Fangio's Mercedes roars to £17.5m record
In 1987 the BBC interviewed Daimler-Benz’s former chief engineer, Rudi Uhlenhaut, and asked the 81-year-old about the firm’s post-War return to serious motor racing in the 1954-55 period.
He said: "...our directive was to be the best, and to win both the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship a…