Putting two great drivers together often brings success – but it can also create fireworks that damage the harmony inside a team. Even legendary combinations that have brought titles to their teams have sometimes ended in acrimony.
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Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss
Race winner Stirling Moss, Mercedes-Benz W196; second place Juan Manuel Fangio, Mercedes-Benz W196
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Team: Mercedes
When: 1955
Races: 6
Wins: 5 (83%)
Titles: 1 (1955 drivers’)
Although Juan Manuel Fangio had won the 1954 drivers’ title largely driving for Mercedes, his team-mates often struggled to get the best out of the W196. The solution was to sign rising star Stirling Moss, who had impressed in Maserati 250Fs, for 1955.
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