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 Movement.
Cuban Grand Prix
1958 Cuban Grand Prix.
La Casa de Beneficencia y Maternidad de La Habana Cuba Grand Prix. 1957
Cuban Grand Prix 1958
Juan Manuel Fangio, was an Argentine racing driver. Nicknamed El Chueco or El Maestro, he dominated the first decade of Formula One racing, winning the World Drivers' Championship five times.
Fangio c. 1952
1950 Simca Gordini T15s, as raced, and retired, at the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans by José Froilán González and Juan Manuel Fangio
Fangio at the 1954 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring
Fangio being chased by Alberto Ascari during the 1954 Italian Grand Prix