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Juan Manuel Fangio
 
Date of birth: 24 June 1911
Date of death: 17 July 1995
Country Of Origin: Argentina
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" A crazy man finishes in the cemetery. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away! "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" I am terribly sorry I am unable to speak English. Two years ago, I decided to study it. Then I thought maybe it's too much work for one so old. "

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" I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" I told my nephew that if he wanted to get on in motor racing, the first thing he should do was master English. Thank goodness he now speaks it. "

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" I was a romantic. I went to Pirelli for some tires, but I didn't have any money. They gave me credit-they were very kind. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it. "

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" The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" The organisers had built all their publicity around the Alfas. I told Alfa's chief engineer that if I didn't win, it would not be Alfa losing but Fangio. This convinced him to let me race, and I won. "

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" We used a very expensive resin lubricant in the Maserati. I visited owner of the Lubra factory in Milan, and told him I wanted his oil. He said if I'd wear a Lubra label on my helmet, he'd give me oil and pay me 150,000 lira. "

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" When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany. "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" Women rule our lives, don't they? "

Juan Manuel Fangio
" You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well. "

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