1941 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

  1941 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

Race details
Date	23 November 1941
Official name	Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course	Public streets
Course length	2.410 km (1.497 mi)
Distance	40 laps, 96.4 km (59.9 mi)
Fastest lap
Driver	José Canziani	Alfa Romeo 8C-35
Time	1m 17.1s 112.53 km/h (69.92 mp/h)
Podium
First	José Canziani	Alfa Romeo 8C-35
Second	Oldemar Ramos	Alfa Romeo 8C-35
Third	Mario Chiozza	Mercury Bi-motor

The Buenos Aires Grand Prix, (also known as the Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires)^[1] was a Formula Libre handicap race, organized by the ACA (Automóvil Club Argentino) and held at the Retiro Circuit on 23 November 1941.

Entries were open for the national mechanic "Mecánica Nacional" class, based on series cars (Ford, Chevrolet, Hudson) and the "Coches Especiales" Grand Prix cars. Racing started with a preliminary Mecanica Nacional class elimination round (best five qualifying for the GP) which was won by Mario P. Chiozza (Bi-Motor Mercury). The class group received a one-minute handicap at the start of the GP main event.^[2][3]

The GP class included Riganti's new Maserati 8CL (chassis 3034) that was entered in the 1940 Indianapolis.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	40	José Canziani	Alfa Romeo 8C-35 3.8	40	53m49.5
2	39	Oldemar Ramos	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	40	+ 42.0
3	26	Mario Chiozza	Mercury Bi-motor	39	+ 1 Lap
4	41	Francisco Landi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	39	+ 1 Lap
5	44	Gerardo Avelar	Alfa Romeo	38	+ 2 Laps
6	43	Forrest Greene	Maserati	38	+ 2 Laps
7	16	Rodolfo Martini	Modified Ford Model T	38	+ 2 Laps
8	22	Roque Brisco	Unknown	36	+ 4 Laps
9	45	Domingo Ochoteco	Alfa Romeo	36	+ 4 Laps
10	3	Alfredo Pian	Modified Ford Model T	36	+ 4 Laps
11	10	Mario Sessarego	Modified Ford Model T	34	+ 6 Laps
Ret	42	Adriano Malusardi	Alfa Romeo Tipo-B P3	31
Ret	?	Rossi	Ford	27
Ret	?	Raoul Riganti	Maserati 8CL	?
DNS	?	Victorio Coppoli	Mercedes	?	Did Not Start
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