Known simply as "The Maestro,” this shy Argentine stood for decades as the only man to have won more than three F1 World Championships and set a standard of Grand Prix excellence that most believed could never be matched. While he drove in an era of different cars and values, Fangio’s sheer talent dominated F1 racing without regard to the technical qualities of his rides, and in a very real sense saved Formula One after the 1955 tragedy at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.