1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster owned by Juan Manuel Fangio El Maestro competed in 52 Formula One

1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster owned by Juan Manuel Fangio El Maestro competed in 52 Formula One races and drove off the victor in 24 of them. That means he won nearly every other race he entered. This led to five world championships with four different teams, with the last four titles all coming year after year from 1954 through 1957. Finished in Metallic Light Blue over a Cream leather interior, the car stayed with Fangio throughout his life, though in 1986, after he became too old to drive regularly, it was placed in the official Juan Manuel Fangio Museum, located in Fangio’s hometown of Balcarce, Argentina. This 300 SL was no garage queen, as the condition of its leather attests. The car was originally delivered in London, after which Fangio drove it across a number of European countries as part of his ambassadorial work for Mercedes. He shipped it to Argentina in 1960 and would continue to drive it as part of his work expanding Mercedes’ operations in South America in the following decades. It’s believed that almost all of the 72,951 kilometers showing on the odometer were driven by the legend. Photo Credit: RM Sotheby's Words by Viknesh Vijayenthiran for MotorAuthority -- source link

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