1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)

1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
1949 Grand Prix season
Race details
Date	January 30, 1949
Official name	III Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Parco Palermo Buenos Aires
Course	Public roads
Course length	4.87 km (3.03 mi)
Distance	35 laps, 170 km (106 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari;
Time	2:36.8
Fastest lap
Drivers	Alberto Ascari
	Luigi Villoresi
Time	2:32.4 (tied) (114.85 km/h)
Podium
First	Alberto Ascari;
Second	Luigi Villoresi;
Third	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez;

The first of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: III Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race that took place on January 30, 1949, at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

The event was marred by the death of popular French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. He was driving his first flying lap during practice, when his car swerved to avoid children crossing the track, and slammed into a tree. He died instantly of massive head injuries. During the race, local driver Pablo Pessatti was also killed when his car overturned, and he was thrown out.

Classification[]

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Alberto Ascari	Maserati 4CLT	35	1:30:23.1
2	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CLT	35	+41.0
3	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308	35	+2:31.9
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 4CLT	34	+1 Lap
5	Prince Bira	Maserati 4CLT	31	+4 Laps
6		Maserati 4CLT	29	+6 Laps
7		Maserati 4CLT	25	+10 Laps
8	Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CL
Ret	Nino Farina	Maserati 4CL
Ret	Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CL	4	Engine
Ret		Maserati 4CL	4	Engine
Ret			4	Engine
Ret		Maserati 4CL	4	Engine
Ret		Alfa Romeo		Fatal accident
DNS	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Simca-Gordini	0	Fatal accident
DNS	Amédée Gordini	Simca-Gordini	0
Source:^[2]

References[]

^ "South American Formula Libre/Temporada Races 1946-1952". teamdan.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
^ "1949 Argentina - III Gran Premio Juan Domingo Perón y de la Republica Argentina". jmfangio.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014.

Grand Prix Race
1949 Grand Prix season
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[1] "South American Formula Libre/Temporada Races 1946-1952". teamdan.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.

[2] "1949 Argentina - III Gran Premio Juan Domingo Perón y de la Republica Argentina". jmfangio.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014.

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