Onboard | Juan Manuel Fangio

[jasonarkin1]

It's all about the sound of that glorious straight-six: 1:10.

[AmicableJudgeRhino]

Fangio 7.5 years in F1 5 titles won incredible.

[manumacbeth89]

This is Fangio!Nuff said..Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest pilot of all times.This was pure talent...

[NZ77NZ]

Honestly, it's a bloody crime how kids nowadays are growing up not knowing, or not caring about drivers like Fangio. This guy could take you out in a car, drive flat out and take you back to the pits with you having a new developed 'fear of driving'. This guy is an absolute legend and is one of the greatest drivers to have ever lived. R.I.P. Juan Manuel Fangio

[lucasvar]

es un montaje, no?

[myautomobilefunk]

without seat belts

[martinbernardo1969]

1:09

[dragosh78]

remember no electronic safety devices in those years, just pure talent 

[vprmn]

when i was child ..i read book.."grand prix monte carlo"..race 1955...written by Maurice Trintignant...great book..great stories.. and there i read about Fangio for the first time...:) great driver. and Maurice Trintignant too. top class.

[marcus1442]

el mejor piloto de la historia de formula 1

[Context81]

Gearbox at 2:15

[sasarasasarasa]

Legend.

[JohnnyMidnight1]

oh come on, a Honda Accord is faster than this car!!!!

[vilzaum]

@JohnnyMidnight1 pobre ignorante

[MisterLeoxD]

Very good !

[ViniciusLimaRS]

Senna fan nº1 of Fangio (see in Google).

[people4people]

i dont understand, why's the track so shit, and it looks like he's driving really slowly. whats going on here, is that a screen?

[formula1update]

@people4people It´s back in the 50´s, dude.....Safety precautions, like a clean circuit wasn´t highest on the list of things to do.

[vagel77]

RESPECT

[Cziczarkko]

I will like to see Schumacher trying to drive the Maserati to its limts with a leather cap and a pink T-shirt

[richardelbuitre]

F1=FANGIO!

[kevinkkh01]

Maserati 250F is an icom back in the days, brake pedal position on the far right and the accelerator pedal in central position left from the brake pedal.

[tommyboy284]

0:18 No hands on the wheel. Lets see vettel do that

[dks11000]

Fangio had way bigger balls than Senna. no helmet, no seat belt, and look at the track !!!

[shanehnorman]

My all-time hero - Il Maestro

[MrTann2010]

wow this is F1.1 mistake and you are dead.

[specsavers44]

A saucepan for a helmet and what look like solid rubber tires, i bet there is no seat belt either! Real pioneers.

[daboom2006]

I am better than him.

[dumaramutsi]

@daboom2006 yeah, me too.

[ILUVJDM0051]

Just pure driving

[patto612]

El mejor de todos los tiempos.

[JackBandicootsBunker]

You can say Schumacher and Senna were great drivers, but watching this is fantastic. Fangio is the real deal, a true Legend.

[IceFireRafael]

I prefer this to watching Justin Bieb ehm i mean Sebastian Vettel winning races by doing nothing

[drgezza]

this is true racing and determination....

[stasionisas]

Que piloto absolutamente fantástico!

[mgef]

High curbs, skinny tires, no harness or rollbar. And watch the tires, compare the driection they're pointing compared to the body of the car.

[TheTrueGamer100]

Now THAT is racing, such style, such finesse, pure Fangio.

[nahuelronda]

lindo anti-flama jajaja

q grosooooooooooooooo

[mangahead21]

the way he holds the car around 1:07 is just sublime!

[Steez51]

I've never seen this before. The Maestro at work.....Love that track surface. Looks like a driveway to an abandoned trailer park!

[trimbot6]

The maestro! Finding this vid was the best birthday present. The track lined with bushes, driving with only a t-shirt on, drifting on the skinny bias ply tires,the look on his face a model of composure and quiet determination, Bravo! Viva Fangio!

[Sokra01]

Old cars with modern safety features, that would be F1-racing at its best.

[lichirenault]

EL MAS GRANDE DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS!!! Y ES ARGENTINO!!!!

[raceguy514]

I watched top gear last night and nice seeing such a rare vehicle being driven hard.

[RudyZombe]

The master in F1and overall an exceptional human being. Nothing else to say.

[simmer70]

I bet that camera was huge, right in front of his face, right where it should be, and what excellent footage it captured. They should have mowed the grass.

