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...
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[@yellowflag9945]

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

[@p_nilly]

Just surviving that era was already a great achievement, the level of risk everytime they stepped in the car was immense

[@mike04574]

@@p_nilly and to win multiple titles too

[@isaacm2374]

but then again drivers of that era had no other choice. You either accepted the risk or never raced in Grand Prixs at all. Most things were less safe in the 1950s. But that's all they have known.

[@elliot1111]

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.

[@heinzmerchant152]

What's the documentary called?

[@noonecfcf]

Wait, there’s a Fangio documentary on Netflix?

[@johnrupesh4535]

Never knew there is a documentary on Fangio on netflix? If I knew, I would have watched it instead of wasting my time with Schumacher..

[@ChirpFPV]

@@noonecfcf yes, its "fangio - a life of speed" or something

[@shanestanton8]

@@heinzmerchant152 A Life of Speed

[@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 : )

[@woofernando7076]

The kidnappers were chill. Had no intention to harm him. They just wanted their movement to be noticed. They even admired him a bit and hung out throughout the whole thing. If I'm not wrong, he remained in touch with some of them via telegram and such

[@alexardies3171]

@@woofernando7076 .. they were executed! Fangio himself asked the then Cuban government to spare them and they gave him their word. They didn’t spare them! Greetings 🙋🏻‍♀️🏎

[@FMAlchemist2006]

@@alexardies3171 they were not executed. A few months later, the Cuban revolution took the government and one of his captors invited him to be present for Castro's ascent to presidency. In fact, another of his captors visited the Fangio Museum in the 90s.

[@thereal84]

He declined the radio, but yeah.

[@nuxie4848]

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

[@Prave1987]

I say there isnt 1goat in f1 its several becouse of diferent eras. 👌

[@joelpierce3940]

😂😂😂! Good One! He is the GOAT.

[@tonypalmasani4659]

Ha

[@SoyDavidYT]

Damm 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@simontravers2715]

@Nuxie4848 If anything, if Fangio was in today’s F1, in his mid-20s, today’s fitness & equal cars, he’d eat up the whole grid with Hamilton running him close

[@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.

[@un6250]

That’s just different level of badass….scaring yourself

[@mafiousbj]

Some say that race made him decide to quit F1 after thinking deep about it

[@aitor9158]

Literally he became the biggest monster driver in that gp

[@Phantom096]

No seatbelt and speeds well over 150 mph. Scary!

[@xenonproductions4985]

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.

[@raptor1672]

Except Fangio actually won world championships...... :P

[@xenonproductions4985]

@@raptor1672 We don't care if Messi won a world championship or not. Plus, it's not a logical comparison. F1 is one person, a football team is an entire team, you can't carry an 11 player team by yourself.

[@jonathandantonio649]

Except Fangio never rolled around on the ground pretending to be in agony... Fangio had class and depth of character the modern sporting clowns can't even fathom.

[@raptor1672]

@@jonathandantonio649 Yeah exactly. But I was making a joke which is r/Whoosh for @Sntry Xenon....

[@kalypso4755]

@@raptor1672 messi now did too

[@suwilanjisilwamba]

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

[@sebastianjinich3175]

He won 5 titles with 4 scuderias, so he definitely had something!

[@yashchouhan5568]

@@sebastianjinich3175 4 different teams

[@dominicbarden4436]

@@sebastianjinich3175 He even switched teams mid-season in 1954, from Maserati to Mercedes.

[@thomas316]

Highest qualifying and race day win rates say it all. He was so far ahead of any other driver racing at that time in terms of human performance. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@BladeRunner031]

And it will go forever.You need great car and great driver to win multiple times WCs,its just like that

[@LyricPhil]

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

[@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.

[@mukitulislam3533]

You guys are forgetting something. Take a 10 year old fanzio bring him up like everyone else and you will see how big Fangio actually is to any era of f1

[@Phantom096]

Young Fangio today would wipe the floor with all of them including Hamilton and Max. The British did a study and found this information out. They somehow had computer generated data that supports it.

