Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1955 F1 World Championship while driving a Mercedes, he won 4 races and scored 40 points.
He is often considered as the greatest F1 driver of all-time with an impressive record of 5 F1 World Championships from 8 seasons and to date is the only driver to win a F1 World Championship while driving for four different constructors (Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari and Mercedes).
Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1955 Formula One World Championship with the Mercedes chassis (third overall) with 40 points.He was previously champion in 1951 (with Alfa Romeo) and 1954 (with Maserati/Mercedes).
Juan Manuel Fangio won the title that year and he was born in Argentina
The last British driver to win the Formula 1 drivers championship was Jenson Button in 2009. Lewis Hamilton won in 2008. The last British winner before that was Damon Hill in 1996. See http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/ for the complete history.
The 1993 Formula One season was the 44th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 14, 1993, and ended on November 7 after sixteen races. Alain Prost won his fourth Drivers' world championship, and his Williams team retained their Constructors' world title. Alain Prost drove for the Williams Team. Former triple world champion Ayrton Senna was the runner-up. Prost's team-mate Damon Hill finished the season ranked third.
The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series 4 games to 3.
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Tim Flock won the Nascar Grand National Series championship in 1955.
Car-azy Drivers - 1955 was released on: USA: 22 July 1955
Indian Chess Championship was created in 1955.
Welsh Chess Championship was created in 1955.
Aberdeen won the Scottish League Championship in 1955.
Mozambican Roller Hockey Championship was created in 1955.