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He was a god.

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He couldn't be any better.

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When you're a kid, you need an idol,

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you need someone to inspire you.

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And Fangio has inspired millions of people

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who wanted to become racers.

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You just had to watch him driving.
It was as if he drove in slow motion

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because of his class,
his intelligence, and his focus.

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He didn't make mistakes.

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I think... my life is divided
into several phases.

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Since I was a boy in school,
I wanted to be the best.

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My father wanted me to work with him,

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but I told him,
"I want to learn mechanics."

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Nobody would teach you back then,

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you had to learn on your own
watching others.

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That's why for my first race,
I was the co-driver.

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I was... 18 years old.

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I participated in that race
without my father's permission, even.

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And I felt that the car was alive!

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Little by little,
he stepped into his passion...

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car racing.

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And then in the 40s, something new
called road racing came about.

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Since we had no assistance on the road
and there were few repair shops around...

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there were almost no repair shops,

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so we would carry spare parts inside
the car in case something broke down,

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and gasoline. We'd take
250 liters of gas with us in the car.

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The car weighed
about 1,700 or 1,800 kilos,

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so it needed some heavy reinforcement.

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In these kinds of races, out of 150 cars
that crossed the starting line,

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around 20 cars would make it to the end.

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He won the championships
of 1940 and 1941,

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but what made him popular
was the Buenos Aires-Lima race.

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It was a long-distance race
where they drove for days,

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and it was very representative
of those days' road racing.

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During World War II,

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I had to scrape out an existence.

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Tires were scarce back then,

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so I would buy trucks for their tires,
keep the trucks and sell the tires.

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I traveled Argentina's south provinces,
the entire Patagonia,

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buying trucks... just for their tires!

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When the war was over, I went back
to those places to sell trucks,

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because I knew they didn't have any.

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And I returned to the races in 47.

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During that time,
we had 4 different races in Argentina,

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and due to our good performance,

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the Argentine Automobile Club awarded
Galvez, Puopolo and me

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a trip to Europe.

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GALLIATE, ITALY

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When I raced in Europe,

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my center was a town called Galliate,
in the Novara province,

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30 kilometers from Milan.

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Mr. Varzi let me live
in his house for free.

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Varzi was already famous
in Argentina since 1947 or 1948,

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and he invited the entire team
to visit his town, Galliate,

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and to stay in his house in Galliate,
where he wanted to establish

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the team's base of operations.

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But then Varzi had to travel to Berna,

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to Switzerland, and in Berna

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he participated in the Swiss Grand Prix.

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On Thursday afternoon,

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while Varzi was trying out the circuit,

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he had an accident and died.

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When Achille died, I was in Berna,
so I went to his funeral.

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And I hired his mechanic.

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Then Mr. Varzi,
Mr. Menotti Varzi, his father,

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offered me his house for me to live in.

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So I named the Argentinian team
Achille Varzi Argentinian Team,

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to honor Varzi.

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The entire Argentinian team was there.

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There were many Argentinian racers
in the Varzi Villa,

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he had let them stay in his house.

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Then they would go out to the bar at night

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and meet my husband and other people.

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I don't think there's anyone of them left.

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I'm the last one.
The rest of them passed away.

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Every year, he would come in May.

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He would come to Galliate
to visit his old friends.

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Well, I have so many memories.

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Some are good, some are bad.

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But the good ones compensate
for the bad ones.

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Except for an accident I had,
my first accident, in Peru,

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where my co-driver,
which was my friend, died.

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1948 - GRAND PRIX OF SOUTH AMERICA
ROAD RACING

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In the premises
of the Argentine Automobile Club,

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we'll hold the raffle
for the Grand Prix of South America.

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Veteran Ernesto Blanco
draws ball number one,

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with Fangio holding the first position,

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and the second,
his friend, Domingo Marimon.

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From Buenos Aires to Caracas,
the drivers will join efforts

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with the most diverse topographies
in the most difficult race in the world.

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We had several problems.

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There were these regulations that said

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that the starting positions
in each stage of the race

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would vary depending
on the general classification.

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I had some issues in the first stage.

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The pinion and crown gear were worn away,
and that cost me a lot of time.

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I was one of the last ones to reach Salta.

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The next stage was Salta to La Quiaca,
in the border with Bolivia.

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In that stage, I made third place.
I passed 60 cars on the road.

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But in the general classification,
I was in 50-something,

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so the next day,
I had to start from the back again.

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I had to drive on dirt roads
and pass the other cars,

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and that was hard on the car, because
every day I'd break something different.

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And that's how we reached Lima.

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We were about to go to bed
when we were summoned

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to tell us that we had to start the race
that same night, at 10:00 p.m.,

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because a revolutionary attack
was imminent,

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they feared something would happen,

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so they sent us out there without knowing
the circuit, with no sleep at all.

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In Lima, I was in the lead

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when I took a curve faster than I should,

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so I... I didn't faint,

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so while the car was spinning and falling,
I felt like it was a huge disaster,

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as if we were falling off a cliff,
especially because my co-driver

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was thrown off the car
along with the car door.

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That was my first accident.

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I thought I would never race again.

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Urrutia's death...
I caused that accident.

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Fangio, there's a lot of talk
about your health.

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In order to bring some peace of mind
to all car racing fans,

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could you tell us how you feel?

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I'm perfectly well.

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I'm just waiting for my chance
to face new and brave opponents.

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And whether I win or lose,
I'll dedicate all my efforts

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to my good friend Urrutia,
my brother through thick and thin.

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I speak for all of us here
when I say thank you very much.

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There's an old saying that goes,
"There's no substitute for experience."

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I was almost 37
when I started racing in Europe,

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and I kept doing it until I was
an old man, 47 years old.

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SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND

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STUDY ON WHO WAS
THE BEST RACER OF ALL TIMES

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When you compare
the cars from the 50s with today's cars,

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I'm talking about competition cars,

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the first point is the comfort.

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These cars weren't comfortable.

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It sounds obvious, right?

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But back then, they were
more interested in having a fast car.

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The gearboxes were difficult to maneuver,
the clutch was stiff, um...

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You had to be an expert
to drive a race car in the 50s.

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Today, the cars are built
with carbon fiber

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and composite materials,
and they're heavily tested.

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The category is much safer,
and the tracks are also safer,

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and that's something
that's definitely changed.

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If you want to be efficient
in today's cars, you need precision.

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If you wanted to be efficient
in the cars from the 50s, you needed art.

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Now, like I always say,

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if you add precision
to the art from the 50s,

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the result is a world champion.

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And if you add art to today's precision,

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the result is also a world champion.

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So what we need to do
is to add to each period

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what that period was missing.

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One of the things
that was certainly helpful

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was my knowledge of mechanics,

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knowing how to properly use a car.

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When I started to race with them,
I'd ask the mechanic

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what's the maximum power for the cars,

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and I never exceeded that maximum.

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MODENA, ITALY

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Today's pilots aren't familiar
with the technical aspects of racing,

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like the pilots in Fangio's time were.