[CNSZU]

Obviously an easy camera day for Fangio wearing nothing but a T-shirt, but even at those speeds on a bumpy road with a flimsy car, where hitting the curb means death, you'd need bravery on an immortal level.

[1374laur]

Sou brasileiro, mas reconheço: Fângio foi incomparável. Cinco vezes campeão mundial pilotando verdadeiras "banheiras assassinas".

Fângio, Fittipaldi, Piquet, Senna, Jack Brabaham, Jack Stewart, Gilles Villeneuve, Nick Lauda, Prost e Schumacher... grandes pilotos!

[myautomobilefunk]

@1374laur que tem de ver que sejas brasileiro? 

[ferni1glass]

fangio te agarraba un torino e igual les ganaba la formula 1. es alguien incomparable

[TheBettymercury]

THE BEST! HE IS DAD OF FORMULA ONE.

[TheQwaz]

Also, like others have said, they mounted the camera on one end and ran some laps. Then pulled in, put the camera on the other end and ran some more laps. Then off to editing. Beautiful work especially considering the era it was filmed in.

[jannerpanner]

this is fake ther isnt a camera on the car

[sasarasasarasa]

@jannerpanner wrooooong.

[coolgokool]

@jannerpanner i think u r right..cause the first few secs suggest that the front cam is on almost the same level as fangio's head..but the cam from the back doesnt shw any such cam

[Redgrant80]

@coolgokool could have been shot at different times. is that a possiblity?

[taintabird]

balls of steel !!

[charles19502010]

Fangio está conduzindo o carro em 1957, não em 1950.

[bmwnasher]

This is the true master at work the best ever

[supercooled]

Is this the old Imola or Monza? How come it looks like a re-enactment? The backdrop looks like it was put in after.

[0289XYZ]

@supercooled

My guess is that it is neither. My father raced his 1956 300SL gullwing in the mid fifties. Most of the races in the US were at airfields and I thought I saw a few hangars on the course. Just a guess....

[osdotf]

@supercooled This is the old Modena circuit which also had an airstrip across it, hence the "aero-autodrome" @ 0:12. Both Maserati and Ferrari used the 1.5 mi track for testing during the Fifties and Sixties, and I remember final Mille Miglia winner Piero Taruffi once conducted a driving school there.  The site is now a park named for Enzo Ferrari.

[chicouk]

how fast do those cars go back in those days?

[icarux2002]

Todo un señor dentro y fuera de la pista. Ud acaba de ver al mejor piloto de formula 1 de todos los tiempos, o acaso hay alguien que aun lo dude ? Nada de seguridad en ese coche y con esas terribles manos, no he visto otra cosa igual, y quizas nunca vere algo similar. Saludos a todos los amantes del deporte motor.

[ferni1glass]

que carrera memorable que en aquellos años no habia direccion de potencia equilibrio error = muerte

[galoon]

Fangio makes this look so easy--skinny tires, no wings, and rotten road conditions--look how laid-back he is in the cockpit! You get the impression that he could eat a ham sandwich out there and still turn a fast lap!

[Gummby69]

the rush wearing what hes wearing would have been an amazing feeling. driving a go kart in jeans and a t shirt is a briliant feeling alone. a race car without stupid (ok it saves ur life if u do crash) would be a whole other amazing feeling

[unionrdr]

I remember the 1sr race I ever watched was Fangio winning the German grand prix at the Nurburgring in 1957. I watched & learned driving from him,& my Grandfather,who drove like him! Especially drifting,pioneered by the mistro himself. it took Micheal Schumaker 47 years to equal Fangio's record of 5 world driving championships! I watched his graceful "mechanical ballet" on tight turns at 150mph!

[hutuguru81]

this footage is precious!

you can see how those old cars used to handle, and the technique needed to control them while goin flat out! wow! just all four wheel drift thru corners, while the engine roars and spits, then the straight, were the engine seems to go quite beneath the noise of the wind.

all done whilst dressed in a t-shirt with a crappy leather cap for a helmut! lol

[santiaguitoa]

Inpresionante! Fangio fue, es y sera el mejor!...un orgullo de ser argentino y de balcarce como el...no hay punto de comparacion con la F1 actual...ya ni siquiera se quien corre, ni me interesa tampoco...

[daedalusrho]

I'd like to see more onboard footage from the Fangio era, it really was a different world. The car looks quite stable over the bumps, but such understeer! He's literally working to prevent a crash at every corner.

