{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"The Mercedes Miracle: Moss and Jenks on the Mille Miglia (with Colin Johnston)","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/the-mercedes-miracle-moss-and-jenks-on-the-mille-miglia-with-colin-johnston","audioUrl":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/1249697/episodes/19493869-the-mercedes-miracle-moss-and-jenks-on-the-mille-miglia-with-colin-johnston.mp3","description":"On June 1, 1955 Stirling Moss and his navigator Denis Jenkinson climbed into their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR and set out from the northern Italian city of Brescia on a thousand-mile blast over public roads. Their objective: trounce the Ferraris and claim victory in the Mille Miglia.The Mercedes team was meticulously prepared and the car was formidable, but perhaps no one was prepared for the astounding results.  In this episode, motor racing historian Colin Johnston tells the tale of what some consider to be one of the greatest racing performances of all time.READ COLIN'S WORK HEREFOLLOW COLIN JOHNSTON ON INSTAGRAM SUPPORT THE PODCASTSUBSCRIBE to Horsepower Heritage on YouTubeHorsepower Heritage Official WebsiteSupport the showHELP us grow the audience! SHARE the Podcast with your friends!"},"annotations":[{"id":491511,"startTime":6.0,"endTime":10.4,"type":"person","title":"Juan Fangio","url":"/glossary/juan-fangio","quote":"Team manager Alfred Neubauer watches Juan Fangio take a Mercedes up to the starting\npoint of perhaps the greatest international road race of them all, the Milimilia.","canonicalId":"person:juan-fangio","priority":0.65,"confidence":0.95,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Juan Fangio was one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, known for his calm, precise driving style. Here, he’s mentioned as driving a Mercedes at the start of the Mille Miglia, underscoring his broader motorsport fame beyond F1.","simplifiedExplanation":"Juan Fangio was a legendary race driver. 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