2 days ago · A Mercedes Formula 1 car raced by World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio and F1 legend Stirling Moss has sold at auction for a record £42.75m. The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen – one of just four of the model to feature the Streamliner coachwork as well as being the first of these to be offered for private ownership – was driven to victory by Fangio in the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand ...

After retirement, Fangio presided as the honorary president of Mercedes-Benz Argentina from 1987, a year after the inauguration of his museum, until his death in 1995. In 2011, on the centenary of his birth, Fangio was remembered around the world and various activities were held in …

4 days ago · At a recent auction organized by RM Sotheby's held at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart, the W196 R Stromlinienwagen chassis 00009/54, driven by F1 legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss ...

2 days ago · The 1954 Mercedes W196 Streamliner driven by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss was sold for a record US$53 million at auction in Stuttgart. Five-time world champion Fangio ...

3 days ago · The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen is now the second most expensive car ever A Mercedes 'streamliner' raced by Formula 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has sold for a record £42.75m ...

Slightly to the side in front of the Museum, a two-part sculpture cast in bronze has stood since 2006, consisting of the life-size male figure of the five-time Formula One World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio and his legendary Mercedes‑Benz W 196 R Silver Arrow – also in real size.

The five-time World Champion only ever drove as fast as it took to win. Juan-Manuel Fangio ran an agency for Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Buenos Aires from the mid-1950s and became President of Mercedes-Benz Argentina S.A. in 1974.

Juan Manuel Fangio erringt mit Rennwagen von vier Marken insgesamt fünf Weltmeistertitel. 1954 und 1955 wird er mit dem Mercedes‑Benz Rennwagen W 196 R Formel-1-Weltmeister und prägt damit die zweite Generation der Silberpfeile wie kein anderer Fahrer.

Feb 21, 2022 · From February 28 to March 4, RM Sotheby’s will offer the 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster owned by racing icon Juan Manuel Fangio, and do so through private sale in a sealed-bid auction.

He had won twice for Maserati in 1954 and then four more times for Mercedes to win a second championship. He became a sensation. He won four times for a third title in 1955 and he won three more times for Ferrari – Mercedes had quit the Grand Prix circuit – and claimed a fourth championship in 1956.