[cfodk]

Look at that track, that car and the surroundings. One false move and he has wings... what a driver!

[racang]

He truly was the best, I would like to see Schumacher dive in those conditions, look at the track, amazing...

[0289XYZ]

I don't know if he is still alive, but a few years ago I heard that when he entered a restaurant, people would stand and sing the Argentina national anthem. What a stud> Skinny tires and drum brakes.....

[wysiwyg248]

@0289XYZ

Unfortunately, he passed away many years ago.

He is the best F1 driver of all times, and he has the stats to prove it.

Participated in 7 seasons, won 5 F1 championships and was 2nd on the other two, plus the number of poles, podiums, etc. relative to the No of races he started are completely amazing.

[0289XYZ]

@wysiwyg248 I just realised that the first feew seconds of this clop note that it is at an "aerodrome" ....

[emkyue]

yeah.....that's driving

[57250tr]

how come when the camera switches from back to front we cant see the camera facing backwards?

[galoon]

@57250tr Probably these were two different occasions with the camera installed in different places, then the film was edited to mix them together.

[TheLudicer]

I am going to create a racing league based on formula 1 from the 60s and 50s. no flappy paddle, and using a clutch, no spoilers and no traction control. have it based on driver skill

[fadedsideways]

@TheLudicer I've thought about reviving something like that as well. it would make the races more interesting and exciting not to mention show who has TRUE DRIVING SKILLS instead of a reliance on modern day computers.

[nicolanzarotti]

blow my speakers lol

[rgosse231]

Those were the DAYS, a clutch and a shifter, Real art

[32SQUID]

Man that road is in horrible condition !!

[octanetube]

Brilliant video!

"Safety" equipment = polo-shirt and wearing a saladbowl on top of his head.

Different times.

[1973stefant]

Real man, balls off steel

[am31661]

j.m. Fangio...was fast as fuck.....hes what i call a real racecar driver

[tugatomsk]

Incredibly smooth save at 1:07.

[FrannKurt]

jajaj tenes que tener huevos para subirte a esa porqueria con un casquito que no sirve de nada, con ese motor rugiendo como loco ahi enfrente, sin direccion sin airbag, olvidate de todo, te pegas un palo te matas, seguro, se arriesgaba la vida en cada carrera, eso es ser piloto, no los de ahora. Te subis al auto, sabiendo que si te pasa algo te moris fija,

[llandudnoboy]

Quite amazing Fangio seems to be part of the car.

Everything he does appears so fluid and natural.

He is clearly not pushing the car to the limit but is using every part of the track.

A true master at the wheel.

[crimpo]

Schumacher is the greatest driver of the modern era.

Which puts him in the high 20s all time. Look at the car, the track and the equipment. You really think Schumacher would fancy that?

[KillerDreck89]

You mean the old stuff? Sure he would.

[clre97]

Fangio is the best f1 driver of all time

[llandudnoboy]

@clre97

Certainly the greatest driver of his era with an amazing 5 World Titles

Micheael Schumacher is without doubt the greatest driver in the modern era of F1 with an incredible 7 World Crowns and it could still be 8 World Crowns

There is one thing for certain with his incredible ability and last years Championship winning car which i'm sure has been improved for 2010 he will be the only driver in anybody's lifetime to win 100 races or more

Alonso is his nearest rival with only 21

[clre97]

well i think so to but i still think that fangio is a better driver but i agree on that michael is the best driver off mordern era

[DevaTJK]

what top speed did they reach?

[FrannKurt]

198MPH

[llandudnoboy]

Fangio would have been the only driver able to compete against Michael Schumacher on an equal planefield.

You only have to see the natural driving ability of the Argentinian genius to realise how great he was.

Both Schumacher and Fangio came from humble backgrounds and had to fight their way to the top of their profession

13 World Championships between them make them equal champions

Prost and Senna im affraid were just making up numbers even though they were amazing drivers

[zoobtoob]

Not Mika Häkkinen?

Schumi himself that Mika was the only other driver he feared.

[llandudnoboy]

@zoobtoob

Respected not feared.

Both Mika and Michael were amazing drivers.

When Mercedes get their car set up just right just watch Schuey produce the goods.

Even he addmited on Top gear that it's mostly the car that determines who wins races, with a top driver at the wheel aswell.

He has certainly lost none of his driving ability,it's just the Mercedes is not quite a match for the Ferraris.

[McLarenMercedes]

so what does this say about Rosberg who is in the same car as Schumacher?

