HL Bergandi

Fangio at Silverstone

Excerpt from "SIMPLY THE GREATEST GRAND PRIX DRIVER OF ALL TIME"
By "ROAD & TRACK's" John Dinkel, for "ROSSO FERRARI"

...when Bergandi said, "I am going to do a painting of you at the British Grand Prix", Fangio thought for a few moments and then said, "Well, yes, that is actually a valuable race in my memory because it took place just two weeks after Reims, and I had such severe chemical burns that when I went through my pre-race physical the doctor said, "You cannot race. You are too badly burned." To that I smiled and said, "If you want to tell the organizers that I am not going to run, that is okay with me. That's up to you." And when the doctor went to the organizers he said, "He runs!"

With typical mental control, Juan won this difficult race, marked also by the fiery accident that burned a B.R.M. to the ground. Luckily its driver, Tony Brooks, was thrown out and escaped serious injury.

"I hope that you'll cherish this image as much as I enjoy looking at the original oil hanging in my office"
Giuseppe Greco
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Ferrari North America, Inc.

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