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These days,
the car is driven by the pilot,

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but everything else
is handled in the boxes

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by dozens of engineers
that control the car remotely

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and tell the driver, "Do this or that,"
and the driver does it.

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That's why I've always appreciated
the work of the mechanics.

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They're the real heroes of the races.

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You always mention the pilots,
but never the mechanics.

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Without them, you can't win a race.

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They're the ones that handle
those tiny little details

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that can make you lose a race.

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BRACKLEY, ENGLAND

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1949 - SAN REMO GRAND PRIX, ITALY
OSPEDALETTI CIRCUIT

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In 1949

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he began his international campaign
in the San Remo circuit.

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He started having problems
with his Maserati, mechanical problems,

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and his team leader, Amadeo Viñani,

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advised him not to race.

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They were used to work
under any kind of conditions,

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something they brought with them
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so he decided to dismantle the engine

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and stayed up all night until 1:00 a.m.
polishing the crankshaft

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to give the bearings a proper alignment
and make everything perfect

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so that, once that work was done,
the mechanics would be able

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to put the engine back together
while he got some sleep

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before the start of the race.

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That was his first race in Europe.

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Welcome to the Ospedaletti circuit,
home of the San Remo Grand Prix.

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Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio,
in his European debut,

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has won first place in the table,
outdoing his teammate Prince Bira.

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Looks like there's trouble
with Righetti's Ferrari.

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Meanwhile, Fangio takes the lead
at the Ponticello curve.

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Perfect job by Fangio,
winning both heats of the race,

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showing the world
that the new Argentinian Formula 1 team

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is here to fight for the top.

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I was lucky to win that time.

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But you have to take those compliments
with a grain of salt,

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otherwise you might end up believing
that you're the best.

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Trying to be the best in everything?
I agree with that.

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But never believe you're the best.

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MODENA, ITALY

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My name is Adolfo Orsi,
I was born in 1951.

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My family bought Maserati in 1937.

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It stayed in the family until 1969.

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Maserati has been one
of the most important teams

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in Formula 1 during the 1950s,

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because it developed the 250F
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but also for the private racers

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that, in those times,
made up a significant part

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of the Formula 1 starting grid.

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My name is Ermmano Cozza.

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I was born in Modena in 1933.

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When I finished technical school,
my love for engines drove me to Maserati.

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I would say that, for Maserati, Fangio,

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in the entire history of Maserati,

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was its most important pilot

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and, in my opinion, the best.

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And he was the best not only for Maserati;

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for Mercedes in 1954/55,
he was also the best.

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Maserati was a family business,

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it was run by the Orsi family,

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and I was good friends with
their chief mechanic, Guerino Bertocchi,

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and with his brother.

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I was very comfortable with them,

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I even raced for them
without signing any contracts.

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And the car ran wonderfully.

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I was fortunate to win 6 races in Europe:

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San Remo, Pau, Perpignan,

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Marseille, Albi.

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The Pau Grand Prix begins.

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Argentinian Fangio and Graffenried
are head to head.

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Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio
has won three races this year alone.

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Welcome to Marseille.

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Fangio is making
every racer's dream come true,

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winning over his Italian teammates
in their own home

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in the Mecca of car racing,
Monza's historical circuit.

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Racing in Monza was, for any pilot
that was starting racing in Europe,

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a dream come true.

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Fangio is now in the home stretch.

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There's the checkered flag,
and Fangio wins his sixth race this year.

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The Argentinian won!
The victory goes to Fangio!

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From the years 49 to 50,

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Alfa Romeo returns to the races.

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They invited me to a race.

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Mr. Alessio, the president of Alfa Romeo
back in those days,

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had seen me won the previous year
in San Remo.

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The return of Alfa Romeo
was a highly publicized event.

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ALFA ROMEO MUSEUM
ARESE, ITALY

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When World War II ended,

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Alfa Romeo began
a period of reconstruction.

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Their buildings
had been destroyed by bombings.

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Italy in its entirety needed
to be rebuilt,

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so they didn't have
an automobile market.

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There was a pause, but in 1950,

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when the first Formula 1
world championship started,

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a new world was born.

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And Alfa Romeo shows up

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with a perfectly fine-tuned
and evolved car,

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and with a team of champions,
the so-called three Fs team.

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There was Farina, the last Italian
champion from the pre-war era,

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Luigi Fagioli,
who had the most experience,

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and a young Fangio that showed us all
that he's one of the best.

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1950 - SAN REMO GRAND PRIX, ITALY
OSPEDALETTI CIRCUIT

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In San Remo, we had two cars in the race.

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Before it began, Farina hurt his arm,

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so the team decided
to withdraw from the race

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because all they had left was
some unknown racer.

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00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:52,485
The people that had put the money
for the publicity complained about this,

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and they started arguing.

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00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:58,742
So I intervened, I said,
"Gentlemen, what's the problem here?

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If I lose, only some unknown racer
will lose, not Alfa Romeo.

274
00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:08,294
Now, if I win, Alfa Romeo wins,
no matter who's driving."

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00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:11,713
The San Remo race has started.

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One of the Alfa Romeos
seems to have skidded at the start.

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It's the Argentinian rookie Fangio,
who's losing several positions.

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It's lap number 32,

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Ascari went off the course
and withdrew his car.

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The Argentinian Fangio
makes a stunning come back

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and Froilan Gonzalez and his Maserati
abandon the race.

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00:27:31,524 --> 00:27:36,822
Fangio leaves his compatriot Pian
behind with a spectacular maneuver.

283
00:27:37,989 --> 00:27:40,076
And Fangio does it.

284
00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,744
The checkered flag falls
in front of the Alfetta.

285
00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:46,414
I was fortunate to win that race.

286
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The only Alfa in the race.

287
00:27:55,466 --> 00:28:00,303
That night, we had a meeting
to discuss the contract.

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00:28:00,386 --> 00:28:03,224
I told them,
"You fill it and I'll sign it."

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00:28:03,306 --> 00:28:09,187
I had a chance to race with the best car
in existence at that time.

290
00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:11,397
And I didn't have to pay money
or anything,

291
00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:13,274
I just put my body to their service.

292
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:19,365
I think that helped build
a strong friendship

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with the Alfa Romeo team.

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1950 - BRITISH GRAND PRIX
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT

295
00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:16,649
Before the start, we're a little nervous,
until we sit inside the car.

296
00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:19,150
Once you're in the car,

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everything else disappears.

298
00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:23,404
You become somebody else.

299
00:30:33,706 --> 00:30:38,044
In Fangio's first racing season in 1950,

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the Alfetta wins 11 out of 11.

301
00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:44,635
Despite this superiority
and, in a certain way,

302
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:47,388
the rivalry between the three teammates,

303
00:30:47,470 --> 00:30:52,643
their relationship inside the team
was always very positive.

304
00:30:52,725 --> 00:30:56,562
In some races, the drivers
would make a close formation

305
00:30:56,647 --> 00:30:58,439
to wait for their teammate to catch up,

306
00:30:58,524 --> 00:31:01,026
or they would slow down
to warn them about some danger.

