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Juan Manuel Fangio

Awards And Accomplishments

1940	Placed first at the Gran Premio Internacional del Norte
1940-41	Earned Argentine National Champion title
1941	Won both races he entered, including the Argentine One Thousand Miles
1942	Won four of five races completed
1947	Won three of ten races he completed
1948	Won three of seven races completed
1949	Won nine of fourteen races completed
1950	Won the French, Belgian, and Monaco grand prix, along with the Argentine 500 Miles
1951	Won the French, Swiss, and Spanish grand prix
1951,	Won World Championship
1954-57
1952	Won six of seven races completed before season cut short in crash at Monza, Italy
1953	Won the Italian grand prix
1954	Won the Argentinean, Belgian, German, Italian, French, and Swiss grand prix
1955	Won the Argentinean, Belgian, Italian, and Dutch grand prix
1956	Won the Argentinean, German, and British grand prix, along with the Sebring 12 Hours Race
1957	Won the Argentinean, French, German, and Monaco grand prix, along with the Sebring 12 Hours Race
1958	Won one race in five starts before quitting
1980s	Had a race car museum and racetrack in his hometown named for him