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A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.
Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!
I am terribly sorry I am unable to speak English. Two years ago, I decided to study it. Then I thought maybe it's too much work for one so old.
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
I t... (more Juan Manuel Fangio quotes)
Five-time Formula 1 World Championship driver (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, & 1957)
Won 24 F1 World Championship races, 28 pole positions and had 23 Fastest race laps.
Considered one of the greatest Formula 1 racing drivers of all time (Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher are the others).
Mario Andretti has said that Fangio was one of his racing idols.... (more Juan Manuel Fangio trivia)
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