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JUAN MANUEL FANGIO, ARGENTINA
The first true great of the world championship F1 era, ' El Maestro ' took five titles and won 47 per cent of the grands prix he started.
It ' s true that Fangio often got himself into the best cars- he drove for Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari- but he was a key part in making them look that good. He won titles with all.
Revered by his peers, Fangio often seemed to win without having to push himself to the limit; such was his advantage over the rest. The most famous exception- his comeback drive to win the 1957 German GP on the fearsome Nurburgring, in which he broke the lap record numerous times- is often cited as the greatest grand prix drive in history.
Fangio ' s record- at a time when racing was brutally dangerous- marks him as one of the all-time greats, remarkably all achieved when the Argentinean was in his 40s.
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