Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, and Tony Hulman. The paths of those three racing legends would converge on one of the coveted cars ever produced, the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen. Chassis quantity 00009/54 was initially accomplished in December 1954 as an open-wheel automobile constructed to 1954 Components One specs, the identical time Stirling Moss was employed to hitch Fangio at Mercedes. Fangio drove this automobile within the 1955 Components Libre Buenos Aires Grand Prix, a non-points occasion, with Moss in a sister automobile, and Fangio taking the win. Fangio and Moss would end 1-2 at each the Belgian Grand Prix and the Dutch Grand Prix later that yr. The automobile would later be fitted with its Stromlinienwagen for the race at Monza, the place Fangio took one other win. Mercedes would donate the automobile to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in 1965, the place monitor proprietor Tony Hulman would take care of the automobile for the subsequent 59 years. RM Sotheby’s will public sale the automobile at an upcoming occasion, the place its anticipated to fetch as a lot as $55 million.
