1955 1000 km Buenos Aires

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 118LM 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 Pedro J. Llano. The remainers 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 118LM.^[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 Enrique Saenz Valiente and José-Maria Ibanez 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 Carlos Najurieta and César Rivero. The podium was complete by Equipo Presidente Peron’s Maserati A6GCS of José M. Faraoni and Ricardo Grandio, 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	José-Maria Ibanez		Ferrari 375 Plus	6hr 35:15.4, 58
2nd	8	S3.0	Carlos Najurieta	César Rivero		Ferrari 375 MM	6hr 40:12.1, 58
3rd	30	S3.0	José M. Faraoni	Ricardo Grandio	Equipo Presidente Peron	Masearti A6GCS/53	56
4th	34	S1.5	Jaroslav Juhan	Jorge Salas Chaves		Porsche 550 Spyder	56
5th	14	S3.0	Élie Bayol	Harry Schnell	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T24S	54
6th	26	S3.0	Jorge Camano	Oscar Camaňo		Ferrari 225 Sport Vignale Spyder	54
7th	32	S3.0	Alejandro de Tomaso	César Reyes		Maserati A6GCS	52
8th	52	Mod. T	Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	Eduardo Martins		Ford V-8	52
9th	18	S3.0	Luis Milán	Elpidio Tortone		Ferrari 625 TF	51
10th	50	Mod. T	Juan-Carlos Garavaglia	Manuel Rodríguez		Ford V-8	51
11th	66	Mod. T	Guillermo G. Airaldi	Douglas Marimon		Alfa Romeo 1900	49
12th	102	Mod. T	Angel de la Rosa	Angel Antenine		Ford V-8	48
13th	96	Mod. T	Hector della Romana			Ford V-8	45
14th	48	S1.5	Patricio Badaracco	Ernesto Tornquist		Cisitalia-Abarth 202	44
15th	92	Mod. T	Eugenio Modica	Ignacio Espina		Ford V-8	43
16th	24	S3.0	Angel Maiocchi	Carlos Lostalo		Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder	42
17th	70	Mod. T	Antonio Pereyra	A. Cea		Ford V-8	42
18th	22	S3.0	Alvaro Piano	Miguel Schroeder		Ferrari 225 Export	42
DNF	12	S+3.0	José M. Millet	Gabriel Gabin		Jaguar C-Type	41	Fuel tank
DNF	40	S3.0	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Pedro J. Llano	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T15S	40	Gearbox
19th	90	Mod.T	Juan V. Carrica	J. Arias Moreno		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 118LM	27	Incorrect entry into pits
NC	38	S1.5	Curt Delfosse			Gordini-Porsche T15 Special	22
DNF	2	S+3.0	Franco Bruno	Carlos Bruno		Allard-Cadillac J2X	19	Brakes
DNF	6	S+3.0	Roberto Bonomi	Ernesto Florenico Castro Cranwell		Ferrari 375 MM Special	7	Fuel system
DNF	16	S3.0	Alberto Rodriguez Larreta	David Speroni		Ferrari 250 MM Pinin Farina		Brakes
DNF	36	S1.5	Tomas Mayol	Juan Gobbi		Porsche 356 Super		Axle
DNF	40	S1.5	Ernesto Tornquist	Miguel Nadie		Porsche 550 Spyder		Accident
DNF	42	S1.5	Lucio Bollaert	Carlos Stabile		Gordini T15S		Gearbox
DNF	46	S1.5	Jorge B. Saggese	Rafaele Sedano Acosta		Abarth 207A Spyder Sport		Engine
DNF	54	Mod. T	Ernesto Petrini	Domingo Colanero		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	56	Mod. T	Felix Alberto Peduzzi	Eduardo del Molino		Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	58	Mod. T	Jorge Descote			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	60	Mod. T	Pablo Birger			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	62	Mod. T	Esteban Sokol	E. Ojea		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	64	Mod. T	Ernesto Blanco	N. Larocca		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	68	Mod. T	Juan Fernando Piersanti	J. Colanero		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	74	Mod. T	Juan C. Navone	D. Teseire		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	76	Mod. T	Marcelo Aloe Velcher	B. Marciulevicus		Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	78	Mod. T	Elmer J. Oppen			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	80	Mod. T	Rodolfo de Ălzaga	R. Luro		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	82	Mod. T	José Lorenzetti			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	84	Mod. T	Enrique D’Ascanio	Hugo Vázquez		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	86	Mod. T	Luis F. González	J. N. Soto		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	88	Mod. T	Plinio Rosetto			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	94	Mod. T	Raul Alonso			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	98	Mod. T	Antonio Gomez			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	100	S+3.0	“Carming”	Carlos Guimarey		Maserati-Ford		DNF
DNF	104	Mod. T	Francisco de Ridder	Carlo Tomasi		Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	106	Mod. T	Segundo Ale	E, Canriero		Chevrolet Bel Air		DNF
DNF	110	Mod. T	Elmer J. Oppen			Ford V-8		DNF
DNF	111	Mod. T	Emilio Boretto			Ford V-8		DNF
DNS	3	S1.5	Ernesto Tornquist			Gordini T11S		Engine
DNS	44	S1.5	Oscar J. González	Jorge Malbrand		Porsche 550 Spyder
DNS	72	Mod.T	Tadeo Taddia	Sebastián Messino		Chevrolet Bel Air

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

Class Winners

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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.

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