Five-time formula one world champion, the argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio sits in a Mercedes-Benz W196 racing car in Nelson Piquet Autodrome in Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 3, 1987. Juan Manuel Fangio who dominated automobile-racing competition in the 1950s, winning the world driving championship in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

Five-time formula one world champion, the argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio sits in a Mercedes-Benz W196 racing car in Nelson Piquet Autodrome in Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 3, 1987. Juan Manuel Fangio who dominated automobile-racing competition in the 1950s, winning the world driving championship in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)