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Farewell to the Pampas Bull and Ferrari's first F1 winner
Farewell to the Pampas Bull and Ferrari's first F1 winner 16 June, 2013 Ferrari hero Jose Froilan Gonzalez Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the stocky ‘Pampas Bull' who in 1951 delivered Ferrari's first Formula One world championship race win, died in a Buenos Aires hospital at the age of 90 on Saturday.
Gonzalez beat compatriot and five-times world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Alfa Romeo, to win the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone after making his championship debut with Maserati in Monaco a year earlier.
The son of a Chevrolet dealer from Arrecifes, near Buenos Aires, he also won the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race with Frenchman Maurice Trintignant in a works Ferrari in...
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