As disappointed as they may have been to lose one of the game's best defensive minds, they also knew Pagano was the perfect choice to fill
Fangio's shoes.
Denver interviewed Munchak on Friday and
Fangio on Monday.
Fangio, whose name will be forever etched in the annuls of motor racing history, was the most unlikeliest of poster boy pin-ups.
Hamilton's success - the third time he has taken the title without finishing on the race podium - elevated him to a supreme club alongside
Fangio with only seven-time champion Michael Schumacher ahead of him.
"I have been at Mercedes since I was 13 so to complete the title, and
Fangio won two championships with Mercedes, is an incredible feeling.
Mexico City [Mexico], Oct 29 (ANI): British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton on Sunday finished fourth in the Mexican Grand Prix to clinch his fifth world championship crown, equalling his tally with the legendary Argentine Juan Manuel
Fangio.
"You don't think about what might be in the sense of matching others like
Fangio. In my mind I am trying to break down new barriers, push the envelope and see how far I can take the opportunity and reach my full potential."
Vettel said that
Fangio was "special" while Hamilton reckoned that he was the "godfather of the sport."
In essence it was a road race, and it attracted the South American masters of the day including
Fangio, acknowledged as one of the greatest racing drivers ever.
"I feel very proud and honoured to be up amongst
Fangio and Senna, incredible drivers, and I never thought in a million years my name would be mentioned in the same breath as them," Hamilton said after qualifying.
LEWIS HAMILTON could win as many titles as the sport's two biggest winners Juan Manuel
Fangio and Michael Schumacher.
The body of Formula 1 legend Juan Manuel
Fangio has been exhumed to resolve two paternity cases.