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| Juan Fangio aka El Maestro |
The body of 5-time F1 world championship winner, Juan Manuel Fangio who died in July 1995, at 84 has been ordered to be exhumed by a judge in Argentina.
Two men in their 70s are claiming to be his sons and in a bid to resolve the paternity cases, the judge ordered DNA samples from his body taken.
The motor-racing legend nicknamed El-Chueco or El -Maestro became famous in the 1950s, winning the world championship five times and according to reports never married nor declared any children.
His biographers however say he had a relationship with a woman that lasted about two decades and produced a son, Oscar Espinosa popularly called "Cancho" Fangio by Formula 3 racers.
A second man, Ruben Vazquez, is also claiming to be Juan Fangio's son and has emphasized that he has no financial interests.
According to him "I just want to be recognized for the Fangio surname."
Juan Manuel Fangio, whose F1 record was broken in 2003 by Germany's Michael Schumacher, left his estate to a foundation and a museum which bears his name.
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