What made Juan Manuel Fangio GREAT

So, after seeing some 'Fangio slander' on social media lately, I reckoned that this was video was needed. 1950s F1 was waaay different than it is today...but that doesn't mean it should diminish the achievements of that time. And back then, Fangio was the best of them all...

Special thanks to the Argentine legend, Raian F1 for collabing with this project!

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[elliot]

The Fangio documentary on Netflix gave me so much more appreciation for the 50’s era of Formula one and how much drivers were at risk even at the simplest of tracks. While goats may not exist Fangio was truly a perfect driver who was that first big name icon for the public.

[yellowflag]

People don’t know how much more different f1 was back then. Entering a race was a death wish for those with incredible endurance and physical ability

[vacsad]

Fangio wasn't just a driver, he was a proper blacksmith! When racing at a young age in Argentina and through Latin America he actually modified and repaired his racing cars with parts he made!

[adambrezing]

Can't forget the fact he was kidnapped in Cuba by revolutionaries and just had a chat with his kidnappers while listening to the race on the radio. What a legend : )

[xenonproductions]

As an Argentinian, Juan Manuel Fangio was more than just a driver, he is the definition of sportmanship, humility, courage. He inspired other argentinian racing legends to compete and be the best. I'm so happy you that you gave an actual argentinian a spot to talk about him.

Fangio was the Messi of racing for us, and to this day, his legacy still roams the streets of Balcarce.

[MulettoMotorsports]

In local AutoMundo Magazine he revealed that a few nights after Germany 1957, he had trouble sleeping, scared of what he did, he kept thinking many times he could've killed himself.

[suwilanjisilwamba]

😂😂The “he only wins because he has the best car argument goes even as far back as The Godfather of F1 Fangio”

[DarthJF]

As someone who ranks Fangio at the top of my personal greatest drivers list I really appreciate this video. It doesn't matter how well Fangio could do in modern F1 car against present day drivers, but how well he did in his own time with the cars he had to drive. And IMO in his own time Fangio achieved a level of perfection unmatched since then.

[RaianF]

Amazing video dude. Glad to have had the opportunity to be part of it!

[aydankhaliq]

Finally, the GOAT gets some recognition.

Btw, his 250f was 4 years old by 1957. And his 1956 winning lancia was a year old. And his 1950 and 51 Alfa's were 13 years old. And he did that whilst also competing in sportscars and had to quickly switch between different cars. In his whole career, he only had 2 crashes. Both were due to fatigue.

[leandrociarrapico]

Also, outside of Formula 1 he started a project called, "Misión Argentina", going to the 84hs, yes 84hs, of Nürburgring with three Torino 380W, an argentine car, winning their class and almost winning the overall race, loosing only because of some penalties and getting 4th.

[caileanthomson]

Brazil '93: Ayrton Senna wins, is greeted on the podium by one J.M Fangio. Juan calls him "the greatest", Ayrton corrects him, calling him "the greatest". The two legends then share a hug.

Even though I was born after both these men moved to the great racetrack in the sky, seeing that moves me to tears, everytime I see it.

Wonderful video as always, and always wonderful to remember the pioneering days of Formula One and Motorsport in general.

[nuxie]

comparing fangio to nowadays drivers is unfair cuz fangio's massive balls gave him a lot of downforce

[jbernfinger]

3:39 for those who don't get the referance, in the early 50s the DeHaviland Comet was one of the first jet airliners in comercial service, and one of the capabilities of the plane was flying at high altitude where the air is too thin to breathe, therefore it had to be presurized and this ment that the fuselage (body of the plane) was being streched to make the air breathable in flight, this overtime with several flight hours can cause fatige cracks on the fuselage which can in any moment burst open and rip the plane to pieces in seconds and kill everyone, since the feature of high altitude presurization was still new and the Comet presurized several times, that meant in a short period of time of use of the plane (around 3000 flight hours) they would burst in midair killing everyone in an instant.


this is quite the extensive topic, I suggest to look up B.O.A.C. flight 781 for more info on the subject

[midslam]

Fangio is the GOAT solely because he was THAT MUCH better than his peers.
In cars that were essentially death traps. If his car survived, he won the race.
And he did it with 4 different teams, compared to Schumacher and Hamilton who did it with 2.
Undisputed.

[LyricPhil]

"To that I say, 'there is no GOAT'".
*frowns in Mahaveer*

[mafiousbj]

Thanks for covering this legend Josh, I have a couple of anecdotes about him that may illustrate why people Like Moss and Senna sparkled like kids in a toy shop whenever they spoke about Fangio.

Back in Argentina, a young guy named Horacio Pagani was making fiberglass chassis for local racing series, but was running out of money, so he decided to write to Fangio and ask him for some help to get sponsors. He did something better. Seeing the quality of work done by Pagani, he wrote letters of recommendation to his contacts in Italy in companies such as Ferrari, and soon enough Pagani was hired by Lamorghini and went on to create his own supercar brand later. I think a copy of some letter he sent are in his museum in Balcarce.

And on a more personal one, my grandmother was a rural teacher, and one day she was waiting for a bus under the rain with some co-workers. Suddenly a Mercedes stopped and the driver asked if they wanted a lift. They said yes and the back doors opened and there he was, Fangio, holding the door open for my grandma under the pouring rain. He was honorary president of Mercedes Benz Argentina back then, and he moved to the front passenger seat so his chauffer could take the teachers where they needed to be. And my grandma says she never met a more humble and polite man ever, he even joked that some mud inside the car was good for it when my grandma co-worker apologised for having muddy shoes on the expensive upholstery.

There are tons of stories like that from common people who met him written in his museum visitors book. I know timew have changed now and drivers are millonaire celebrities, but Fangio never forgot where he came from and the sleepless nights he spent working as a mechanic...drivers just don't go through that anymore.

[ForeverF]

Didn’t realise how fast Josh is growing until now! Could hit 300K next month

[Vordhosbn]

As an Argie, I wish motorsports had more nationwide recognition than just football, football, football. It's football up to your nostrils every damn day.
Say Josh, could you do a vid on Carlos Reutemann? He's the last Argie driver to ever grace F1, a great person and a formidable driver.

[inclips]

fangio was a monster! i got the f1 book a little bit ago and was reading about the 1955 argentine gp, the race was over 3 hours in the scorching heat, 96 laps. back then people were allowed to use relief drivers aka multiple drivers using the same car but fangio and Mierres, another argentine ran the entire race without swapping. all but 5 of the other 20 starting cars even finished the race. The heat from the inside of the car was burning fangios legs, so much so that apparently he could smell it, and the only thing keeping him in the car was picturing himself in a huge ice bath. after the race they had to lift him out of the car, lay him on the ground and give him an injection! :0