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

Motor car race

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.

## Entry list

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No  | Driver  | Entrant  | Car  | Engine

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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]

## Race result

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Pos  | No  | Driver  | Constructor  | Laps  | Time/Retired

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Formula Libre, Gran Premio ciudad de Buenos Aires (Mendoza) 1956 standings, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 28 March 2015
2. ^ "1956 Buenos Aires GP Entry List". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
3. ^ "1956 Buenos Aires GP". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

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