The only thing to do, even in 2020, is to salute Juan Manuel Fangio. What a driver!

Juan lived a long life, not many champions of that day did. He started racing F1 fairly late in life, compared to "normal".  He will always be considered among the greatest drivers to ever race. Simply surviving that era of racing was an accomplishment in itself.

Breaking his own '56 lap record nine times in ten laps makes him, to my mind, not only the greatest of all time, but because of the conditions unique to his time, unmatchable.

He was FORTY SIX YEARS OLD  when he comprehensively smacked the best drivers in the world in this race. Out of the ten laps after his horrible pit stop he broke the lap record NINE TIMES with seven of those records coming in a row. After the race he expressed that he had finally had to extract all of his talent and ability to win, and that was dangerous. He essentially retired after that, driving in (I think) only one more F1 race. What a driver.

The famous race where Fangio was much closer to the limit as he actually want, "The best way to win a race was by going as slowly as possible". Now it's normal to go to the limit, but those days the risk was much higher.

Probably the greatest F1 drive of all time.

this is pure gold!!

Sadly true sportsmanship maybe an outmoded concept now but there's little denying the honor and gallantry of a less cynical era. What a brilliant way to describe the kind of Racers that Fangio and Stirling Moss were during their time. My all-time racing Heroes for a reason.

This is incredible footage. Only Nuvolari’s 1935 German Grand Prix or Stewart’s 1968 drive showed as much skill and courage as Fangio on this day.

I was there watching the race in 1957. It was a truly historic performance by Fangio. His driving was always very smooth and in total control of the car. I graduated from Frankfurt American High School in 1957 and left for the US slightly after this.

In my opinion the only other post war driver in history to use the same brain-spiritual  power to win a Grand Prix against all odds was Ayrton Senna. No wonder the Brazilian revered the Argentinian legend.

Fangio the nomber one for ever!

All that sportsmanship on the podium honoring the GOAT.

OMG what an amazing footage !
Good old times when men were opponents and friends !

Good to see the highly respected Alain de Cadenet presenting this!  He was an excellent World Sports Car driver who won a couple of those races, and a great enthusiast and authority on pre-war Alfa Romeos!

F1=  Fangio n°1

Goddamn do I ever miss Speedavision - especially when it wasn’t just non-stop NASCAR.

Oh yes true sportsmanship This was my era.

I think the best description of Nürburgring was "green Hell."

It has to be some 50 odd years ago that I was enthralled reading an article somewhere of this race. I cannot remember too much about the article. I cannot even recall if it was very long but I can remember the drama and to see this in video is wonderful. Thank you.