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First Ferrari winner, Jose Froilan Gonzalez, dies at 90

Jose Froilan Gonzalez, the first man to win a round of the Formula One world championship for Ferrari, has passed away in Buenos Aires aged 90, reports in his native Argentina confirmed on Saturday.Having made his world championship debut for Maserati in 1951, Gonzalez beat friend and compatriot Juan Manuel Fangio to victory in the 1951 British Grand Prix to give the Scuderia their maiden F1 win.It was to be the first of Gonzalez’s two victories in a Formula One career that spanned 26 Grands Prix, the other - also for Ferrari at Silverstone - coming in 1954 en route to his career-best second place in the driver standings.Nicknamed the ‘Pampas Bull’, the stocky...
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