1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
Race details
Date 5 February 1956
Official name X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location Mendoza, Argentina
Course Circuito Gral San Martin (Mendoza)
Course length 4.183 km (2.600 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 251.020 km (155.976 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 1:49.2
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Maserati
Third
Maserati

The 1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a Formula Libre race[1] held on 5 February 1956 in Mendoza, Argentina. The race was won over a distance of 60 laps by Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio from the Scuderia Ferrari team in his Lancia-Ferrari D50.

Entry list

No Driver Entrant Car Engine
2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
4 France Jean Behra Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
6 Argentina Carlos Menditéguy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
8 Italy Luigi Piotti Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
10 Brazil Chico Landi Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
12 Argentina Pablo Gulle Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Owen Racing Organisation Maserati 250F Maserati
16 Uruguay Alberto Uria Alberto Uria Maserati A6GCM Maserati
30 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
34 Italy Luigi Musso Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
36 United Kingdom Peter Collins Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 555 Ferrari
38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 555 Ferrari
Source:[2]

Race result

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired
1 30 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 60 1:52'38.9
2 2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 60 +38.6
3 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 60 +1:45.7
4 6 Argentina Carlos Menditéguy Maserati 59 +1 Lap
5 36 United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari 58 +2 Laps
6 38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 57 +3 Laps
7 10 Brazil Chico Landi Maserati 57 +3 Laps
8 12 Argentina Pablo Gulle Maserati 54 +6 Laps
9 14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati 54 +6 Laps
10 8 Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 52 +8 Laps
Ret 32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 14 Oil Cooler
Ret 34 Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 9 Accident
DNS 16 Uruguay Alberto Uria Maserati 0 -
Source:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Formula Libre, Gran Premio ciudad de Buenos Aires (Mendoza) 1956 standings, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 28 March 2015
  2. ↑ "1956 Buenos Aires GP Entry List". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  3. ↑ "1956 Buenos Aires GP". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
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