1955 1000 km Buenos Aires

Circuit Callejero - Buenos Aires 1000km (1955)

The 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 23 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the second running of the race, and once again, it was opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For this event, a longer section of the Autopista General Pablo Riccheri route was added, making the circuit 17.136 km in length.

Report[]

Entry[]

Valiente/Ibanez - Winners of the 1000 km of Buenos Aires

A grand total of 55 racing cars were registered for this event, of which all arrived for practice and qualifying. Although this was the first major sports car race of the year, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Only Ferrari and Equipe Gordini sent cars from Europe. Both teams were represented by two cars in the race. Ferrari send a Ferrari 376 S for Maurice Trintignant and José Froilán González, and a 750 Monza for Umberto Maglioli and Clemar Bucci. Meanwhile, France was represented by a Gordini T24S in the hands of Élie Bayol and Harry Schell, and a T15 for the Argentine pairing of Adolfo Schwelm Cruz and . The remainders of the field were cars from South America.^[1]^[2]

Qualifying[]

The French Grand Prix racer, Trintignant took pole position for Scuderia Ferrari, in their Ferrari 376 S.^[3]

Race[]

The race was held over 58 laps of the 10.648 miles, Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 617.574 miles (993.888 km). In the race, both factory Ferraris were disqualified, leaving the privately entered Ferrari 375 Plus of and to win by nearing five minutes. Car number 4, took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 35:15.4 mins., averaging a speed of 93.748 mph. In second was another locally prepared Ferrari, of and . The podium was complete by Equipo Presidente Peron’s Maserati A6GCS of and , who were two laps adrift, but did win their class.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Official Classification[]

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos	No	Class	Driver		Entrant	Chassis	Laps	Reason Out
1st	4	S+3.0	Enrique Saenz Valiente			Ferrari 375 Plus	6hr 35:15.4, 58
2nd	8	S3.0				Ferrari 375 MM	6hr 40:12.1, 58
3rd	30	S3.0			Equipo Presidente Peron	Maserati A6GCS/53	56
4th	34	S1.5				Porsche 550 Spyder	56
5th	14	S3.0	Élie Bayol	Harry Schell	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T24S	54
6th	26	S3.0				Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder	54
7th	32	S3.0	Alejandro de Tomaso			Maserati A6GCS	52
8th	52	Mod. T	Oscar Alfredo Gálvez			Ford V-8	52
9th	18	S3.0				Ferrari 625 TF	51
10th	50	Mod. T				Ford V-8	51
11th	66	Mod. T				Alfa Romeo 1900	49
12th	102	Mod. T				Ford V-8	48
13th	96	Mod. T				Ford V-8	45
14th	48	S1.5				Cisitalia-Abarth 202	44
15th	92	Mod. T				Ford V-8	43
16th	24	S3.0				Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder	42
17th	70	Mod. T				Ford V-8	42
18th	22	S3.0				Ferrari 225 S	42
DNF	12	S+3.0				Jaguar C-Type	41	Fuel tank
DNF	40	S3.0	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz		Equipe Gordini	Gordini T15S	40	Gearbox
19th	90	Mod.T				Ford V-8	39
DISQ	20	S3.0	Umberto Maglioli	Clemar Bucci	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 750 Monza	33	Push start
DISQ	10	S+3.0	Maurice Trintignant	José Froilán González	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 376 S	27	Incorrect entry into pits
NC	38	S1.5				Gordini-Porsche T15 Special	22
DNF	2	S+3.0				Allard-Cadillac J2X	19	Brakes
DNF	6	S+3.0	Roberto Bonomi			Ferrari 375 MM Speciale	7	Fuel system
DNF	16	S3.0	Alberto Rodriguez Larreta			Ferrari 250 MM Pinin Farina		Brakes
DNF	36	S1.5				Porsche 356 Super		Axle
DNF	40	S1.5				Porsche 550 Spyder		Accident
DNF	42	S1.5				Gordini T15S		Gearbox
DNF	46	S1.5				Abarth 207A Spyder Sport		Engine
DNF	54	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	56	Mod. T				Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	58	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	60	Mod. T	Pablo Birger			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	62	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	64	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	68	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	74	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	76	Mod. T				Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	78	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	80	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	82	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	84	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	86	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	88	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	94	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	98	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	100	S+3.0				Maserati-Ford		DNF
DNF	104	Mod. T	Francisco de Ridder	Carlo Tomasi		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	106	Mod. T				Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	110	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	111	Mod. T				Ford V-8		DNF
DNS	3	S1.5	Ernesto Tornquist			Gordini T11S		Engine
DNS	44	S1.5				Porsche 550 Spyder
DNS	72	Mod.T				Chevrolet Bel Air

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Fastest Lap: José Froilán González, 6:06.1secs (104.704 mph) ^[10]^[11]

Class Winners[]

Class	Winners
Sports +3000	4	Ferrari 375 Plus	Saenz Valiente / Ibanez
Sports 3000	30	Maserati A6GCS/53	Faraoni / Grandio
Sports 1500	34	Porsche 550 Spyder	Juhan / Salas Chaves
Modified Touring	52	Ford V-8	Gálvez / Martins

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Standings after the race[]

Pos	Championship	Points
1	Ferrari	8
2	Maserati	4
3	Porsche	3
4	Gordini	2

Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings.
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.

References[]

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World Sportscar Championship
Previous race: 1954 Carrera Panamericana	1955 season	Next race: 12 Hours of Sebring

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