[@briangeorge5935]

💯👍

[@MrGaryGG48]

These comparisons have very little relevance compared to modern racing. For the last 15-20 years of F1 competition, 8-10 year old kids begin their careers in go-karts. Fangio was racing sedans in Argentina until he was offered an opportunity in his mid-40s to try for F1. I haven't seen the detailed story of that transition but I know I haven't heard of anyone in F1 at that age, especially nowadays. They're trying to compare two totally different eras in racing.

[@RaianF1]

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

[@nachitogamez9440]

nice vids

[@caileanthomson1286]

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.

[@EMANUEL-vt8ok]

Senna also said that Jim Clark was the greatest F1 driver.

[@caileanthomson1286]

@@EMANUEL-vt8ok Considering that Jim Clark, born not far from where I was brought up, won nearly a third of all races he participated in, yes, I would say Ayrton had a good judge of talent.

[@deathisyourfate1]

Didn't Fangio also call Jim Clark the best?

[@bigguy8435]

I truly imagine this as the Spiderman meme, where Senna, Fangio and Clark keep pointing at one another calling themselves the greatest. And with Prost and Schumacher as the cop and JJ Jameson

[@TheDRSZone]

Fangio: u greatest Senna: no u Fangio: no u

[@ForeverF1]

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

[@melaskan7286]

it's crazy, still feels like we left the bitmoji about a month ago and now he's _here_

[@Kart_18_Racer]

Dude I still remember him being at under 7k. Crazy

[@anthony.esper21]

Joined the pack at 10K. He deserves every single recognition he's getting.

[@jbernfinger5494]

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

[@juanmanuelbonzano]

IIRC I think it was related to a problem with the way they fabricated the fuselage, but back then they thought it had something to do with the windows of the plane.

[@AntKart]

@@juanmanuelbonzano There were several mistakes that lead to that tragedy; punched rivets rather than drilled holes, the squareness of some frames/windows, and miscalculations about fatigue. The worst part was the mentality of "fail-proof" that made the British industry believe that the plane design was not responsible, to the planes flew back again until another plane disintegrated and more lives were lost

[@esbender973]

As an avgeek, I appreciate the fact that I'm not the only one who got the reference

[@aydankhaliq2967]

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.

[@mike04574]

Goat of his era

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

There's no such thing as a GOAT.

[@Hempujonsito]

@@andredeketeleastutecomplex cope

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@@andredeketeleastutecomplex ok then LAMB

[@thereal84]

When were these 2 crashes? I only heard about 1 at the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix.

[@leandrociarrapico9256]

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.

[@thisnameistoolong9169]

84 hours?????? My entire body would turn into mush after maybe 1 hour in the cars of that era lol

[@leandrociarrapico9256]

@@thisnameistoolong9169 It wasn't in the 50's, it was in 1969.

[@thisnameistoolong9169]

@@leandrociarrapico9256 I see, still huge strain on the drivers though

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

@@thisnameistoolong9169 even after 24h in a 2020 Corolla i'd be minced meat 😅

[@MarianoLu]

Nice one Leandro, My Dad worked in IKA at that time and was in the team that prepare the Torinos for Nürburgring, there were actually 4 cars 3 for racing and one display car. Fangio was the sports director, and Oreste Berta the technical director who prepared the cars.

[@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.

[@lucasa.3189]

As an argentian myself, this guy is spitting facts. Here sports channels talk about nothing but football all day long. Lewis Hamilton: *Wins the WDC* Argentine sports Channels: "That's cute... anyway... Here! Watch these 4 fat guys talking about football while they get angry and insult each other because they started to argue about which team has the most good looking manager: Boca Juniors or River Plate?

[@santiagocabral4885]

@@lucasa.3189 CUATRO GORDOS CUATRO GORDOS HABLANDO DE FÚTBOL

[@lucasa.3189]

@@santiagocabral4885 JAJAJAJA! Qué genio que es Capusotto

[@mauro77jjj]

@@lucasa.3189 los hamo fuerte

[@Alejandro_Magno.]

