Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te huringa o te Formula One ki ngā pūkaha 2.5 rita kāore i whakakiia mō te tau 1954, ka uru anō a Mercedes ki ngā whakataetae Grand Prix mō te wā tuatahi mai i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te French Grand Prix
me te Mercedes-Benz W196, he nohoanga kotahi i tangohia e Fangio raua ko Karl Kling ki te wikitoria 1 × 2. Ko te angitu French a Fangio i muri i tana whakawhiti mai i te roopu Maserati, i wikitoria ai ia i nga Grand Prix tuatahi e rua o te waa. Ahakoa te streamlined, whakakikorua-wheel tutakina whakakikorua kore e tika ana mō Silverstone, Mercedes whakaputaina he tino tikanga whakakikorua-wheel tuwhera mō te Nürburgring iwi; riro Fangio toru o te toe e wha iwi.