1954 1000 km Buenos Aires

The first 1000km race of Buenos Aires took place on January 24, 1954 held at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Alfredo and was the first championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year.

The race

At the very first major sports car races of the year it came to encounter the works teams of Ferrari and Maserati. Both teams were represented, each with a car in the race. Ferrari with a 375 Plus, which was driven by Giuseppe Farina and the young Umberto Maglioli. The factory Maserati piloted Emilio Giletti and Luigi Musso. With OSCA came another factory teams from Italy. France was represented by Gordini and the UK by Aston Martin and Ecurie Ecosse the. Also, a German team took the long journey to Buenos Aires. Borgward Hansa reported a 1500RS, which was driven by Hans- Hugo Hartmann and Adolf Brudes.

In the race, the factory Ferrari won ahead of privately entered 250MM of Alfonso de Portago and Harry Schell, as well as the Aston Martin DB3 by Peter Collins and Pat Griffith.

Results

Final ranking

1 not started

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Here are the teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the competition, but it did not participate for various reasons.

Class winner

Race data

  • Reported: 38
  • Started: 35
  • Counted: 16
  • Racing classes: 3
  • Attendance: unknown
  • Weather on race day: warm and dry
  • Track length: 9.476 km
  • Travel time of the winning team: 6:41:50,800 hours
  • Total rounds of the winning team: 106
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1004.491 km
  • Winners section: 149.981 km / h
  • Pole Position: Carroll Shelby - Allard J2X (# 6)
  • Fastest race lap: Giuseppe Farina - Ferrari 375MM (# 10) - 3.34.600 - 158.969 km / h
  • Race series: first round of the World Sportscar Championship in 1954
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