Anyone who truly has a love of racing has surely heard of what must be one of the best drivers that ever lived… Juan Maunel Fangio. If for some strange reason you don’t know who he was just sit down the candy and step away from the computer.

I have been very lucky to know or have known many of the greatest drivers of racing history but I never got to meet Juan Fangio. Better know and “The Master” he was a race car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing. He won five Formula One World Driver’s Championships — a record which stood for 46 years — with four different teams (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati), a feat that has not been repeated since. How impressive is that for a resume? The statue above is a tribute to Juan Manuel Fangio that graces the streets of Monaco. What a fitting tribute it is and I can not think of a more fitting place for it to rest.
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