1. Roberto Mieres participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 7 June 1953.
10 Facts About Roberto Mieres
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Roberto Mieres first took up motorsport in Argentina with an MG, which he later replaced with a Mercedes-Benz SSK and then a Bugatti formerly driven by Achille Varzi, using the latter to win the Argentine sports car championship.
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Roberto Mieres competed in the French and Italian Grands Prix, taking a best finish of sixth at Monza.
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Roberto Mieres scored his best result of 1953 in the non-championship Grand Prix de l'Albigeois held in Albi, France, finishing in fourth place.
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Roberto Mieres finished third in a sports car handicap race at Caen in July 1953, which was won by Jean Chancel.
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In January 1954 Roberto Mieres came in second at the Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
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The tail of Roberto Mieres' Maserati caught fire during the 1954 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps.
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Roberto Mieres then finished fifth in a Maserati at the 1954 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
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Ferrari driver Armando Garcia Cifuentes skidded on a large oil slick which had been deposited on the track and crashed into a grandstand; one lap earlier, Roberto Mieres had pitted to replenish oil he had lost with a broken oil line.
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Roberto Mieres competed against fellow former racing driver, Prince Bira in the Star class, finishing 17th and beating his old rival in the process.