❝The Swedish driver Jo Bonnier once stayed with Juan Manuel Fangio at Fangio’s summer place at Mar del Plata, Argentina. ‘The popularity of the man is fantastic,’ reported Bonnier. ‘One night we went to a night club. As soon as Fangio came in, the show stopped and everybody in the place stood up and started applauding him. They applauded him all the way to his seat. It was fantastic. I can’t think of any other country where a driver is so much a hero that that would happen, can you?’❞

— Cars at Speed by Robert Daley.