1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)

1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Race details
Date	January 17/18 1948
Official name	II Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Parco Palermo Buenos Aires
Course	Public roads
Course length	4.865 km (3.022 mi)
Distance	25 laps, 121.6 km (75.55 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Nino Farina	Maserati 8CL
Time	2:37.6 (111.13 km/h)
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	2:37.4 (111.27 km/h)
Podium
First	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Second	Chico Landi	Alfa Romeo 308
Third		Maserati 6CM

The first of two 1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: II Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on January 17–18, 1948.^[1]

Classification[]

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL	25	1:11:46.6
2	Chico Landi	Alfa Romeo 308	25	1:12:24.6
3		Maserati 6CM	24	1:13:31.3
4		Maserati 4CL	24	1:14:15.1
5		Maserati 6CM	23	1:14:55.3
6	Raph	Maserati 4CL	21	1:14:20.3
Ret	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308	7	DNF
Ret	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CL	4	DNF
Ret		A	3	DNF
Ret	Nino Farina		3	DNF
Ret	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 12C-37	2	DNF
Ret	Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CL	2	DNF
Ret				DNS
Ret	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo 8C-308		DNS
Ret	Eitel Cantoni			DNS
Ret		Ferrari 166 SC		DNS

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