307
00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:05,155
That was a sign that the camaraderie
in those teams was wonderful,

308
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:08,449
and that was a time when,
at almost 300 km/h,

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they were risking their lives
in the tracks.

310
00:31:19,961 --> 00:31:24,465
Back in those days, we had to be careful
not to overwork the cars.

311
00:31:24,550 --> 00:31:29,971
Otherwise, we would overheat
and exert the engine,

312
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:34,475
so as a pilot, it was very useful to me

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to be familiar
with the mechanics of the car.

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STUTTGART, GERMANY

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Fangio had the special ability

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of being prepared

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00:31:58,709 --> 00:32:02,420
both physically and emotionally,

318
00:32:02,503 --> 00:32:05,466
and also mechanically,

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00:32:05,548 --> 00:32:10,178
he knew the engine, the clutch,
the brakes, everything about his cars.

320
00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:14,182
The mechanics used to say that,

321
00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:17,936
had he taken 3 or 4 more laps,

322
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:20,356
the engine would've died.

323
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:25,068
He felt like he was making
the most out of himself

324
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and of the machine

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in order to reach their peak.

326
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Despite the heavy rain,
Fangio wins this difficult race

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and takes the first place
in the world championship

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with 9 points in his favor.

329
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:52,965
1950 - MONACO GRAND PRIX
MONTECARLO CIRCUIT

330
00:34:55,343 --> 00:34:57,595
Montecarlo was very interesting.

331
00:34:58,846 --> 00:35:00,848
The day before the race,

332
00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:06,854
I was at the Montecarlo Automobile Club
looking at some pictures

333
00:35:06,939 --> 00:35:11,276
when I came across a picture
of an accident from before the war.

334
00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:17,282
There was this curve called
"The Tabaccaio" that had a tall wall

335
00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:19,660
and you couldn't see
what was on the other side,

336
00:35:19,742 --> 00:35:22,788
and in the picture you could see
several cars piled up against it.

337
00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:25,791
One of the cars spun around
and the ones behind it

338
00:35:25,873 --> 00:35:27,668
crashed into it.

339
00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:31,462
I had a very good car,
so when the race started,

340
00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:34,840
I took the lead and, in the second lap,

341
00:35:34,925 --> 00:35:38,761
I see a yellow flag waving at us.

342
00:35:38,844 --> 00:35:42,558
It didn't mean we had to stop.
A yellow flag means precaution.

343
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,393
Still, that picture came to mind,

344
00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:51,108
and when I reached the curve,
I saw the cars piled up in a heap.

345
00:35:51,191 --> 00:35:54,277
So I drove by them very slowly,

346
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,906
and that gave me the chance to go on,

347
00:35:58,991 --> 00:36:03,744
because the cars behind me
could do the same thing I did.

348
00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:07,165
Eight cars were involved in that accident.

349
00:36:09,585 --> 00:36:14,339
Fangio makes history in Monaco
and wins his first race

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in the top category.

351
00:36:17,342 --> 00:36:21,597
The Argentinian is now
among the best pilots in the world.

352
00:36:22,973 --> 00:36:26,809
I was happy because it was
my first world championship.

353
00:36:26,892 --> 00:36:29,229
I never thought I'd win.

354
00:36:33,108 --> 00:36:37,154
GENOLIER, SWITZERLAND

355
00:37:52,229 --> 00:37:57,650
In 1951, Fangio started
his second season with Alfa Romeo.

356
00:37:57,733 --> 00:38:02,363
He won second place behind Farina
the previous year,

357
00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:07,618
and this time he needed
to beat team Ferrari

358
00:38:07,703 --> 00:38:11,539
with his teammate
and friend Froilan Gonzalez.

359
00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:17,713
Another driver that was very important
in those times was Ascari.

360
00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:20,381
That was an important year

361
00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,843
because he had made a name for himself,

362
00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:27,012
but he needed to prove
that he could also win a championship.

363
00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:31,143
1951 - SPANISH GRAND PRIX, BARCELONA
PEDRALBES CIRCUIT

364
00:38:55,292 --> 00:39:00,255
In this race,
they had several problems in Alfa.

365
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:05,635
They made a car with a de Dion tube
and two lateral tanks,

366
00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:07,763
to have the other team believe

367
00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:11,308
that we wouldn't stop
for the entirety of the race,

368
00:39:11,391 --> 00:39:12,893
which wasn't true.

369
00:39:29,785 --> 00:39:32,495
That was Ferrari's mistake.

370
00:39:32,578 --> 00:39:35,122
To match my speed,

371
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:40,586
they had to overexert themselves
and the tires would fray,

372
00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:43,173
so they had to change them
for smaller tires.

373
00:39:44,089 --> 00:39:48,178
They tried to follow my lead,
and they were left behind.

374
00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:52,598
I managed to stop, change the tires,
and still maintain the lead position.

375
00:42:17,827 --> 00:42:20,330
The only two accidents
I had in my entire life

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00:42:20,412 --> 00:42:24,917
were due to the same reason:
physical exhaustion.

377
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,254
If you're tired, you shouldn't drive.

378
00:42:30,255 --> 00:42:33,759
1952 - ULSTER TOURIST TROPHY
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP CATEGORY

379
00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:38,764
That Saturday, I raced in Ireland.

380
00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:46,606
And I had promised I would race
in Monza on Sunday.

381
00:42:46,689 --> 00:42:51,987
Prince Bira had offered his private jet

382
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:53,821
to take me there, to Monza.

383
00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:58,243
But then Prince Bira's car broke down

384
00:42:58,325 --> 00:43:01,286
in the middle of a storm,

385
00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:05,791
so when I finished the race in Ireland,
Prince Bira was already gone.

386
00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:12,673
So a group of us bought plane tickets
to London, and among us was Rosier.

387
00:43:12,757 --> 00:43:18,596
In London, I asked if there was some way
to go to Italy from there,

388
00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:21,682
but there was none, so we went to Paris.

389
00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:27,272
We arrived in Paris at midnight,
so there were no trains to Italy.

390
00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:30,482
Rosier lent me his car
to complete the trip.

391
00:43:36,321 --> 00:43:39,742
Back in those days,
the tunnel didn't exist yet,

392
00:43:39,825 --> 00:43:43,328
so I had to climb the Moncenisio mountain,

393
00:43:43,413 --> 00:43:46,791
and arrived in Monza
that Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

394
00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:49,544
The race was set to start at 2:30 p.m.

395
00:43:50,545 --> 00:43:53,505
1952 - ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
MONZA CIRCUIT

396
00:43:53,590 --> 00:43:56,926
The drivers are ready.
In the first line,

397
00:43:57,009 --> 00:44:00,971
the Ferraris of Farina and Andre Simon.
The current champion, Juan Manuel Fangio,

398
00:44:01,056 --> 00:44:04,266
will be in the last position
because he didn't participate

399
00:44:04,349 --> 00:44:06,351
in the classification.