Rosberg is currently 2nd after 4 races and has outqualified and outraced Schumacher in every race so far

Schumacher dominated when the Ferrari was the best car by far. The 2002 car was the fastest and also the most reliable. He only needed to beat Barrichello. Same story in 2001 and 2004.

[gentleonmymind1966]

Master!!

[MrCristianf]

diganme muchachos cuando ven y escuchan esto ¿no se les cae un lagrimon? Grande JUAN UNICO debes estar en el cielo preparando un Chivo 42 y manejando una Maseratti

[Jaguer91]

¡Fangio the number 1! If Fangio race now, he hasn't rival! Aguante Fangio! Orgullo Argentino!

[SeinSchatten]

A legend @ work

[sebastianarg1979]

Que grande q lindo ver esto y pensar q yo iva a tu taller en balcarce de chiquito a verte

[RAPA84]

Maestro de maestros....

Fangio..... Inmortal

[WatanukiF1]

That is FORMULA ONE...

not the today's shit!

[linuxuser29448]

@WatanukiF1 Formula One is about being at the forefront of automotive technology, not about being nostalgic. These cars will always be restored for racing, and they'll always be great fun to watch, but this is no longer Formula One.

[Tarantino2000]

@WatanukiF1  you are Right i mean to

[SilverShamrock71]

@WatanukiF1 today's f1, although a lot faster is somewhat sanitized, safer and soulless compared to fangio's era...

[LDis1]

He's better than any driver we have ever seen.

Schumacher & Senna all say that Fangio is the greatest of all time. THey both viewed Fangio on a much higher level than themselves, which is why they are both saying that.

Senna was the closest to Fangio.

[nivel777]

grande fangio¡¡¡orgullo argentino

[EJ25RUN]

What a master. 1:08 is incredible.

[upfullandright]

Yikes! That curbing is scary. But not nearly as scary as that decorative helmet. Such a different breed of drivers back then.

[hjbpnb]

It's always a pleasure seeing the great juan Manuel Fangio Driving. What finesse !!!

[maniaco200]

I second that!!

I think my driveway is smoother than that track..but i guess thats the way race tracks were in the 50's

[PopcornAndCocaCola]

The first superstar

[MarquisEstelle]

Nuvolari paved the way for Fangio.

[PopcornAndCocaCola]

What do you mean? Nuvolari was a great driver too one of the best ever but Fangio won five drivers titles

[MarquisEstelle]

I couldn't, and I think it is not fair to compare at all.  That's what Schumacher said about Fangio, and he's right. Fangio was in a different universe and was extraordinarily talented. Well, look at Nuvolari to Fangio as Fangio is to Schumacher. There was no world title when Nuvolari raced, but he won everything that could be won and the technology was once again, far more primitive than what even Fangio raced. Titles don't tell the whole story.

[PopcornAndCocaCola]

Oh no I'm not comparing drivers I'm just saying Fangio was the first driver to become really famous all over the world. One thing I do think is that the old drivers were truly brave and I think if racing was as dangerous now as it was then a lot of the drivers racing now would be too afraid to get into the car

[LAZJDM]

Well, Fangio started racing in south america,long endurance races that tooks days to finish,sometimes weeks,country-to-country.And this was before he went to europe winning 5 world titles.Suspension/wheels set-ups were much like Nuvolari's times but Fangios cars had much more HP making them very hard to control. Not only that Fangio beat other world champions at there own game. Fangio also won 4 titles in slower cars with mech.problems. Its easy to say Fangio is the best...to say the least.

[muevasukcha]

dios lo q es eso !!!

lo vi mas de 50 veces !!

y no m canzoo

como se lo ex traña al chueco !!!

y pensar q se lo tiene mas conocido al gordo falopero de maradona !!

lpm ! no tengo nada contra el pero bue

y kiero ver a schumacher subiendose a ese

auto y corre asi !!

[lavitaboba]

Un Maestro!!

[TTFAFF]

As ybralcorte said, this is only a piece of wood with 4 wheels and an engine. If He could drive that thing at 198MPH, what would he be able to do in nowadays cars??

[maximilianoo21]

fangio y Froilán González leyendas ahora y siempre!!! tambien destaco a ayrton senna!! uno de los mejores pilotos que vi bajo lluviaC_c

[pilotaalfa]

Grande Manuel Fangio!!!

