Juan Manuel Fangio was an Argentine racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1958, winning five World Drivers Championship titles. Nicknamed el Chueco and el Maestro, he retired holding the records for most wins (24), pole positions (29), fastest laps (23) and podium finishes (35), and his mark of five championships stood as the records benchmark for decades afterward.
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Career HighlightWon five Formula One World Drivers' Championships across four different teams, a record that stood for 46 years. 1 Connections
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia, Juan Manuel Fangio
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "24 June 1911"
24 June 1911
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "24 June 1911"
24 June 1911
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, nationality clause: "Argentine racing driver"
Argentine racing driver
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Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, death-date clause: "17 July 1995"
17 July 1995
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, death-year figure: "17 July 1995"
17 July 1995
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