400
00:44:06,436 --> 00:44:09,314
I started the race from the last position

401
00:44:09,396 --> 00:44:13,233
and in my second or third lap,

402
00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:16,821
I was overcoming cars
at a very high speed.

403
00:44:16,904 --> 00:44:20,492
Fangio, at full speed,
keeps trying to win positions.

404
00:44:20,575 --> 00:44:23,535
He's on the Lesmo curve,
but his inner side touches the rail.

405
00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:25,622
The car is out of control.

406
00:44:31,961 --> 00:44:34,922
When I woke up, I was in the hospital.

407
00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:37,800
I woke up
maybe three hours after the accident.

408
00:45:01,866 --> 00:45:04,409
Back in our time, in Formula 1,

409
00:45:04,494 --> 00:45:07,997
according to the statistics

410
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:13,836
by "Auto motor und sport,"

411
00:45:13,919 --> 00:45:19,591
65 Formula 1 drivers died
during that period.

412
00:45:19,676 --> 00:45:21,844
65.

413
00:45:21,927 --> 00:45:25,265
Three, four, five every year.

414
00:45:25,347 --> 00:45:26,516
Each year.

415
00:46:15,355 --> 00:46:21,196
I thought it was very easy
to die without realizing it

416
00:46:21,278 --> 00:46:25,490
and between life and death
there's nothing.

417
00:46:25,575 --> 00:46:30,747
So when you get back to your senses,

418
00:46:30,830 --> 00:46:33,123
back to reality,

419
00:46:33,208 --> 00:46:37,669
you realize that dying is not so terrible,

420
00:46:37,754 --> 00:46:40,172
you don't have time to think.

421
00:46:46,221 --> 00:46:50,307
The 1953 season begins,
it's a difficult season,

422
00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:52,684
it's hard coming back
from an accident,

423
00:46:52,769 --> 00:46:57,439
going back to the competition rhythm

424
00:46:57,522 --> 00:47:02,737
and it didn't help that in Argentina,
Holland and Belgium,

425
00:47:02,819 --> 00:47:07,492
he had problems with his car
and can't finish the competition.

426
00:47:07,574 --> 00:47:11,036
Then his luck changes.

427
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,749
He has three second positions
in France, England and Germany.

428
00:47:14,831 --> 00:47:19,211
And he closes the season
in the most conflictive place: Monza,

429
00:47:19,294 --> 00:47:22,799
where he had that serious accident.

430
00:47:22,882 --> 00:47:25,550
He had to prove to himself
and everybody else

431
00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:29,972
that his ability was intact.

432
00:47:32,099 --> 00:47:33,810
Autodromo di Monza.

433
00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:35,727
1953.

434
00:47:35,812 --> 00:47:39,399
One hundred thousand people came
to the most prestigious race of the year

435
00:47:39,481 --> 00:47:40,900
the Italian Grand Prix.

436
00:47:40,983 --> 00:47:42,985
On the starting line, on the front row,

437
00:47:43,068 --> 00:47:45,697
the ex world champion,
Farina, with number 6,

438
00:47:45,780 --> 00:47:48,949
Fangio, number 50,
another ex world champion,

439
00:47:49,033 --> 00:47:52,662
and champion Alberto Ascari,
with number 4.

440
00:47:54,121 --> 00:47:56,957
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
MONZA CIRCUIT

441
00:47:58,750 --> 00:48:01,546
I first met Fangio in Monza

442
00:48:01,628 --> 00:48:05,257
in September 1953 at the Grand Prix.

443
00:48:05,717 --> 00:48:09,429
I was in the boxes and...

444
00:48:09,511 --> 00:48:14,851
it was Fangio, Marimon,
who was Fangio's young apprentice,

445
00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:16,768
Menditeguy and Mieres.

446
00:48:16,853 --> 00:48:19,980
And for many laps
they kept going past each other.

447
00:48:20,064 --> 00:48:23,900
In one lap, Fangio was ahead,
another lap Ascari was ahead.

448
00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:26,987
In the last lap, Ascari was ahead,

449
00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:30,742
but he took a bend badly
because Fangio was pressuring him.

450
00:48:30,825 --> 00:48:33,660
He got off track,
Fangio went past him and won.

451
00:48:36,456 --> 00:48:39,584
This bend decided the race.

452
00:48:39,666 --> 00:48:41,085
And I thought,

453
00:48:41,168 --> 00:48:44,046
"If I manage to keep close
instead of going wide,

454
00:48:44,129 --> 00:48:46,173
maybe I won't get past,

455
00:48:46,298 --> 00:48:48,718
my car is stronger when going straight.

456
00:48:48,885 --> 00:48:50,385
I'll do it in the last lap,

457
00:48:50,470 --> 00:48:52,679
it's less risky and least expected.

458
00:48:52,764 --> 00:48:55,975
I tried, I did it, and I won.

459
00:48:56,058 --> 00:48:57,684
Going for the last lap, Ascari,

460
00:48:57,769 --> 00:49:01,271
followed by Fangio,
who looks stronger for the straight.

461
00:49:01,356 --> 00:49:03,983
Fangio went past Ascari.
He's going to beat him.

462
00:49:04,066 --> 00:49:07,694
Fangio is coming in first.
The speed, the power!

463
00:49:07,779 --> 00:49:10,365
Fangio won, the champion is back!

464
00:49:24,379 --> 00:49:27,382
WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONS

465
00:49:30,175 --> 00:49:33,012
I got along with everyone.

466
00:49:33,970 --> 00:49:39,059
I never had a rivalry,

467
00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:41,896
a personal rivalry with anyone.

468
00:49:41,978 --> 00:49:46,858
The only rivalry was during the race,
not outside the race.

469
00:49:52,739 --> 00:49:57,787
In the year 1954,

470
00:49:58,538 --> 00:50:02,667
Mercedes Benz came back

471
00:50:02,749 --> 00:50:04,459
in the history of that race

472
00:50:04,544 --> 00:50:08,630
with the famous manager Neubauer.

473
00:50:09,131 --> 00:50:13,260
And for Neubauer,
there were two drivers:

474
00:50:13,343 --> 00:50:16,513
one was obviously the best driver,

475
00:50:16,596 --> 00:50:18,348
Juan Manuel Fangio,

476
00:50:18,433 --> 00:50:20,560
and Karl Kling.

477
00:50:20,642 --> 00:50:23,438
Those two had established themselves.

478
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,564
And me.

479
00:51:18,034 --> 00:51:22,162
MERCEDES BENZ MUSEUM
STUTTGART, GERMANY

480
00:51:53,402 --> 00:51:56,405
FRENCH GRAND PRIX
REIMS CIRCUIT

481
00:52:08,543 --> 00:52:13,923
With Mercedes we did things differently.

482
00:52:14,839 --> 00:52:20,930
There were three mechanics
for one driver.

483
00:52:21,012 --> 00:52:24,391
They were exclusive,
not interchangeable.

484
00:52:24,474 --> 00:52:28,688
Three for me, three for Kling,
three for Hermann.

