Juan Manuel Fangio J Thompson Church of St Lawrence Jewry

Church of St Lawrence Jewry from Guildhall Yard

leading to Seacoal Lane

3rd October 1964

Smithfield Market

View of the church designed by Sir Robert Smirke and built in 1823-1824

Juan Manuel Fangio J Thompson Church of St Lawrence JewryJuan Manuel Fangio, (1950s?). In his Formula 1 career between 1950 and 1958, Fangio won a then record 24 Grands Prix, driving for Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari and won the World Drivers' Championship in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957, a record which remains unequalled. The most remarkable aspect of Fangio's record is that these successes came from a career which only lasted for 51 races.