One of the legendary 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix cars raced by five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio will be offered for sale at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction on Friday July 12 at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex, and is expected to establish new records for cars sold at auction.
In Fangio’s hands, this W196 (chassis 00006/54) won the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix. Among the technological innovations the W196 introduced to F1 were fuel injection, lightweight tubular space frame chassis construction and all-independent suspension, and it also featured driving force taken from the center of the straight-8 engine’s crankshaft in order to minimize vibration.
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