1951 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (II)

1951 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

Race details
Date|  February 25, 1951
Official name|  V Gran Premio Extraordinario
de Eva Duarte Perón
Location|  Aeroparque Costanera Buenos Aires
Course|  Public roads
Course length|  3.50 km (2.17 miles)
Distance|  45 laps, 157.5 km (90.689 miles)
Pole position
Driver|

* Juan Manuel Fangio

|  Mercedes
Fastest lap
Driver|  José Froilán González|  Ferrari
Time|  1:58.6 (106.24 km/h / 66.1 m/h)
Podium
First|

* José Froilán González

|  Ferrari
Second|

* Karl Kling

|  Mercedes
Third|

* Hermann Lang

|  Mercedes

Motor car race

The second of three 1951 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: V Gran Premio Extraordinario de Eva Duarte Perón) was a Formula Libre Grand Prix motor race that took place on February 25, 1951, at the Costanero Norte street circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [1] [2]

## Classification

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Pos  | Driver  | Constructor  | Laps  | Time/Retired

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1  |  José Froilán González | Ferrari 166 FL | 45  | 1:35:40.6
2  |  Karl Kling | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 45  | 1:37:53.1
3  |  Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 43  | 1:36:30.5"
4  |  Jorge Daponte | Maserati 4CLT | 43  | N/A
5  |  Carlos Menditeguy | Alfa Romeo 8C 308 | 36  | DNF
Ret  |  Alfredo Pian | Maserati 4CL | 23  | DNF
Ret  |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 18  | DNF
Ret  |  Clemar Bucci | Alfa Romeo 12C-37 | 18  | DNF
Ret  |  Óscar Alfredo Gálvez | Ferrari 166 FL | 12  | DNF
Ret  |  Luis Alberto de Dios | Simca-Gordini T-15 | 11  | DNF
Ret  |  Hector Niemitz | Alfa Romeo 2.9 sc | 9  | DNF
Ret  |  Pascual Puópolo | Maserati | 7  | DNF

## References

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1. ^ "1951 Argentina - Gran Premio Maria Eva Duarte de Perón". jmfangio.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
2. ^ "South American Formula Libre/Temporada Races 1946-1952". teamdan.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2014.