Video: Fangio’s best Formula 1 race ever at the Nürburgring

Posted on 26-01-2015 23:14 by mauritsh – 13 Comments”

Where manufacturers currently on top of each other tumble to be able to claim that their car, the Green Hell really is the fastest afraffelt, was the most famous circuit in the world used to be reserved for drivers with steel balls.

Fangio gold for the coming of one M. Schumacher as the absolute record holder in Formula 1 with five world titles. These championships reeg he also aanéén in a time in which drivers about bushes everywhere and the racing extremely dangerous.

In 1957, the year in which the Argentine his last championship won, region of the circus for the German grand prix down to the well-known Nürburgring. The circuit had yet 22,81 km and in the race, which was held over 22 laps, a total distance of over 500 miles. This did winner Fangio it is a neat 3.5 hours, but the stercoureur got his victory lap.

The Spaniard started the race in his Maserati 250 F (beautiful car by the way) from pole position, and thought that it would be more helpful to work with a half tank and soft tyres to start with. The competition drove the race on the harder rubber and with full tanks, so that Fangio comfortably ahead could build to be as safe a pit stop to make.

With this service, however, went pretty much everything wrong what you can think of, and Fangio came in third back on to the track with a hefty gap on the number two: Peter Collins in a Ferrari. The quintuple champion left it there and broke in the next ten laps but less than nine(!) time the lap record. In one of those rounds, he made a solid 15 seconds to good on his vehicle in front of you, what in the current racing absolutely unthinkable.

After Collins returned was referred to the third spot, closed the Fangio the hole with the leader Mike Hawthorn. With two wheels on the grass and devoured the final winner him in the penultimate round, the race after more than three hours of explosions with only 3.6 seconds ahead to win. The fastest lap (in the name of Fangio, of course), stood at 9:17,4, which is even now a quite acceptable time. Especially when you consider what for left hand cars the drivers at the time reason.

The corresponding retrobeelden check you, of course, in the video below.