Es cierto podría hacer un vídeo del día en q Reutemann conoció a Maradona

[@Viviloo]

For a country that sadly mostly cares about football, you'd be surprised to learn we all adore him. Such an amazing driver

[@pleb6885]

Why do u say "sadly"

[@Viviloo]

@@pleb6885 ... why? Streets are destroyed, big matches bring fear to the host city, houses are burned by opposing fans, people are assaulted over bad results. Football itself isn't the problem, but the way it's idolized where I live definitely is

[@pleb6885]

@@Viviloo ok fair enough i just wanted to know why u said "sadly" and i got my answer

[@inaki.arambarri]

@@pleb6885 football fanatism here comes as far as teams having literal gangs fucking up everything, beating the shit out of people and even murdering people only because they are from the rival team.

[@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.

[@8inclips]

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

[@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.

[@dergrunepunkt]

As Argentinian, thanks mate, there's so much to say about Fangio, one thing that many people abroad does not know is that he was a great story teller, there are numerous interviews where he tells what he lived from that 1st person that made these stories so so much more appealing specially because he was a very humble person, basically a man from a small farmer town that liked to race cars. Also, he was Senna's hero and Senna used to go to that small town to visit him and talk more or less often.

[@anthony.esper21]

I can't express enough how good RaianF1's part was. It was a perfect description of Fangio and the legacy he left behind. What a banger yet again Josh!

[@elliotcrossan6290]

In percentage terms, Fangio is *by far* the greatest driver of all time. Here's the top ten for win percentage: 1. 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Fangio: 46.15% 2. 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari: 39.39% 3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton: 35.36% 4. 🇬🇧 Jim Clark: 34.25% 5. 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher: 29.55% 6. 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart: 27.00% 7. 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna: 25.31% 8. 🇫🇷 Alain Prost: 25.25% 9. 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss: 23.88% 10. 🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel: 19.49%

[@Alex-th3man]

Well here is mine 1. 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Fangio 2. 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher 3. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton 4. 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna 5. 🇬🇧 Jim Clark 6. 🇫🇷 Alain Prost 7. 🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso 8. 🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel 9. 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda 10. 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart 11. 🇫🇮 Mika Häkkinen

[@elliotcrossan6290]

@@Alex-th3man This was a list based purely on win percentage. Though my list would look fairly similar to yours! 01. 🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton 🐐 02=. 🇬🇧 Jim Clark 02=. 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna 02=. 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher 05. 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Fangio 06. 🇨🇵 Alain Prost 07. 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart 08. 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda 09. 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari 10. 🇪🇦 Fernando Alonso 11. 🇫🇮 Mika Häkkinen 12. 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell 13. 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss 14. 🇬🇧 Graham Hill 15. 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham

[@Alex-th3man]

@@elliotcrossan6290 ah okay

[@toptextbottomtext3062]

4:34 *[EUROBEAT INTENSIFIES]* Fits well though considering Fangio used the exact same four-wheel drift technique Takumi does in Initial D

[@linkery]

4 wheel drift, gutter run, racing on mountain roads, initial d detected

[@yashchouhan5568]

Well technically fangio was the man who made that technique famous

[@MiguelMedV]

Yeah, technically you got to see all of that thanks to Juan Manuel Fangio, the people who followed such as Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart, and the legendary Rally drivers of back then : ) ...

[@jcgabriel1569]

@@yashchouhan5568 No, it was not Fangio who popularized the four-wheel drift technique. It was Italian racing legend Tazio Nuvolari who did that, and, possibly the one who invented it in the first place. And, starting out as a racing driver, Fangio looked up to Nuvolari and his contemporaries (he is thrilled when he ended up being teammates with Nuvolari's contemporary Luigi Fagioli at Alfa Corse in 1950-51). Sadly, when Fangio first appeared in Europe, Nuvolari is an ill man, he never intended to retire from racing, but his body is giving up...

[@julianguastadisegno]

Funny thing, In Argentina (At least in Buenos Aires) when someone or the drivers in the street in general are driving with little regards from anything we say "Watch out, they believe they're Fangio or It seems everyone is Fangio"

[@aydankhaliq2967]

His rivals said that Fangio didn't take F1 seriously(didn't train, didn't keep healthy), so if he did take it seriously, imagine how much greater he would've been. Probably would've won 90% of his races.

