1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
Race details
Date	5 February 1956
Official name	X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Mendoza, Argentina
Course	Circuito Gral San Martin (Mendoza)
Course length	4.183 km (2.600 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 251.020 km (155.976 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	1:49.2
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Second	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Third	Jean Behra	Maserati

The 1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a Formula Libre race^[1] held on 5 February 1956 in Mendoza, Argentina. The race was won over a distance of 60 laps by Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio from the Scuderia Ferrari team in his Lancia-Ferrari D50.

No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Engine
2	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
4	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
6	Carlos Menditéguy	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
8	Luigi Piotti	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
10	Chico Landi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
12	Pablo Gulle	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
14	Mike Hawthorn	Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati 250F	Maserati
16	Alberto Uría	Alberto Uría	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati
30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
32	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
34	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
36	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari
38	Olivier Gendebien	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari
Source:[2]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	60	1:52'38.9
2	2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	60	+38.6
3	4	Jean Behra	Maserati	60	+1:45.7
4	6	Carlos Menditéguy	Maserati	59	+1 Lap
5	36	Peter Collins	Ferrari	58	+2 Laps
6	38	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	57	+3 Laps
7	10	Chico Landi	Maserati	57	+3 Laps
8	12	Pablo Gulle	Maserati	54	+6 Laps
9	14	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati	54	+6 Laps
10	8	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	52	+8 Laps
Ret	32	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	14	Oil Cooler
Ret	34	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	9	Accident
DNS	16	Alberto Uría	Maserati	0	-
Source:[3]