 The Batista Dictatorship of Cuba established the non-Formula One Cuban Grand Prix in Havana in 1957.Fangio won the 1957 event, and had set fastest times during practice for the 1958 race.On 23 February 1958, two unmasked gunmen of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement entered the Hotel Lincoln in Havana and kidnapped Fangio at gunpoint.