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Mercedes-Benz's very first triumph in Formula 1
Phillip van Osten
04/07/2026 at 13:3004/07/2026 at 13:47 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. This weekend at Silverstone, Mercedes is gunning for its 139 win in Formula 1. But on this day in 1954, Juan Manuel Fangio led home team mate Karl Kling as the German manufacturer dominated the French Grand Prix at Reims to secure its first ever victory in the Formula 1 World Championship. Mercedes' streamlined-bodied W196 Silver Arrows, powered by its mighty straight-8 fuel injected engine, set the pace from the outset on the 8.3 km power circuit, with Fangio and Kling running away with the race and finishing a lap clear of Robert Manzon's Ferrari.
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