Juan Manuel FangioIn just eight years of Grand Prix racing, Juan Manuel Fangio won twenty-four of his fifty-one races.He was world champion five times. Fans remember him most for the way he went around corners – veryfast, with the car going across the track and smoke coming from the tyres!Fangio was born in Balcarce, Argentina, in 1911. He started working as a mechanic when he was justeleven years old. In 1934, he built a Ford car from old parts, and he began to race. At the time,South American road races were thousands of kilometres long! Fangio became the Argentine nationalchampion in 1940 and 1941, but he still worked as a mechanic.Then in 1949, the Argentine Motor Club sent a racing team to Europe, and Fangio raced in Formula Onecars for the first time. He quickly began to win Grand Prix races. The Formula One WorldChampionship began in 1950, and in 1951 he became world champion.胡安·曼努埃爾·樊焦在短短八年的一級方程式賽車生涯中,胡安·曼努埃爾·樊焦參加了51站比賽,贏得了24站的冠軍。他五次獲得世界錦標賽冠軍。最讓車迷們印像深刻的是他的過彎技術—— 速度極快,變線精準,身後拖著輪胎在跑道上摩擦出的滾滾濃煙。樊焦於1911年出生於阿根廷的巴爾卡塞,年僅11歲時便當起了機械師。1934年時,他用舊零件組裝了一輛福特汽車,並且開始參加比賽。那時南美的公路汽車比賽賽程經常長達數千公裡。樊焦在1940年和1941年兩次贏得阿根廷全國冠軍,但他依然干著機械師的工作。之後,在1949年,阿根廷汽車俱樂部向歐洲派出一支車隊,樊焦第一次駕駛一級方程式賽車參賽。他迅速開始在國際汽車大獎賽中接連獲勝。世界一級方程式錦標賽從1950年開始舉辦,1951年樊焦便贏得了世界錦標賽冠軍。