[@danijelujcic8644]

like Paul Morphy (chess)

[@DoctorHver]

Everyone: Takes F1 seriously train hard, Fangio: F1 lets have some fun - wins more GPs and championships.

[@LeicaFleury]

As someone (I think Fangio himself, but I can't say for sure) said once... "if you made a mistake or suffered a problem while taking a corner and had an accident, there was very little you could do. You were at the mercy of God" Greetings from Argentina, Josh. I watch all your videos. Stepping on the gas to quicken your time in a context where doing so could get you killed immediately meant the psychology and mindset of these drivers were very different. Much more reckless, and infinitely braver too. Modern drivers are encouraged to try their hardest since cars are a lot safer now; back then pushing the limit was an absolute gamble you had to think about...

[@lawrencemarocco8197]

Tazio Nuvolari was also an outstanding competitor in his 40's. No roll bars or seat belts. Cloth helmets. Body english to help get through corners. Four-wheel drifts to get through turns. And you could actually see the driver at work during the race. Those were the days.

[@Utopian_Futures]

Just giving attention and appreciation to this legend forces me to give a big 👍🏻. My grandfather has a collection of photos of his unrepeatable galactic drive at Nurburgring in 1957. unbelievable how close fans had been to track, you could be that close to feel the airflow of the cars. Viewing the photos is the closest I get to these times and to the best f1 driver of all times. No one beats the Maestro aka El Chueco🇦🇷🇦🇷😎

[@Awesome__Sawse]

For some reason I want to travel back in time to see 50's racing in the flesh, because the size of the balls on those drivers must've been huge.

[@hishamhilal8332]

Man finally someone talked about this. Whenever some kid would tell that if Alpine would make a great car Alonso would not be able to fight for a championship, I would bring up Fangio and they would try to belittle his era which is stupid. Great video

[@alecnewman6052]

I did a report on Juan Manuel Fangio for my Spanish course last semester. We had to pick a Spanish speaking country and focus on one of their more influential citizens throughout history. I chose Juan Manuel Fangio before knowing who he was, i had just googled "Argentinian F1 drivers". Without going on and on, it was one of the most fun writing assignments I've had to write in my schooling days. He was a true badass

[@SadMarinersFan]

Still waiting for the "why was Jim Clark so great".

[@vkd8721]

watch the grand tour bit on him

[@joeyvampirowellsteed]

LOL That de Havilland comment killed me. Very good video.

[@fix0the0spade]

My favourite Fangio story is the 1950 Monaco GP. Fangio started and led from pole, but there was a pile up behind him when Farina in second got taken out by a wave from the harbour (yes, seriously), the crash stopped the entire field except Fangio. In the moment Fangio was unaware of the chaos behind him, but as he came round for the second lap he noticed that nobody in the crowd was looking at him, they were all looking down the road towards Tabac. Tabac in 1950 was a blind entry corner, Fangio couldn't see what was on the other side, but he figured something must be wrong and slowed down. Had he kept up race pace he would have slammed right into the back of the lap one crash, but he didn't. In the end Fangio won the race by a full lap from Ablerto Ascari. . It's my favourite Fangio story because it shows how good his brain was. He had a mind that could have coped with a modern F1 car no problem, it was such a huge part of his success alongside his obvious skill and balls of steel.

[@Axle0Bullitt019]

You know, leaning on the simple fact that Fangio survived this era of F1 with how long he competed is a real statement to his greatness.

[@atishaykankaria4461]

alberto ascari, Mike howthon, Peter Colins, Sterling Moss and tony brooks they were not old men or princes they were some greats f1 drivers of all time and fangio raced them

[@verdiguy]

Agreed. Tony Brooks is the oldest race winner still with us and gave a great interview on the F1 Beyond the Grid podcast on their You Tube channel.

[@atishaykankaria4461]

Except for Ascari and moss no one beat fangio

[@jcgabriel1569]

Not to mention they were all all-rounders who will drive competitively on all kinds of cars and on all kinds of disciplines, Formula One, Sportscars, endurance, even Formula 2 and 3, and even hillclimbs and rallies!

[@drmaulana2600]

@@jcgabriel1569 This, most of current F1 driver only raced open wheel series (mainly european one) and some even scared to do some ovals. Driver back then, well as long it was fast enough, they'll race it.