[Mario04091964]

schumy que se dane.FANGIO UM PILOTO DE VERDADE

[ybralcorte]

Loco, miren lo que es eso.. es un pedazo de tronco con 4 ruedas y motor.. Esos bichos andaban a 320km/h es increible como este tipo puede manejar eso sin ningun tipo de medidas de seguridad. nada de tecnologia, ESTO ES UN PILOTO, demostracion de manejo, demostracion de muñeca.. Ademas... era un señor.. Un caballero dentro y fuera de las pistas. Por algo era el idolo de Ayrton Senna ..

[Malalvma]

el Maserati alcanzaba los 300km/h. en 1957. Es increíble cómo puede manejar un trasto tan rudimentario a ésta velocidad!...

Desde luego, ésto es pilotar, y no lo de ahora, con toda la electrónica y la puta que le parió...

[TheQwaz]

Truly the best ever. (sorry schumi) 5 titles with 4 makes. Mercedes(2), Ferrari, Lancia, & Alfa Romeo one each. Remember back in the 50's they were separate companies.

[TheQwaz]

My bad, he won one in the Maserati not Alfa.

[osdotf]

@TheQwaz You're still bad! Fangers won titles for Alfa (1951), Mercedes (1954, 1955), Ferrari (1956) and Maserati (1957). His title with Ferrari was won in the D-50, an earlier Lancia design that Ferrari took over in 1955 and continued to develop into the1957 season as the Ferrari 801.

[TheQwaz]

@osdotf Thanks, i was racking my brain trying to keep it straight. Thats why i didn't attempt to name the years. Had a hard enough time remembering who all he'd drove for. I do remember the fact about the Ferrari using the Lancia design, pretty cool look imo. Just apparently got it crossed up about what the car was badged when he won in it. Ergo, my bad (2) should have swapped with Lancia instead of Alfa. Thanks again for the heads up.

[guiye2talcorte]

este era 1 corredor grande fangio fuiste y seras lo mas en el automovilismo!!

claro aora schumagger estan bueno pero calculo q le das 1 auto de esto y se caga de ambre!!!

GRANDE FANGIO!!!

[Rascasseman]

A true legend.

[66hoopick66]

That is awesome footage, a real insight into what it was like in one of those deathtraps, those guys must have had balls like melons

[mancuo]

COMO LO SACABA Y LO ACOMODABA!

Que Schumy ni ocho cuartos señores.

Este era un piloto

[crossler5200]

Fantastic accuracy and car control,truly a great driver.

[liveundrums]

wow! No seat belts or racing suits.

[ritonio]

Un grande entre los grandes, gano la mitad de las carreras que corrio, no habra otro igual

[ElReyCuis]

wow !

[YRHDB]

That circuit was really unsafe...but who cared?, real car racing is a dangerous business!

[jfreijser]

It really is great to see Fangio's magic art captured in this short piece of onboard filming. I have seen it before, in a BBC series about the history of motor racing (I think). Great moment when he shifts his goggles from helmet to face, with a fluidity only achievable through years of practice. Love seeing those narrow front tyres controlling the drifting car. Thanks!

[ferrarimfabricio]

Fantastico....curvar daquele jeito com uma jaca daquela, não é pra qualquer maluco...

[gcmc2]

Yes, as said this footage is a treasure. It does appear in a couple of vintage racing videos. It was actually filmed just after he quit F1 after winning the '57 title. MAESTRO INDEED !

[MAF1050]

where is the camera behind him? Take a look at the front camera, you cannot see the camera behind him.

[azstong]

Maybe its invisible. LOL

[MAF1050]

where is the camera behind him?

[magknight]

There are probably two laps edited. One with the camera in front, one with the camera in the back. Maybe even the same camera. Great footage

[thxq007]

Very cool. Thank you.

[TheG67]

Excellent video,what a cool character !!

[scubywrxr]

what a treasure this video is.. thank you

[thomas500]

It must be at 100 km/h when he lets go of the wheel and pulls down the goggles... and the sound!...

Great!

[klassiekerrally]

He makes it look so easy . . .

[sodamaniaco19]

Ni todos los mundiales de futbol nos pueden representar mejor que este gran hombre.... 100% humildad! 100% piloto!

[alex27lp]

Juan Manuel Fangio, aparte de ser un grandioso piloto, creo que ha de estar en lo más alto del orgullo nacional argentino. Y lo dice un español, que admira a este hombre.

[hestafubs]

Mastro! This is THE business! Bella Maserati!!