1957 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

The 1957 Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a Formula Libre race held at Buenos Aires on 27 January 1957, at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. The race was held over two heats of 30 laps each, with the result declared as an aggregate of the two. Juan Manuel Fangio finished first and third, his aggregate time giving him a win only 25 seconds ahead of Jean Behra's two second places.[1][2] The race was run in extremely hot conditions which led to several cases of driver exhaustion, with some retiring and handing over to a team mate.[3]

1957 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1957 Formula One season
Race details
Date 27 January 1957
Official name XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.556 km (2.840 miles)
Distance 60 (2 x 30) laps, 273.978 km (170.809 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 2:17.9
Fastest lap
Drivers Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Fastest lap United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari
Time 2:19.6
Podium
First Maserati
Second Maserati
Third Ferrari

Classification

Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired
1 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 2h22m30.3, 119.18kph
2 6 France Jean Behra Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F +24.8s
3 12 Italy Luigi Musso
United Kingdom Peter Collins
Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 +1:26.9
4 16 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 +2:05.3
5 14 Italy Eugenio Castellotti
Italy Luigi Musso
Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 +2:13.3
6 8 Argentina Carlos Menditéguy
United Kingdom Stirling Moss
Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F +3:30.2
7 18 Italy Cesare Perdisa Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 59 laps
8 20 Germany Wolfgang von Trips
United Kingdom Peter Collins
Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 59 laps
9 28 Argentina Alejandro de Tomaso
Italy Luigi Piotti
Luigi Piotti Maserati 250F 55 laps
10 22 United States Harry Schell Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 51 laps
Ret 10 United Kingdom Peter Collins
United States Masten Gregory
Scuderia Ferrari Lancia Ferrari D-50 40 laps
Ret 26 Argentina Enrique Sticoni Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 29 laps
Ret 4 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 24 laps
Ret 30 Argentina José Froilán González José Froilán González Ferrari 625 23 laps
Ret 24 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 3 laps
  1. "XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. "XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1957". F2 Register. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. "1957 Argentine Grand Prix race report: Fangio the home hero". Motor Sport. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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