485
00:52:28,770 --> 00:52:32,857
We were a force unit.

486
00:53:08,019 --> 00:53:12,522
I wrote a book together with Carozzo

487
00:53:12,607 --> 00:53:18,237
and I dedicated a whole chapter
to luck or fate.

488
00:53:19,821 --> 00:53:24,243
Undoubtedly, you have to help fate,
fate can do it on its own.

489
00:53:24,326 --> 00:53:26,953
If you sit back, it won't come to you.

490
00:53:27,038 --> 00:53:31,125
But I do believe we all have

491
00:53:31,207 --> 00:53:33,543
a delineated path.

492
00:53:35,004 --> 00:53:37,964
GERMAN GRAND PRIX
NURBURGRING CIRCUIT

493
00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:44,639
Onofre Marimon, son of Domingo Marimon,
Fangio's great friend,

494
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:48,184
was his apprentice
in the European tracks.

495
00:53:48,267 --> 00:53:51,270
And in Nurburgring circuit,

496
00:53:51,353 --> 00:53:53,397
an extremely difficult circuit

497
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,193
because of the elevations,
the amount of bends, the length,

498
00:53:57,276 --> 00:54:01,821
Juan asked Onofre to wait for him

499
00:54:01,906 --> 00:54:04,574
to check out some useful details.

500
00:54:04,659 --> 00:54:07,827
He was an obsessive man,
he'd go to the circuit

501
00:54:07,912 --> 00:54:09,664
two, three days before.

502
00:54:09,746 --> 00:54:13,500
If it was a three, four-mile circuit,
he'd do it on his bike.

503
00:54:13,625 --> 00:54:16,921
If it was 7, 9 miles, like Spa,

504
00:54:17,003 --> 00:54:19,839
or 14 like Nurburgring,
he'd do it on his motorbike.

505
00:54:19,924 --> 00:54:24,053
He wanted to memorize the track,

506
00:54:24,135 --> 00:54:27,056
where he'd place his car,

507
00:54:27,138 --> 00:54:30,266
what the race-deciding spot was.

508
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:34,145
He'd study it days before.

509
00:54:34,230 --> 00:54:37,441
And he expected his colleague
to do the same.

510
00:54:40,194 --> 00:54:43,114
Unfortunately,
when Fangio got to the circuit,

511
00:54:43,197 --> 00:54:46,032
Onofre was already in his car

512
00:54:46,117 --> 00:54:48,034
and on a downgrade

513
00:54:48,119 --> 00:54:50,662
he gets off track and dies.

514
00:55:21,861 --> 00:55:23,903
Marimon was a young man,

515
00:55:23,988 --> 00:55:27,283
a cheerful man full of life.

516
00:55:27,366 --> 00:55:30,870
A very likeable fellow, always smiling.

517
00:55:30,952 --> 00:55:34,914
He was Fangio and Gonzalez's protégé.

518
00:55:34,999 --> 00:55:37,459
They were his mentors.

519
00:55:38,084 --> 00:55:41,297
I have a photograph, after his death,

520
00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:45,675
of Fangio and Gonzalez
holding each other in tears.

521
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:49,471
For them, it was a real tragedy.

522
00:55:57,271 --> 00:56:00,982
I believe in predestination.

523
00:56:01,065 --> 00:56:03,485
No one dies before his time.

524
00:58:30,757 --> 00:58:33,760
WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONS

525
00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:45,564
He left for the old continent in 1949

526
00:58:45,647 --> 00:58:49,275
heading the first international
auto racing Argentine team.

527
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:53,154
His past and present success
in the highest auto racing category

528
00:58:53,237 --> 00:58:54,490
is undeniable.

529
00:58:54,573 --> 00:58:57,659
Juan Manuel Fangio is
like no other driver.

530
00:58:57,742 --> 00:59:00,787
He has dominated every circuit.

531
00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:05,917
Today we can be sure he'll go down
in our country sports history.

532
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,294
He has achieved
his second championship

533
00:59:08,379 --> 00:59:10,171
this time with Mercedes Benz.

534
00:59:11,715 --> 00:59:15,051
Argentineans have gathered
to welcome him this afternoon,

535
00:59:15,134 --> 00:59:17,596
moved by the Balcarce driver's
achievements

536
00:59:17,679 --> 00:59:21,475
and excited for the 1955 new season,

537
00:59:21,558 --> 00:59:24,435
whose first stop
will take place right here.

538
00:59:27,146 --> 00:59:32,361
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Argentina Grand Prix.

539
00:59:34,195 --> 00:59:36,573
ARGENTINA GRAND PRIX
BUENOS AIRES CIRCUIT

540
00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:38,367
All eyes are on Buenos Aires.

541
00:59:38,449 --> 00:59:42,453
The racing aces will battle
at 17 de Octubre Circuit

542
00:59:42,538 --> 00:59:44,455
for the third Argentina Grand Prix

543
00:59:44,540 --> 00:59:47,166
and get points for the World Champions.

544
00:59:47,251 --> 00:59:49,460
Here's the famous Mercedes Benz team,

545
00:59:49,545 --> 00:59:52,256
with Fangio, the 1954 world champion.

546
00:59:54,383 --> 00:59:55,759
In Buenos Aires,

547
00:59:55,842 --> 01:00:00,221
the team was made up of Fangio, Kling,

548
01:00:00,304 --> 01:00:02,641
Stirling Moss and me.

549
01:00:04,726 --> 01:00:08,647
When I first saw Stirling Moss racing,

550
01:00:08,730 --> 01:00:12,859
I felt great admiration for the guy.

551
01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:16,320
He was fighting with the best.

552
01:00:17,156 --> 01:00:22,744
And over the races, we became friends.

553
01:00:22,827 --> 01:00:26,873
I consider him one of my best friends.

554
01:00:55,819 --> 01:00:59,238
We had four racing cars.

555
01:00:59,323 --> 01:01:03,409
And even for Argentina

556
01:01:03,494 --> 01:01:05,995
the intense hot weather was unusual,

557
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:10,291
I think it was in January.

558
01:01:10,917 --> 01:01:13,002
I started to feel

559
01:01:13,087 --> 01:01:17,423
I was getting a heatstroke.

560
01:01:17,508 --> 01:01:21,260
The champion's serenity
can be seen at every bend.

561
01:01:21,345 --> 01:01:24,681
His strong car and the strong heat
have taken many out.

562
01:01:24,764 --> 01:01:29,103
It's 151ºF where the wheels
touch the track.

563
01:01:30,269 --> 01:01:33,482
What happened to Moss

564
01:01:33,564 --> 01:01:39,195
is that he stopped on the track,

565
01:01:39,278 --> 01:01:43,534
not in the boxes.

566
01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:46,370
I felt I had to make it
to the boxes at least.

567
01:01:46,452 --> 01:01:50,581
I got there,
but couldn't get out of the car.

568
01:01:50,666 --> 01:01:53,544
I was so weak I had to be taken out.

