Was Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest racecar driver of all time? He was World Champion five times (1951, 1954 to 1957) and his career winning percentage of 46.2-percent in Formula One is better than anyone else by a sizeable margin (Alberto Ascari, 39.4; Jim Clark, 34.3; Michael Schumacher, 29.6; Jackie Stewart, 27.0; Ayrton Senna, 25.3). Fangio’s greatest achievements have been widely discussed in the world of motorsports, but his beginnings are less well known. Born in Argentina in 1911, and…
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