[@mbaqcytvav]

He still has the best ratio of race wins vs race entries since the inception of Formula 1. No other F1 driver has caught up to it.

[@fercastellanos8183]

Interesting fact: Fangio sent a recommendation letter to the Lamborghini fabric in Italy related to a young argentinian guy. He started sweeping the floor and at his 20s became a chief engineer. That guy was Horacio Pagani...same dude years later develop the Pagani Zonda and Pagani Wayra supercars.

[@lucasbailey8878]

The Zonda F, was a tribute to Fangio.

[@timedrfreeman]

To the people who think Fangio was old: in 2018, Gabrielle "oh off, it's" Tarquini won an FIA world cup at the age of 56

[@hmdwgf]

Most people don’t know this, but Fangio’s legacy as a racing driver goes far beyond F1. Before and during when he did F1 he used to do open-road races in South America- racing on mostly rural roads that were open to the public. During his time racing in Argentina, he drove Chevrolet cars and was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. One particular race, the 1940 Gran Premio del Norte, was almost 10,000 km (6,250 mi) long, one that Fangio described as a "terrible ordeal". This race started in Buenos Aires on 27 September, and ran up through the Andes and Bolivia to Lima, Peru, and then back to Buenos Aires, taking 15 days, ending on 12 October with stages held each day. This horrendously gruelling race was held in the most difficult and varied conditions imaginable- drivers had to traverse through hot and dry deserts, insect-ridden jungles with crushing humidity, and freezing cold and sometimes snowy mountain passes with 1,000 feet (300 m) cliff drops at extremely high altitude- sometimes in total darkness, all on a mixture of dirt and paved roads. And he won it. In 1948 he did a race from Buenos Aires to Caracas, Venezuela through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and into Venezuela- totaling nearly 6,000 miles. He crashed in Peru in pea-soup thick fog and his co-driver was killed. He was severely depressed by this crash and he considered retirement, but he didn’t, and he went to Europe with a Maserati bought by the Argentine Automobile Club, and the rest is history. He also did the Mille Miglia in an Alfa in 1953, you know, that crazy 1,000 mile open road race from Brescia to Rome and back. He was leading most of the race before the left-side steering arm failed somewhere between Florence and Bologna, and he still managed to finish 2nd. That year he won the Carrera Panamericana, that crazy 5-day, 2,000 mile open road race from one end of Mexico to another driving a Lancia. To demonstrate how dangerous that race was, 9 people were killed in that year’s race.

[@FabianValentiexcelentevideoGra]

Fue ,es y será el mejor piloto del mundo!! JUAN MANUEL FANGIO #1

[@steved479]

I think Vettel summed it up best "Would we have the courage needed to push the cars back then? Would they have the skills to handle the speeds of our cars? I don't know, there's no way to know" (paraphrasing an interview I saw on youtube but can't find at the moment)

[@noobsaibot7006]

Not to mention how he won with 4 different teams. A feat that will never be repeated.

[@kurtandre6271]

I always liked his content so educational. Now his teaching F1 history keep it up!

[@michaelcarletti766]

Fantastic well done! Tha ks a lot for putting some passion into a true master that is gone but never forgotten❤

[@bucketslash11]

Jim Clark? Jackie Stewart? Niki Lauda? are we gonna see more videos about F1 historical greats?

[@MiguelMedV]

Some of us OGs would love that X ) ...

[@anthony.esper21]

Definitely, I love em and everyone does., 😁

[@EatsLikeADuck]

Every video is like Christmas day.

[@BOABModels]

His legacy is remarkable - 24 wins, 5 World championships - also, that he prevented Stirling Moss from winning one!

[@adammercer6004]

46.15% is the record for is wins per races competed in and guess who STILL holds that record????? THE MAESTRO CASE CLOSED!!!

[@thomas316]

@@adammercer6004 I don't think it will ever be broken because no one has even come close. It wasn't just that he was good but he was so much better than anybody else. This was also an era when you couldn't just be an F1 specialist. You where also expected to compete at Le Mans in endurance and Mille Miglia in rally. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@adammercer6004]

@@thomas316 Indeed although I know Fangio and Moss drove for Mercedes at Le man and Fangio was gonna drive in the Cuban Grand Prix in 58 before he was kidnapped but tbh I don't know other series and cars Fangio have driven apart from f1.