569
01:01:53,627 --> 01:01:56,420
Karl Kling was thrown of his car.

570
01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:59,340
Fortunately, nothing happened to him.

571
01:01:59,423 --> 01:02:03,219
I just remembered
something else that happened.

572
01:02:03,637 --> 01:02:05,346
During that race,

573
01:02:06,222 --> 01:02:09,225
he went directly to the boxes

574
01:02:10,351 --> 01:02:12,061
and, who knows why,

575
01:02:12,146 --> 01:02:14,731
a bottle of water
was poured on his head,

576
01:02:14,814 --> 01:02:17,693
and he was put back on the track.

577
01:02:18,442 --> 01:02:21,487
The great Argentine driver
handles his car marvelously

578
01:02:21,572 --> 01:02:24,158
displaying admirable physical condition.

579
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:28,662
Together with Mieres, he's the only one
racing the full three hours.

580
01:02:34,293 --> 01:02:39,756
Fangio wins! The great champion
wins Argentina Grand Prix!

581
01:02:48,264 --> 01:02:52,143
Fangio had to be taken
to the hospital afterwards

582
01:02:52,226 --> 01:02:55,855
due to serious burns on his legs
because of the hot weather.

583
01:03:41,567 --> 01:03:45,239
Conditions are different now.

584
01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:49,743
But just as Fangio raced
with burns on his leg,

585
01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,328
I remember a race at Baren in 2009,

586
01:03:52,411 --> 01:03:57,416
where a radiator tube came off

587
01:03:57,501 --> 01:04:00,379
in the direction of the cockpit,
of my seat,

588
01:04:00,461 --> 01:04:05,174
I got burns on my back
and I got severely dehydrated

589
01:04:05,259 --> 01:04:08,344
due the burns
and the heat in the cockpit.

590
01:04:08,427 --> 01:04:12,431
Different levels, different circumstances,

591
01:04:12,516 --> 01:04:15,226
but in auto racing

592
01:04:15,309 --> 01:04:18,938
drivers still face extreme conditions.

593
01:04:19,022 --> 01:04:21,941
But it's safer now, thankfully.

594
01:04:22,025 --> 01:04:26,445
24 HOURS OF LE MANS, FRANCE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MAKES

595
01:05:01,522 --> 01:05:06,402
The accident at Le Mans happened
in front of me.

596
01:05:07,696 --> 01:05:10,781
It was the time for the swap.

597
01:05:11,908 --> 01:05:15,036
Hawthorn, in the heat of the moment,

598
01:05:15,119 --> 01:05:18,372
got into the boxes a bit too fast

599
01:05:18,457 --> 01:05:22,418
and Mackling swerved out from behind,

600
01:05:23,127 --> 01:05:28,007
at that moment,
Levegh swerved to go past,

601
01:05:28,091 --> 01:05:31,845
he went over Mackling's wheels,

602
01:05:31,928 --> 01:05:34,263
killing many people.

603
01:05:54,368 --> 01:05:57,954
I held tight waiting for the crash,
but the path cleared.

604
01:05:58,037 --> 01:06:01,875
After I went past,
Mackling's car crashed into the box

605
01:06:01,958 --> 01:06:03,919
and killed the people in the box.

606
01:06:08,507 --> 01:06:11,802
Everybody thought
I had caused the accident.

607
01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:14,595
We were all going very fast.

608
01:06:14,678 --> 01:06:18,392
Way too fast. Hawthorn too.

609
01:07:51,317 --> 01:07:55,238
WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONS

610
01:08:05,789 --> 01:08:07,958
In 1956,

611
01:08:08,043 --> 01:08:11,712
when Mercedes retired

612
01:08:11,795 --> 01:08:14,382
from motor racing,

613
01:08:14,465 --> 01:08:19,345
I knew Ferrari or Maserati
would want me.

614
01:08:20,304 --> 01:08:25,434
So I talked with Neubauer
and asked for his advice,

615
01:08:25,519 --> 01:08:29,813
"If Ferrari and Maserati want me,
which one should I pick?"

616
01:08:29,898 --> 01:08:31,942
"Ferrari," he said.

617
01:09:18,904 --> 01:09:21,740
FRENCH GRAND PRIX
REIMS CIRCUIT

618
01:09:44,555 --> 01:09:49,477
When I raced for Ferrari,
some problems cropped up.

619
01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:52,230
Ferrari's system was different.

620
01:09:53,148 --> 01:09:56,317
You didn't have an exclusive mechanic.

621
01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:59,903
Every mechanic work on every car.

622
01:10:10,165 --> 01:10:13,917
Castellotti got mad at that race.

623
01:10:14,002 --> 01:10:17,255
He wasn't satisfied with his car.

624
01:10:17,338 --> 01:10:19,548
He said, "I'm going to quit."

625
01:10:19,633 --> 01:10:24,303
And I said, "If you're the only one
quitting, nothing will change."

626
01:10:24,387 --> 01:10:28,557
So, in solidarity with Castellotti,

627
01:10:28,642 --> 01:10:31,186
who was my friend, I quit, too.

628
01:10:32,145 --> 01:10:36,149
For any driver
in the history of the sport,

629
01:10:36,232 --> 01:10:40,944
the goal has always been
racing for Ferrari.

630
01:10:41,029 --> 01:10:44,908
Ferrari is Formula 1, it's the myth.

631
01:10:44,990 --> 01:10:47,451
The most incredible thing in Formula 1.

632
01:10:47,535 --> 01:10:52,498
You watch a Formula 1 race,
and 70%, 80% of the audience

633
01:10:52,581 --> 01:10:56,795
is wearing the red cap with the horse
on the yellow background.

634
01:10:57,628 --> 01:11:00,756
Fangio was the only one
who said no to Ferrari.

635
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,593
Ferrari wouldn't let me go.

636
01:11:04,678 --> 01:11:08,056
So I set one condition.

637
01:11:08,138 --> 01:11:11,685
I wanted a mechanic

638
01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:14,395
exclusively for my car

639
01:11:14,478 --> 01:11:18,274
because all the mechanics work
on all the cars.

640
01:11:18,357 --> 01:11:21,194
There wasn't one person in charge.

641
01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:27,200
Ferrari accepted and gave me
a mechanic in charge of my car.

642
01:11:27,283 --> 01:11:31,495
And I was able to win
the following races.

643
01:11:33,248 --> 01:11:36,251
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
MONZA CIRCUIT

644
01:11:50,180 --> 01:11:53,226
In the tough hellish Monza circuit,

645
01:11:53,309 --> 01:11:56,479
the best drivers of the world
will battle for the prize.

646
01:11:56,562 --> 01:12:00,649
For our compatriot Fangio
his result here will be key.

647
01:12:00,734 --> 01:12:04,445
A new world title depends on it.

648
01:12:06,614 --> 01:12:12,035
That day in Monza,
if Fangio came out third or fourth,

649
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:16,124
he'd get enough points
to win the championship.

