Juan Manuel Bordeu (28 January 1934 – 24 November 1990) was a racing driver from Balcarce, Argentina.
A protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had a successful early career but a bad testing accident wrecked his chances in Formula One. His only World Championship Formula One entry was at the 1961 French Grand Prix in a Lotus run by the UDT Laystall team, but the car was eventually driven by Lucien Bianchi.
He raced on until his retirement in 1973, after which he represented his country as a delegate of FISA. Wiki
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Juan Manuel Bordeu (Balcarce, Buenos Aires, January 24, 1934-Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 24, 1990) was an Argentine motorist.
As a protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had an early and successful race, but a strong accident in a test ruined his chances of showing himself in Formula 1. After his failed foray into the world of international motorsports, he raced in Formula Junior 59 / 60, some Formula 3 races.
He had only one participation in Formula 1, in the 1961 French Grand Prix with a Lotus of the UDT Laystall team, although the car was finally driven by Lucien Bianchi. In 1959, “El Chueco” (JM Fangio) opened the doors to him in the Old World and quickly demonstrated his ability in Formula Junior, at that time the first promotional category on the road to F1. The premiere was in Monaco where with a Rainieri chassis he was third. Fangio contacted the builder Stanguellini and Bordeu bought one of his monoposts. In 1960 the good results followed.
For 1961, Chapman, the owner of Lotus and creator of revolutionary cars in F1, marked Bordeu to debut in the Maximum with one of his cars, but in the UDT Laystall Racing Team. The date was for the British Grand Prix, July 10, where Fangio was to be the starter. But five days before he had suffered a terrible accident in a test with a Lotus Elite Sport at Goodwood, a circuit that was disabled in 1962 by another serious crash, that of Sir Stirling Moss, which led to his retirement. “Maneco” (JM Bordeu) almost lost a leg and they put a solid steel nail in his femur.
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