Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio is a motorsports circuit located near Balcarce,

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. The track was named after five-time

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World Champion

Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (, ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "el Chueco" and "el Maestro", Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the ti ...

, who was born in Balcarce.

History

The circuit was inaugurated in January 1972 with a race for Group 6 sport prototypes, and was won by Englishman John Hine in a

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. In 2011,

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was fatally injured in a multi-car crash during a

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event. After this, the circuit was abandoned by Argentina's top national championships and lay mostly dormant aside from a domestic rallycross round in 2019. In May 2023, the

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government allocated AR$580 million to upgrading the circuit to meet FIA standards. Autodromo JM Fangio

Lap records

As of March 2010, the fastest official race lap records at the Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio are listed as:

References

External links

* Motorsport venues in Buenos Aires Province {{Autoracing-venue-stub