1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (II)

  1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

Race details
Date	February 14, 1948
Official name	II Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón (Gran Premio Dalmiro Varela Castex)
Location	Parco Palermo Buenos Aires
Course	Public roads
Course length	4.865 km (3.022 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 243.25 km (151.14 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	N/A
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	2m 33.7 (114.02 km/h))
Podium
First	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Second	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308
Third	Raph	Maserati 4CL

The second of two 1948 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: II Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón (Gran Premio Dalmiro Varela Castex), was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 14, 1948. ^[1]

Classification

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL	50	2:15:16.5
2	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308	50	2:15:55.8
3	Raph	Maserati 4CL	48	N/A
4	Pablo Pessatti	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	47	N/A
5	Carlos Fortunati Firpo	Maserati 1.5 sc	47	N/A
6	Benedicto Campos	Maserati 4CL	45	N/A
7	Victorio Rosa	Maserati 1.5 sc	41	N/A
8	Juan Manuel Fangio	Gordini 11	41	N/A
Ret	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 12C-37 A	37	Electrical
Ret	Nino Farina	Maserati 8CL		Fuel Tank
Ret	Pascual Puopolo	Maserati 8CL		DNF
Ret	Chico Landi	Alfa Romeo 308		DNF
Ret	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati 4CL		Fire
Ret	Italo Bizio	Alfa Romeo 8C-2900A		DNF
Ret	Adriano Malusardi	Alfa Romeo 3.2 sc		DNF
Ret	Andres Fernández	Maserati 1.5 sc		DNF
Ret	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Gordini 15		DNA
Ret	Gabriele Besana	Ferrari 166 SC		DNF

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