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The Cuban Grand Prix, also known as the Havana Grand Prix, was a sports car motor race held for a brief period in the late 1950s in Havana, Cuba, last raced in 1960. The 1958 race is best remembered as the backdrop to the kidnapping of Formula One World Champion driver Juan Manuel Fangio by anti-government rebels linked to the 26th of July ...
The Cuban Revolution took over the government in January 1959, and the 1959 Cuban Grand Prix was cancelled. The Fangio kidnapping was dramatized in a 1999 Argentine film directed by Alberto Lecchi , Operación Fangio .
This the Cuba Grand Prix Havana on 23 February 1957. The car on the left (#12) is the 1955 Ferrari 857 Sport s/n 0584M driven by Alfonso de Portago to a 3rd place . [1] . The other on the right (#2) is a Maserati 300 S driven to victory by Juan Fangio.
English: Cuban Grand Prix_2 Havana, Cuba on 23 February 1957. Cars are: #16 (nearest, white, dark blue): 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus s/n 0384AM driven by Hively (Did not Finish). #14 (white, light blue) 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza s/n 0570M driven by Hill (Did Not Start).
It is likely that an oil slick dropped by Mieres' Porsche caused a tragic accident at the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, in which at least four people were killed and fifty more injured. Ferrari driver Armando Garcia Cifuentes skidded on a large oil slick which had been deposited on the track and crashed into a grandstand; one lap earlier, Mieres had ...
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Ciudad Libertad Airport (ICAO: MULB) is a defunct airport near Havana, Cuba. [1] and formerly known as El Aeropuerto de Columbia. Located in the borough of Playa, it was Cuba's main airport until 1930, when it was replaced by José Martí International Airport. The airport was also the location of the 1960 Cuban Grand Prix.