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RIP Froilan Gonzalez

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AKA "The Pampas Bull" fast & aggressive, a favourite of Enzo Ferrari, might well have won a World Title if he had not been competing with Fangio etc.
Passed away aged 90.
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R.I.P José Froilan González

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News coming in that Ferrari's first Grand Prix winner has died :(

http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s ... try6315374
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Merged the two threads. RIP. :(
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Nuppiz wrote:Merged the two threads. RIP. :(


Sorry :oops:
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One of the great characters of the early days of the World Championship.

RIP the Pampas Bull.
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RIP Froilan Gonzalez. He will go down in history as a Ferrari great
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Not only a brilliant driver, but also one of only two remaining drivers from 1950 :cry:
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tommykl wrote:Not only a brilliant driver, but also one of only two remaining drivers from 1950 :cry:


Who's the other?
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shinji wrote:
tommykl wrote:Not only a brilliant driver, but also one of only two remaining drivers from 1950 :cry:


Who's the other?


Robert Manzon I believe.

RIP Jose. :(
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East Londoner wrote:
shinji wrote:
tommykl wrote:Not only a brilliant driver, but also one of only two remaining drivers from 1950 :cry:


Who's the other?


Robert Manzon I believe.



Correct....now aged 96
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RIP.

Link to the news on Autosport. Looks like Sir Stirling Moss is now F1's oldest surviving race winner.
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dr-baker wrote:RIP.

Link to the news on Autosport. Looks like Sir Stirling Moss is now F1's oldest surviving race winner.


The article itself mentions Sir Jack Brabham.. :)
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eagleash wrote:
dr-baker wrote:RIP.

Link to the news on Autosport. Looks like Sir Stirling Moss is now F1's oldest surviving race winner.


The article itself mentions Sir Jack Brabham.. :)


Sir Jack is the oldest, Sir Stirling took his first win earlier though.
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eagleash wrote:
dr-baker wrote:RIP.

Link to the news on Autosport. Looks like Sir Stirling Moss is now F1's oldest surviving race winner.


The article itself mentions Sir Jack Brabham.. :)

Autosport must have edited the article since I read it...
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:( RIP Gonzalez. He went down in history as Ferrari's first Grand Prix winner. Now he went down in death.
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dr-baker wrote:
eagleash wrote:
dr-baker wrote:RIP.

Link to the news on Autosport. Looks like Sir Stirling Moss is now F1's oldest surviving race winner.


The article itself mentions Sir Jack Brabham.. :)

Autosport must have edited the article since I read it...


It WAS the very last line.. :o
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go_Rubens wrote:Now he went down to death.


What?
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Arguably one of the greatest drivers of the 50s. RIP
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RIP Jose, sad to see another driver of the 50's pass away. :(
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shinji wrote:
go_Rubens wrote:Now he went down to death.


What?


Went down in death. I knew someone wouldn't understand! ;)
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RIP,well generation of drivers from the 50s slowly goes to heaven to be racing there
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Rest in Peace. You will be sourly missed. :cry:
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Jack Brabham is now the oldest surviving Grand Prix winner, aged 87.
My condolences to JFG.

RIP José Froilán González, the first winner for the Scuderia Ferrari, at Silverstone in 1951.
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good_Ralf wrote:RIP José Froilán González, the first winner for the Scuderia Ferrari, at Silverstone in 1951.


Footage of his win right here.
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Rest in peace. :cry: Being the first winner of the most successful F1 team is one of the greatest achievements one can imagine, especially considering that very few drivers manage to win a GP for any team.
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RIP. He quite literally set the trend for Ferrari for years to come. A true legend of the 50's.
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RIP Froilan Gonzales, as the first winner of the greatest F1 team ever
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The Pampas Bull, they dont have nicknames like that anymore. RIP.
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RIP Gonzalez :( a huge lost.
He was one of the greatest drivers ever !

If im correct Rony Rolt is also still alive.
Between is there still a driver alofe from pre war racing ?
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f1-gast wrote:RIP Gonzalez :( a huge lost.
He was one of the greatest drivers ever !

If im correct Rony Rolt is also still alive.
Between is there still a driver alofe from pre war racing ?

No, Tony Rolt died in 2008 :(

Robert Manzon is still alive, but he only started racing in 1947...

I believe the last pre-war racer still alive may be Heinz Brendel, who drove for Mercedes in the European Championship in 1939, and is now 98 years old.
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Rest in Peace :cry:
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