It took several decades for the German Michael Schumacher could beat the record of the Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio. The pilot, a native of Balcarcewon five world titles in motorsports, imposing his stamp on Formula 1. The sample “Fangio in Technopolis” will be presented at fairground and its official inauguration will take place on saturday august 27 at 4 p.m.
The tribute to this artist of the wheel, who held for a long period the record of having conquered five world championships, will feature four emblematic cars that the driver used at different times in his career. Some of the cars, which keep the memory of those victories, traveled from the Fangio Museum in the city of Balcarce.
Dubbed as “the twisted”, the runner began his path in motor sports on March 27, 1938, when he held his first motor racing competition in the city of Necochea with a Ford V8. For twenty years, between 1938 and 1958, he participated in 200 competitions and obtained 79 victories in the categories Tourism HighwayArgentine National Mechanics, Formulas One and Two International, cars of Grand PrixSport and Free Formula.
The runner established himself with the world titles in 1951, 1954, 1955,1956 Y 1957, a conquest very difficult to match, even in these times. The cars selected for the exhibition were the chevrolet coupe of 1939, the Ford V8 Bucketthe Ferrari 166 and the ford model t. All those vehicles had their legacy in the pilot’s life and left their mark.
The classic Chevy It was the car with which he began in road tourism, while the Ford engines debuted in their first national tournaments. The legendary Ferrari 166 is the vehicle with which he won the Monza Grand Prix from 1949, and will also be on display to the delight of the public and fans. An approach to the Argentine master of the four wheels.
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