Tag Archives: Juan Manuel Fangio

The “Mona Lisa” of cars – a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupé – has been auctioned by RM Sotheby’s for a record amount. One of two Coupés ever built, it was the sister car to Stirling Moss’s iconic Mille Miglia-record-breaking, open-cockpit 300 SLR. Both 300 SLR Coupés had remained at …

On this day in 1950, Giuseppe “Nino” Farina won the first ever Formula One race on board an Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Tipo 158 Alfetta at Silverstone. It was the first of eight races that made up the inagural FIA F1 World Championship. Countries that had been at war with …

A 1956 Ferrari 290 MM raced by many of motor racing legends has sold for £17.2 million ($22m) at RM Sotheby’s Petersen Automotive Museum Sale in Los Angeles. The remarkably rare Scuderia Ferrari Works racer eventually sold after an extended bidding contest between three collectors. Campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari for …

Goodwood Revival rejoices in the car that personified grand prix racing in the 1950s – the Maserati 250F Sixty years after Juan Manuel Fangio scored an historic first-time-out win for the Maserati 250F, the Goodwood Revival has been celebrating the iconic car. A stunning display of the 2.5-litre 250Fs was …