Product Description
Racing through Time is an exceptional series entailing the sensational beginnings of a much loved global sport. From the grease and glamour, to the danger and thrills, this is an action-packed, fact filled tour of the world of motor racing, featuring in-depth stories on the legends of motor racing, the high-performance machines, the men behind the wheel, and the circuits that have made history. Juan Manuel Fangio was, by any measure one of the most successful racing drivers of all time, winning an astonishing five Formula One World Championships and an incredible twenty-four of the fifty-one races that he contested. Perhaps more importantly however, it was the standards that Fangio set on and off the track that gained him the worldwide respect of both his rivals and spectators. This charismatic Argentinean so captured the public s attention during his career that he became the sport s biggest and most revered name. From his humble beginnings back in Balcarce, Argentina, and his big break into motor-racing all the way to Fangio s final Grand Prix at Reims in 1958, Racing through Time Juan Manuel Fangio has all the action from all of the key races of one of Formula One s most highly acclaimed champions; and also includes interviews with race legends Emerson Fittipaldi and Sir Stirling Moss who give their own personal accounts of the Maestro himself, making this a must have for all fans of motor-racing.