[@thomas316]

@@adammercer6004 He was rallying and racing stock cars long before he even came to Europe. Had WW2 not interrupted him mid-career he would likely have won many more F1 championships, remember he was about in his prime years when racing was halted. 🙂

[@FMAlchemist2006]

@@adammercer6004 just to give you an idea of what racing was like in Argentina when Fangio raced. Imagine a Dakar-like race, with several stages per day that went on for several hundred miles. But then imagine it doing that with 1930s cars, slightly modified, no seatbelts, on dirt roads that were sometimes only a faint track, going at about 150 km/h in tyres that were as 4 Oreo cookies. No helicopter, no gps, no iritrack, no assistance unless other drivers stopped to help. And when the stage finished, they had to repair the cars hand in hand with their mechanics.

[@ihopetowin]

I do not need to hear Fangio defended as I do not need to hear him slighted. His era, with its brutal but beautiful engine roar, speed and the drivers' comparative nakedness, for its many dangers and lacklustre pay days, produced the finest drivers of any time period and Juan Fangio is the greatest of them all.

[@msnovtue]

I say Fangio is the GOAT for a few reasons; : 1. The period he raced in was killing drivers regularly. Fangio was one of the very few to survive to retire from the sport. 2, Many more recent F! drivers consider Fangio to be the best. I believe Hamilton has said as much, and there's an interview with Schumi one the documentary "1" where states that he's driven cars from that era, and found them "very scary". 3. I knew someone who got to see Fangio race in person--my Dad. He saw Fangio at the Nurburgring as a kid, and he lived long enough to be thoroughly unimpressed by Schumacher. He always maintained Fangio was the best by far.

[@carlo9524]

He did not complain. He was not a diva. He was fast and he was a good mechanic.

[@MiguelMedV]

My respect for you has skyrocketed, Josh, I'm a Latino and JM Fangio has been the biggest pride in Motorsport to us hispanos for more than half a century. There's no way to have a "Greatest driver of all time" 'cause cars, tracks and regulations change so much through the years, but some just leave their mark in the hearts of entire countries and Fangio was _indomable,_ he's _El Maestro_ for a reason even today. Thank you for the video and the collab with Raian F1, keep up the great quality man! 💯✌🏼...

[@allainangcao28]

Fangio drove death traps, on circuits which were death traps, on tires meant for bikes, and where an average of 2 drivers die in a month. Fangio is one of the biggest names to survive the most dangerous period of Formula 1. Oh not to mention the drivetrain was present in the cockpit… in between his bloody legs… touching that damn thing could give you burns equivalent to a damn flamethrower.

[@jessemesa]

To me, this was your most poetic video yet. My grandpa loved Fangio and would tell me stories of him often. I wish I could show him this video because I know he would have loved it. Thanks for making & sharing!

[@FelipePGiro]

4:24 I watch F1 since 2009 and I did not know this. I nearly spat my drink when I saw the lap time.

[@4517onlyglory]

Only Fangio and Clark fit into goat category and like Murray Walker said Fangio is still the best of the bests

[@sadieangelina]

"That I could not have said better myself, mainly because I ain't Argentinian. I know, shocking right?" That ending tho 😂

[@MiguelMedV]

Si no lo hubiera dicho, nunca me habría dado cuenta X'D. (English: Had he not said it, I would have never realised that)...

[@gregoriovieira7806]

I think that Fangio is seen by the Argentinians the same way we (Brazilians) see Senna.

[@vijayendrahanumara5210]

I'm curious, how do you guys see Nelson Piquet and Emerson Fittipaldi?

[@vijayendrahanumara5210]

@@viniciusbraga9881 oh. Piquet was before my time and I dont know much about him, except that he won titles. Always felt he was overshadowed by Senna's achievements.

[@Shoikan]

I watch your clips because your style is amusing. I don't care if I agree with you or not, just your tongue-in-cheek humor makes it worth watching. However.... This time you hit it out of the park as far as I'm concerned. Excellent breakdown of why Fangio deserves a boat-load of respect. Hats off to you!