650
01:12:16,206 --> 01:12:20,295
He even said to his teammates,
Muzzi and Castellotti,

651
01:12:20,378 --> 01:12:23,381
that they shouldn't worry about the race.

652
01:12:23,464 --> 01:12:27,050
He wasn't going to fight
for the first positions.

653
01:12:30,638 --> 01:12:36,560
At one moment in the race,
he began having difficulty holding.

654
01:12:36,644 --> 01:12:39,480
And he detected a problem
in one of his front wheels.

655
01:12:39,563 --> 01:12:43,359
They managed to find

656
01:12:43,442 --> 01:12:46,654
a crack in the steering column.

657
01:12:47,237 --> 01:12:52,451
They ask Musso for his car
so that Fangio could finish the race

658
01:12:52,535 --> 01:12:55,914
and get the points
to win the championship.

659
01:12:55,996 --> 01:12:58,999
Musso refuses to do it,
but moments later,

660
01:12:59,082 --> 01:13:02,295
Peter Collins,
who saw what was going on,

661
01:13:02,378 --> 01:13:04,672
got out of his car and gave it to him.

662
01:13:07,050 --> 01:13:09,468
In the 35th lap, a surprise.

663
01:13:09,552 --> 01:13:12,305
Collins, with a big gesture,
gives his car to Fangio,

664
01:13:12,388 --> 01:13:14,682
and El Chueco gets the second position

665
01:13:14,765 --> 01:13:17,352
behind Stirling Moss,
enough to become

666
01:13:17,435 --> 01:13:20,355
world champion for the fourth time.

667
01:13:23,982 --> 01:13:27,486
WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONS

668
01:13:50,509 --> 01:13:53,972
Fangio was a true gentleman,
a kind, polite man,

669
01:13:54,054 --> 01:13:56,640
but he was distrustful.

670
01:13:56,724 --> 01:14:00,310
He suggested
how the car should be built,

671
01:14:00,395 --> 01:14:02,187
how it should be prepared,

672
01:14:02,272 --> 01:14:04,523
the right connections.

673
01:14:04,607 --> 01:14:07,693
He'd drive around the circuit

674
01:14:07,776 --> 01:14:10,738
and suggest changing
some connections.

675
01:14:10,821 --> 01:14:15,743
And Ferrari didn't listen
to drivers' instructions, like his.

676
01:14:15,826 --> 01:14:20,290
There was never a good understanding
between them.

677
01:14:20,373 --> 01:14:24,543
So when his contract was over,
he came back to Maserati.

678
01:14:24,668 --> 01:14:27,630
He always said he was
most comfortable with Maserati,

679
01:14:27,755 --> 01:14:30,508
more than with any other maker.

680
01:14:39,975 --> 01:14:44,439
In 1957, Maserati debuted the 250F

681
01:14:44,522 --> 01:14:46,399
with a 12-cylinder engine,

682
01:14:46,482 --> 01:14:48,567
a more powerful engine

683
01:14:48,651 --> 01:14:51,194
than the 6-cylinder 250F.

684
01:14:51,570 --> 01:14:54,324
The 12-cylinder was stronger

685
01:14:54,407 --> 01:14:56,074
but heavier,

686
01:14:56,159 --> 01:14:59,244
so it used up a lot of fuel

687
01:14:59,329 --> 01:15:01,705
and wear out the tires.

688
01:15:01,789 --> 01:15:08,128
Finally, Fangio said he preferred
driving the 6-cylinder

689
01:15:08,211 --> 01:15:12,926
and he'll get that half a second
difference himself.

690
01:15:14,217 --> 01:15:17,971
I wasn't an extraordinary driver.

691
01:15:18,056 --> 01:15:21,266
I worked within my means

692
01:15:21,351 --> 01:15:24,144
and calculated my rival's strength.

693
01:15:24,227 --> 01:15:29,733
At that time, I had to do things
I may have never done.

694
01:15:30,275 --> 01:15:34,655
GERMAN GRAND PRIX
NURBURGRING CIRCUIT

695
01:15:40,078 --> 01:15:43,498
The stakes were against me.

696
01:15:43,581 --> 01:15:47,835
My car wore out the tires
unlike the opposing team's.

697
01:15:47,918 --> 01:15:51,755
So I said, "Add less fuel,

698
01:15:51,839 --> 01:15:54,132
I'll be able to go faster."

699
01:15:54,217 --> 01:15:57,427
And they'd change my tires
halfway into the race.

700
01:16:09,983 --> 01:16:13,611
When they were off,

701
01:16:13,694 --> 01:16:17,823
he let Hawthorn and Collins
with Ferrari go past him.

702
01:16:17,906 --> 01:16:20,951
He let them stay ahead for two laps.

703
01:16:21,034 --> 01:16:24,663
And they got better times
than their pole times,

704
01:16:24,747 --> 01:16:27,165
he wanted his tires to get hotter.

705
01:16:27,250 --> 01:16:30,794
After the second lap,
he started speeding up,

706
01:16:30,878 --> 01:16:36,174
and improved his times:
9:38, 9:36, 9:34, etc.

707
01:16:36,259 --> 01:16:39,052
By the time he stopped at the 12nd lap,

708
01:16:39,137 --> 01:16:43,056
he was 23 seconds ahead.

709
01:16:43,141 --> 01:16:46,101
If he changed his tires in 22 seconds

710
01:16:46,184 --> 01:16:48,812
and was back on the race
first or second,

711
01:16:48,896 --> 01:16:51,524
he'd go past his rivals in the next lap.

712
01:16:51,607 --> 01:16:54,569
Everything went as planned.

713
01:16:54,652 --> 01:16:58,448
Fangio got to the boxes
with some advantage.

714
01:16:58,531 --> 01:17:00,115
He stopped.

715
01:17:00,198 --> 01:17:03,286
Whiles his tires were being changed,

716
01:17:03,368 --> 01:17:07,915
one of the wing nuts fell under the car.

717
01:17:07,998 --> 01:17:11,669
So when the mechanic
had to let Fangio go,

718
01:17:11,752 --> 01:17:14,004
realized there was missing nut.

719
01:17:15,839 --> 01:17:19,927
This fell off under the car.

720
01:17:20,010 --> 01:17:23,388
The chronometer kept going.

721
01:17:23,473 --> 01:17:28,061
A new nut was brought.

722
01:17:28,143 --> 01:17:31,980
But instead of 22 seconds,
he lost 58 or 59.

723
01:17:32,065 --> 01:17:34,524
The race was a lost cause.

724
01:17:35,193 --> 01:17:38,403
El Chueco zoomed back to get the lead.

725
01:17:38,488 --> 01:17:41,824
He steps on the gas
and the gap gets shorter.

726
01:17:41,907 --> 01:17:47,162
He gets closer by the second
and beats his rivals' resistance.

727
01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:53,168
I started stepping up gears.

728
01:17:53,251 --> 01:17:55,420
I moved from second into third gear.

729
01:17:55,505 --> 01:17:58,298
From third to fourth gear.

730
01:17:58,381 --> 01:18:00,383
And I gained a lot of time.

