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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. There is an exclusive report in the newspaper Zig Zag by the man who allegedly kidnapped Fangio and a note by Fangio.

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  • 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. There is an exclusive report in the newspaper Zig Zag by the man who allegedly kidnapped Fangio and a note by Fangio. The race was established in 1957 as Fulgencio Batista envisioned creating an event to attract tourists, particularly from the United States. A street circuit was established on the Malecón. The first race was a success; it was won by Fangio driving a Maserati 300S, leading home Carroll Shelby driving a Ferrari 410 S and Alfonso de Portago in a Ferrari 860 Monza. The following year the official Maserati team arrived in force with their fleet of Maserati 300S cars and Fangio and Stirling Moss as drivers. On the eve of the race Fangio was abducted from his hotel by an armed man. The Cuban government ordered the race to continue. Moss and Masten Gregory led the race which was red flagged after just six laps. Armando Garcia Cifuentes had crashed his Ferrari into the crowd, killing seven. The 1959 race was cancelled as Fidel Castro's revolution entered its final stages. The race returned in 1960, at a new venue on service roads around a military airfield. Moss, driving a Maserati Birdcage for privateer team Camoradi, had a comfortable victory over NART run Ferrari 250 TR59 driven by Pedro Rodríguez with Masten Gregory third in a Porsche 718. (en)
  • El Gran Premio de Cuba fue una carrera de automovilismo de velocidad celebrada por un breve período de tiempo a finales de los años cincuenta. La carrera se celebró por última vez en 1960. La carrera es recordada debido al secuestro que sufrió el campeón mundial de Fórmula 1, Juan Manuel Fangio, llevado a cabo por rebeldes antigubernamentales vinculados al Movimiento 26 de Julio,​ y al accidente mortífero de Armando Garcia Cifuentes. (es)
  • Le Grand Prix de Cuba est une course automobile, qui s'est déroulée sous cette appellation à la fin des années 1950 et qui a eu lieu pour la dernière fois en 1960. L'événement le plus marquant de l'histoire de cette compétition est l'enlèvement du champion du monde de Formule 1 Juan Manuel Fangio par les rebelles anti-gouvernementaux liés au Mouvement du 26-Juillet le 23 février 1958. (fr)
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  • Stirling Moss (en)
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  • Pedro Rodríguez (en)
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  • Masten Gregory (en)
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  • El Gran Premio de Cuba fue una carrera de automovilismo de velocidad celebrada por un breve período de tiempo a finales de los años cincuenta. La carrera se celebró por última vez en 1960. La carrera es recordada debido al secuestro que sufrió el campeón mundial de Fórmula 1, Juan Manuel Fangio, llevado a cabo por rebeldes antigubernamentales vinculados al Movimiento 26 de Julio,​ y al accidente mortífero de Armando Garcia Cifuentes. (es)
  • Le Grand Prix de Cuba est une course automobile, qui s'est déroulée sous cette appellation à la fin des années 1950 et qui a eu lieu pour la dernière fois en 1960. L'événement le plus marquant de l'histoire de cette compétition est l'enlèvement du champion du monde de Formule 1 Juan Manuel Fangio par les rebelles anti-gouvernementaux liés au Mouvement du 26-Juillet le 23 février 1958. (fr)
  • 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. There is an exclusive report in the newspaper Zig Zag by the man who allegedly kidnapped Fangio and a note by Fangio. (en)
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  • Cuban Grand Prix (en)
  • Gran Premio de Cuba (es)
  • Grand Prix automobile de Cuba (fr)
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