Race details | |||
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Date | February 8–9 1947 | ||
Official name | I Gran Premio del General Juan Perón | ||
Location | Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Course | Public streets | ||
Course length | 2.410 km (1.497 mi) | ||
Distance | 50 laps, 120.5 km (74.87 mi) | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CL | |
Time | 1m 06s 131.45 km/h (81.68 mp/h) | ||
Podium | |||
First | Maserati 4CL | ||
Second | Alfa Romeo 308 | ||
Third | Alfa Romeo 308 |
The first of two 1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: I Gran Premio del General Juan Perón, also known as the I Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Retiro street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 8–9, 1947. The scheduled competitions opened on February 8 with two preliminary rounds of the Mecánica Argentina - Fuerza Limitada and Mecánica Argentina - Fuerza Libre classes for a combined final which determined the qualification for the February 9, Formula Libre main event.