That woman’s son Oscar Espinosa, had a brief spell racing in Formula 3 and was commonly known by his colleagues as “Cancho” Fangio.
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Fangio, who won the Formula One drivers’ title five times between 1951 and 1957, and never married or declared having any children, passed away in 1995 at the age of 84.
The body of five-time Formula 1 World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio was exhumed on Friday in a bid to resolve two paternity cases.
Espinoza’s lawyer Oscar Scarcella said the DNA results were expected in 30 to 60 days.
The other man claiming to be Fangio’s son is Ruben Vazquez.
It was carried out on Friday, in the presence of officials of the Juan Manuel Fangio Foundation, at the cemetery in the Argentine town of Balcarce where Fangio was born and died. “He knew I was his son; I didn’t learn of it until later”, Vazquez told Justicia, a national news agency of the Ministry of Justice.
Vazquez insists his paternity case has nothing to do with money.
Espinosa, is the son of Andrea Berreut, who had a long relationship with Fangio.
“The paternity request was started a long time ago and I’ve had to overcome a lot of blockages and obstacles”, Mr Vazquez said.
“There are no economic interests in my request…I just want to be recognised for the Fangio surname”.
The now- 77-year-old former racing driver is reported to have provided a bunch of letters that the racing driver wrote to Berruet asking after him – as proof of Fangio’s paternity.
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His F1 record stood until Germany’s Michael Schumacher broke it in 2003.
