Born on 24 June 1911 in Balcarce, Argentina, Juan Manuel Fangio was a Formula 1 racing driver who won the World Championship title five times. Driving for four different teams, he competed in a total of 51 Grands Prix, claiming victory in 24 of them. Fangio won the Monaco Grand Prix twice, at the wh...
Born on 24 June 1911 in Balcarce, Argentina, Juan Manuel Fangio was a Formula 1 racing driver who won the World Championship title five times. Driving for four different teams, he competed in a total of 51 Grands Prix, claiming victory in 24 of them. Fangio won the Monaco Grand Prix twice, at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo in 1950, and a Maserati in 1957. The Argentine champion died on 17 July 1995 in Buenos Aires. Produced in 1996, this piece by the Catalan sculptor Joaquim Ros i Sabaté was a gift from the artist to the Automobile Club de Monaco. It was officially unveiled on 20 May 2003 by H.S.H. Prince Albert II, then Hereditary Prince. The life-size bronze statue shows the five-time World Championship beside a Mercedes-Benz W196 Formula 1 car. The artist has made five other statues of Fangio, which are installed in Buenos Aires in Argentina, Monza in Italy, Stuttgart and Nürburg in Germany, and Montmeló in Spain.
Born in Barcelona in 1936, Joaquim Ros i Sabaté is the son of the sculptor Joaquim Ros i Bofarull. He studied at the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, graduating in 1957. Specialising in busts, he works in both iron and stone. He produced notable works during periods in the United States, Iran, and Japan. In 1979, he was appointed director of the Escola d'Art school in Vic, Catalonia. During the 1980s, he began work on a series of portraits of the Spanish Royal Family, which he completed in 1990. An esteemed portrait artist, he produced the statue of Salvador Dalí in the Spanish town of Cadaqués.