[@hectow5752]

Fangio was a mechanich that ruled an era with 100% manual cars, bringing the attack on kerbs, surviving with only 2 accidents and won titles with quite a few teams, something that hasnt been done again, amazing driver to be fair

[@andysee6996]

I've been using my own points system to determine who the greatest F1 drivers of all-time are. It took me until 1990 to get a driver with more career points than Juan Manuel Fangio (in this case, it's Alain Prost). I get the feeling that Fangio will still be in the top ten by the time I catch up with the present.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@stevenhs8821]

His dad-bod is so funny. A GOAT for sure.

[@thatcamowrx551]

Haven’t been into f1 since I was young last few years have felt boring but your content has definitely gotten me keen to jump back into watching it again next year

[@xdaniels13]

Awesome video, greatly appreciated from an Argentinian fan of your :)

[@didferrari]

Greetings from Argentina, mate! Great video!!

[@aaronscheer8130]

Had to think a second about where i knew that voice from... But of course - the Race watchalongs on racing statistics! awesome :)

[@rick-potts]

love that bridge @ 5:50

[@lautivicente5433]

Josh, muchas gracias por hacer este pequeño homenaje a Fangio. Para los fans del automovilismo, el chueco es como Maradona o Messi. Era un talentoso y es sin duda uno de los mejores de la historia. Gracias nuevamente 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@salmeza85]

Thank you Josh. This needs to be said every now and then. Pioneers.

[@kevinwoodsofficial]

‘Back in the 50’s when the helmet may protect you from some leaves’👌🏻😂😂

[@MegatronRacing237]

Keep pumping great videos my guy!

[@Speeder76]

And none of you talked about the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix, where he, in appauling conditions - 50ºC in the austral summer - was the only one that raced the whole distance... alone, on his Mercedes! And on a 3.30 hour race. Later on, he said that he pretended that he was on a bathub full of ice, saying that his mentality was able to overcame the blistering heat.

[@F.Fourteen]

In my opinion juan manuel fangio is the greatest driver of all time and thats not just because of his speed because in that department we'll never truelly now who's the best, but its because of his mentality because to do what he did in that time period and be still statisticly the 3rd best driver in f1 is insane and this mentallity is best shown in set 1957 german gp, many current drivers would be scared of driving on the nordshleife or in those old cars at full speed and oh if they for sure wouldnt put 2 wheels on the grass not even the honeybadger. If he would race in this era i feel confident in saying that he would crush hamilton and crashtappen. Tbh hes my hero and i would kill to have his mentallity and skills

[@gseric4721]

4:31 sorry Sir Lewis. Still got you at the 2 spot 😂😂😂

[@ecalalo]

He's remembered all around the world as one of the greatest F1 drivers. Here in Argentina he's remembered as one of the greatest drivers, period. Turismo Carretera, LeMans, Special Cars. He did not win everything in his path, but there are some crazy stories about him, his cars, his teammates. Everything you hear about him surrounds the man with an aura that turns him untouchable. Yet, we had other greats who are not well known worldwide, but they are legends to us. Some of them competed side by side with el Chueco and made history in the argentinian and south american books. If you ask a TC fan who is the greatest driver of all time (and not just argentinian), he'll probably say the name Juan Gálvez. He was a monster in the track. Won lots of TC championships and Las 1000 Millas argentinas. He was the first argentinian to win against the best european drivers when he won the III Gran Premio Eva Duarte de Perón. Unfortunately he died while racing and we just don't know how much more he could've achieved. Now we have so much promising youth racing in Touring Cars and Top Race, it's a shame we can't afford a seat in F3. Some of them really deserve a chance. But, hey. Who doesn't. Love the content as always, Josh! Thank you so much!

[@TheFran17]

this man is one of the few things that i love from my country

[@MarianoLu]

Josh this was awesome!!! thanks for remembering "El Maestro"

[@thekevinporta]

As argentinian, I almost let a tear out. Thank you for this beautiful video Josh!

[@millennialchicken]

Fangio always deserved more attention. His talent transcended time and geography.

