Fangio was born on San Juan's day in 1911 in Balcarce, a suburb of Buenos Aires, to Italian parents from the small, central Italian town of Castiglione Messer Marino, in the Abruzzo region.
Fangio was born on San Juan's day in 1911 in Balcarce to Italian parents from the small, central Italian town of Castiglione Messer Marino. This was in the Abruzzo region. Balcarce was a suburb of Buenos Aires.