LONDON, England (CNN)-- Maserati is set to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio winning his fifth world championship. Fangio raced for Alfa Romeo, Ferrari ...

Steadily, the high, whining scream of a big (4.5 liters) bright red Maserati moved out in front of the pack. Handled by World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio and France’s Jean Behra, a pair of ...

They also won the Indianapolis Grand Prix in 1939 and 1940. In Formula 1, Maserati won 9 Grand Prix races, and Juan Manuel Fangio won the World Championship of Drivers twice in Maserati vehicles.

Just by turning up at the inaugural Havana Grand Prix in 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio earned $7,000 — which amounts to about $50,000 today. His victory in the event behind the wheel of a Maserati ...