Models now available at 1:8 scale
Our deeply detailed 1:8 scale models of Juan Manual Fangio’s Maserati 250F perfectly captures the car raced to a legendary victory in the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on the 4th August 1957. After a fully researched and extensive development process to ensure the complete accuracy of the replica, the first small batch of models fully sold out and we are now accepting orders on further batches of these Limited Edition models.
This 1:8 scale model measures over 50 cms (19 inches) long and is limited to just 199 pieces.
Developed using a digitally scanned and photographed significant original Maserati 250F.
Regularly cited as Fangio’s greatest drive, if not the greatest in all racing history, the 46-year old Argentine overturned a deficit of almost a minute to win the race and his fifth World title. Fangio started on pole ahead of the Ferrari Mike Hawthorn, but whilst the Ferrari would run a traditional non-stop race, the Maserati would be pitting for fresh tyres and fuel. A slow start would see the Argentine drop behind Hawthorn and his teammate Peter Collins, starting from fourth, but Fangio would retake the lead on lead three. He maintained his lead, setting four new lap records in the process, eventually pulling in for his pit stop at the end of lap 12.
The pit stop was a disaster; the mechanic removing the rear left wheel lost the wheel nut under the car, taking half a minute to find it. Fangio entered the pit lane with a 28 second advantage; he left 48 seconds behind Collins in second place, who himself had gone faster than Fangio’s new record. After a couple of laps running in his tyres, Fangio began to mount a charge, gaining as much as a second per mile on lap 15. Setting lap record after lap record, the Argentine reeled in his Ferrari rivals overtaking both on the twenty-first and penultimate lap, holding the British duo to take a race victory by 2.8 seconds that would forever cement his and the 250F’s names in Formula 1 folklore for ever more. Perhaps it was fitting then, that this would be the last victory Fangio would take in Formula 1.