731
01:18:00,468 --> 01:18:02,761
I started beating the records.

732
01:18:02,845 --> 01:18:08,016
In the second-to-last lap,
I got passed Collins.

733
01:18:08,101 --> 01:18:10,645
Then Collins got passed me.

734
01:18:10,728 --> 01:18:14,815
And finally I got passed him again
and reached Hawthorn

735
01:18:14,898 --> 01:18:16,609
at an upward bend.

736
01:18:16,692 --> 01:18:20,113
When he swerved, I could sneak in.

737
01:18:20,195 --> 01:18:24,950
And I could take the straight
without the cars suction.

738
01:18:31,081 --> 01:18:33,959
I won the race by four seconds.

739
01:18:37,796 --> 01:18:39,757
The nicest thing about it, though,

740
01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:44,262
was that the two drivers came up
to hug me after the race.

741
01:18:44,344 --> 01:18:46,847
As if I were their father.

742
01:18:46,930 --> 01:18:49,642
Hawthorn and Collins, both of them.

743
01:18:49,725 --> 01:18:55,148
I had won a practically impossible race.

744
01:18:55,773 --> 01:18:58,776
WORLD DRIVERS' CHAMPIONS

745
01:20:35,330 --> 01:20:39,752
REIMS, FRANCE

746
01:20:41,254 --> 01:20:46,967
When you're in your prime,
it's very hard to retire

747
01:20:47,050 --> 01:20:49,762
in any aspect of life.

748
01:20:49,845 --> 01:20:54,182
I talked with the mechanic,
I said that if the car worked well

749
01:20:54,267 --> 01:20:56,977
I'd do four races that year.

750
01:20:57,060 --> 01:21:01,106
From the start, my car didn't hold well.

751
01:21:01,189 --> 01:21:05,986
I asked why was that, and they said
they changed the absorbers.

752
01:21:06,069 --> 01:21:08,406
"Why didn't you put the same?"

753
01:21:08,488 --> 01:21:11,616
"Because these people pay more."

754
01:21:11,701 --> 01:21:14,912
It was becoming more commercial.

755
01:21:14,995 --> 01:21:20,458
And in the 15th lap,
my clutch pedal got broken.

756
01:21:20,543 --> 01:21:22,752
I had no clutch pedal.

757
01:21:23,796 --> 01:21:25,798
I strongly believe in fate.

758
01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:29,719
And a lot had happened that year.

759
01:21:29,802 --> 01:21:33,221
I'd been to Cuba and was kidnapped
and couldn't race.

760
01:21:33,306 --> 01:21:36,391
In Indianapolis,
I got a car that didn't work.

761
01:21:36,474 --> 01:21:39,519
So during a race, I started thinking

762
01:21:40,187 --> 01:21:43,816
about my parents,
who were quite old by that time.

763
01:21:44,817 --> 01:21:49,988
I thought, "I still have time to make up
for everything they went through

764
01:21:50,072 --> 01:21:55,535
while I've been racing around the world,"
because your family suffers.

765
01:21:55,618 --> 01:21:57,620
So a lot of things were piling up.

766
01:21:57,705 --> 01:22:01,917
My plan was racing for one year
and I'd been racing for ten.

767
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,837
I grew tired of racing.

768
01:22:04,920 --> 01:22:08,548
So during a race, I decided,
"When this is over, I'll retire."

769
01:22:08,631 --> 01:22:10,092
And so I did.

770
01:23:23,623 --> 01:23:25,875
Retirement for a sports person

771
01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:30,130
or anyone with an extremely intense
activity,

772
01:23:30,213 --> 01:23:33,133
especially one like this,

773
01:23:33,216 --> 01:23:37,680
is the hardest part of their life.

774
01:23:37,762 --> 01:23:40,265
Readapting

775
01:23:40,348 --> 01:23:42,642
is the most difficult part.

776
01:23:42,725 --> 01:23:45,312
He managed it well.

777
01:23:45,395 --> 01:23:48,941
He went back to work,

778
01:23:49,024 --> 01:23:53,195
always related with Mercedes Benz,
first as a car dealer,

779
01:23:53,278 --> 01:23:57,950
and he kept an active life,

780
01:23:58,033 --> 01:24:02,830
a life committed
to his past in the sports.

781
01:24:21,431 --> 01:24:24,142
That car is perfect.

782
01:25:03,390 --> 01:25:06,101
There's a book in Argentina

783
01:25:06,184 --> 01:25:10,355
entitled, "When the man is bigger
than the myth."

784
01:25:10,438 --> 01:25:16,028
I believe that book title

785
01:25:16,111 --> 01:25:21,534
reflects perfectly well what Fangio is.

786
01:25:21,616 --> 01:25:24,827
In my last book,

787
01:25:24,912 --> 01:25:27,622
I mention all the drivers and friends,

788
01:25:27,705 --> 01:25:29,749
Rodriguez, Linge...

789
01:25:29,832 --> 01:25:31,043
And here we have

790
01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:36,674
my very dear friend,
Juan Manuel Fangio.

791
01:25:36,756 --> 01:25:39,634
Let me read a bit.

792
01:25:39,717 --> 01:25:42,637
"Fangio was, to me, the driver

793
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:45,558
that thanks to his skills

794
01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:48,601
and despite his humble origins,

795
01:25:48,686 --> 01:25:53,481
had a radiant presence
whenever he came into a room,

796
01:25:53,566 --> 01:25:57,194
you could tell he was someone special.

797
01:25:57,277 --> 01:25:59,822
He was the best."

798
01:26:28,683 --> 01:26:32,187
When I was a kid I read a book

799
01:26:32,270 --> 01:26:36,108
in second grade, I think,
and there's a boy asking his granddad,

800
01:26:36,191 --> 01:26:41,113
"Is it sad to grow old,
have white hair and wrinkles?"

801
01:26:41,196 --> 01:26:45,492
And his granddad answers,
"Not if you did your duty."

802
01:26:46,201 --> 01:26:48,120
And that's true.

803
01:26:48,203 --> 01:26:50,705
You can't be afraid of death.

804
01:26:50,788 --> 01:26:54,126
Death will come at the right time.
It's only natural.

805
01:26:54,209 --> 01:26:57,462
If we realized
that one day we'd be gone,

806
01:26:57,545 --> 01:27:00,132
we would all be nicer.

807
01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:02,550
That's for sure.

808
01:28:42,900 --> 01:28:47,447
LORETO FANGIO FAMILY

809
01:29:17,685 --> 01:29:21,689
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO WON
5 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

810
01:29:38,207 --> 01:29:41,626
PARTICIPATED IN 51 RACES
GOT 29 POLES

811
01:29:41,709 --> 01:29:44,754
GOT 23 FAST LAPS
GOT ON 35 PODIUMS

812
01:29:44,837 --> 01:29:47,549
WON 24 VICTORIES

813
01:29:58,060 --> 01:30:03,856
ALL THESE PERCENTAGES ARE
THE HIGHEST IN THE CATEGORY