[@Doggystar9]

Dude belongs in the Mount Rushmore of Argentine sports legends right next to Maradona, Messi and ginobili

[@nachoalvarez7171]

The skill that he had was incredible and it's a shame that we had very few drivers compete in F1 since Carlos Reutemann (he was also great) and nobody since Gaston Mazzacane. Now i'm putting whatever money i could have to Franco Colapinto, hope he gets there

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

For me this guy was an awesome pilot cause didn't only win races, he stayed alive enough time to win several championships AND DIED OF OLD AGE, which is in itself an impressive feat due to the total lack of security back then. Even today's Tourist Trophy is a walk in the park compared to racing the green hell without a helmet or not even a seatbelt.. Thanks for the video Josh, great as always !

[@jimmynegunian5221]

Everybody argue who’s the goat of f1 mean while this man have balls to win 5 championships in a coffin that could go over 200 kph

[@guidopetruolo7524]

As an Argentinian F1 fan, this means a lot to me. Thanks Josh

[@Xiarius]

I'am also argentinian so I had to suscribe to Raian. Good to know we have our own F1 youtuber

[@jordza2k11]

Fangio slander is from fans of either Hamilton or Schumacher (I am the latter here but I will point out why I'm not included in this slander) who think F1 started in 2007 or 1991, all I need to point out is 5/8 full seasons he was world champion and his win percentage will NEVER be touched no matter how many Hamilton wins because an almost 50% win percentage? 24/51 or 46.15% is untouchable when people speak of unbreakable records (Wayne Gretzkys points and assists in hockey for example, Richard Pettys 200 NASCAR wins) this is another one

[@mr.g167]

Josh - this video is Brilliant- Mate - Very Well Said - Nicely Done

[@dangerdean9066]

"Or 51G at Copse." Good one!

[@Enrico_Pallazzo_]

@Josh Revell - Absolutely F*****G brilliant piece of work! You're getting better and better, mate. May you age like Fangio. Ed: Can only give one uplike, not fair.

[@IronicallySarcastic]

The speech toward the end of the video was nothing short of epic.

[@yinbaro]

I normally enjoy your videos quite a lot, but this one really ringed a bell on me, amazing video mate

[@sergiogiacomosammartano7623]

Thank you for this great video, Josh. We can never acknowledge enough the greatness of the legends of the past who MADE this sport so amazing!

[@fusixnrwicnwiejciwj8925]

Definitely the number Juan.

[@joeturton6627]

I would argue that Fangio should be considered as one of the greatest in the same way as Schumacher, Senna and Hamilton.

[@LYON-cu6ps]

Without a doubt

[@gabrielviana9883]

And Jim Clark too

[@MB-en3ij]

Won't work, people can't even consider Hamilton the best. LMAO. (Because of an Energy drink company who doesn't really have any cars to sell so instead just gives all the credit to a young Dutch driver so they can sell more bottles with his face.)

[@tonyrata4796]

@@MB-en3ij So I suppose all the sponsers of Hamiltons car are just doing it because they love him so much? Or could it be they are trying to sell their products , just like the "Energy drink company " ? If either Lewis or Max end their careers with a 49.15% winning ratio I will consider them worthy of being called one of the greatest , but I doubt that will ever happen.

[@MB-en3ij]

@@tonyrata4796 My point is Mercedes and Lewis always gives credit to their car which you don't see from RBR. What they've always held onto is the norm that they have the inferior car and Verstappen is just the better driver.

[@JK7kaye]

Fangio and his contemporaries were absolute daredevils. They may not had the skill development of modern drivers but they definitely had natural ability to drive these cars round those tracks. I encourage anyone with a Netflix account (uk at least) to watch the Fangio documentary. It is a must watch.

[@blapereyra300]

7:23 but I am, and I´m really proud of this video. Thanks Josh

[@blapereyra300]

Edit: we don´t have another F1 champion in Argentina, but we do have another international champion, José María López, three-time WTCC champion and most importantly he is from my province XD

[@FMAlchemist2006]

@@blapereyra300 He is also WEC champion from last season.

[@thiagolima5932]

Love the approach to this topic - there is no GOAT, it is that easy! Keep it up, man!