TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 GREAT COMEBACKS CHAPTER 2 INSPIRATIONAL MOMENTS 10 CHAPTER 3 RACING RIVALRIES CHAPTER 4 LAST LAP DRAMA GLOSSARY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR 4 30 31 31 16 22
Juan Manuel Fangio consults with a crew member at the 1957 German Grand Prix
practice in Prix CHAPTER ONE GREAT COMEBACKS The key to winning the 1957 German Grand Came Juan Manuel Fangio's Maserati team noticed that the tires on his car were wearing out early While its Ferrari rivals opted not to stop to change tires the Maserati team practiced its pit stops so they could change very quickly Maserati got its stops down to about 30 seconds a fast time in that era of Formula One However the team's first pit stop did not go well The strategy left Fangio nearly one minute behind the Ferraris The Argentine had time to catch up but he needed the drive of his life 5
