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...r 8]] [[1984]]) was an American race car driver who won the [[Indianapolis 500]] in [[1950]]. As the Indianapolis 500 was included in the [[Formula One]] World Championship from 1950 to 1960, h

...and 1946-1961 seasons with 121 starts, including 14 in the [[Indianapolis 500]]. He finished in the top ten 74 times, with 21 victories. As the [[Indianapolis]] 500 counted as a round of the [[Formula One]] World championship from [[1950]]

|Years || 1956 - 1961 |First race || [[1956 British Grand Prix|1956]] [[British Grand Prix]]

In 1956 Fangio moved to Ferrari, replacing [[Alberto Ascari]] who had been killed i | [[1950 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>

[[Image:indy_500.jpg|300px|thumb|right|1994 Indianapolis 500, a National Championship race]] The [[Indianapolis 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911

...er a crash at a minor race at Monza. Again he recovered and tried the Indy 500, but this time his team-mate had a fatal crash while practicing in Farina's

|Next race in season || [[1957 Indianapolis 500]] |Previous year's race || [[1956 Monaco Grand Prix]]

...f; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:indy 500.jpg|250px|Indianapolis 500, 1994]] ! colspan=2 |'''Indianapolis 500'''

...(car)|Jaguar]] trainee in 1949 and signing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the [[1958 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] at [ ...his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the [[BOAC 500]] at [[Brands Hatch]] in [[England]] in 1967.

...hip Car Racing]] for many decades, primarily for use in the [[Indianapolis 500]] auto race. Such racing has been sanctioned by the [[American Automobile ...became the first sanctioning body for auto racing in the United States. In 1956, the '''[[United States Automobile Club]] (USAC)''' was founded to take ove

...and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (with which it forms the [[Triple Crown o ...nable to compete, having a prior commitment to compete in the Indianapolis 500 on the same day. Hughes, M. 2007. ''Street theatre 1929''. '''Motor Sport''

...[[Italian Grand Prix]], the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] and the [[Indianapolis 500]]. The French Grand Prix has been part of the [[Formula One]] championships ! [[1956 Formula One season|1956]]

...racing season|1960]]{{-}}500cc- [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]],[[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]],[[1959 Grand Prix motor ...era]]s and Surtees battled to a third place finish aboard a 1957 MV Agusta 500 Quattro.

...in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the [[1 |First Cup Race || 1967 [[Motor Trend 500]] ([[Riverside International Raceway|Riverside]])

|[[1951 Formula One season|1951]], [[1956 Formula One season|1956]]-[[1977 Formula One season|1977]] |[[1951 Formula One season|1951]], [[1956 Formula One season|1956]]-[[1977 Formula One season|1977]]

...id #999;" |[[Image:Ferrari Dino.jpg|280px|A Dino in the parking lot of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2005 United States Grand Prix]] ...gineer Vittorio Jano. Dino would never see the engine; he died on June 30, 1956 at the age of only 24, before his namesake automobiles Fiat Dino and Dino w

...ason]], [[1955 Formula One season|1955 season]], [[1956 Formula One season|1956 season]] and [[1957 Formula One season|1957 season]].'' ...d across six of the 'major' Grands Prix of Europe, plus the [[Indianapolis 500]], was a mere formalization of what had already been developing in Grand Pr

'''Michele Alboreto''' ([[December 23]], 1956 in [[Milan]] &ndash; [[April 25]], 2001 in [[Klettwitz]]) was an [[Italy|It ...aceway]]; and retired, due to gearbox problems, at the [[1996 Indianapolis 500]], his sole entry into the famous oval race. Alboreto also ran [[sports pro

Drivers_champ = 14 ([[1952]], [[1953]], [[1956]], [[1958]], [[1961]], [[1964]], [[1975]], [[1977]], [[1979]], [[2000]], [[ ...lack of suitable F1 cars. Ferrari entered the 2000cm³ 4-cyl [[Ferrari Tipo 500]], which went on to win almost every race in which it competed in the [[195