. Riley, this film “Tribute !“ is a love letter to Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 – 1995), an Argentine race car driver. Fangio was also known by the nickname El Chueco (“the bowlegged“ or “bandy legged one“) or El Maestro (“The Master“ or “The Teacher“). He dominated the first decade of Formula One racing, winning the World Drivers’ Championship five times. He holds the highest winning percentage in Formula 1; %. Fangio is also the only Argentine to have won the Argentine Grand Prix. The film begins at the Infamous racetrack known as Spa in Stavelot, Belgium (:45) followed by picturesque terraces in Monaco (:55) as race cars whiz by. The Reims-Gueux’s motor raceway follows, established in 1926 (1:01). The winding roads of the N