Argentine Grand Prix
| Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez | |
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| Number of times held | 21 |
| First held | 1953 |
| Last held | 1998 |
| Most wins (drivers) |  Juan Manuel Fangio (4) |
| Most wins (constructors) |  Williams (4) |
| Circuit length | 4.259 km (2.646 mi) |
| Race length | 306.648 km (190.542 mi) |
| Laps | 72 |
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The Argentine Grand Prix (Spanish: Gran Premio de Argentina) was a round of the Formula One championship, held intermittently from 1953 to 1998, all at the same autodrome in the Argentine national capital of Buenos Aires. Although it is no longer on the Formula One calendar, the race has a long and varied history. Argentine president Juan Perón was the driving force behind the creation of the circuit, after seeing the success of the country's own Juan Manuel Fangio.
The Buenos Aires Grand Prix was an event first started in 1930 as a sportscar event held at the Costanera circuit until 1940 and switched to the Retiro circuit for 1941. After a six-year break and by then Juan Peron in office, racing resumed in 1947 at Retiro with the start of the South American "Temporada" Grand Prix series, competing twice that year under the Formula Libre regulations. Italian Luigi Villoresi won all 1947 Temporada events. The race regularly attracted Brazilian and European drivers and also Argentine drivers competing in Europe, such as Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González. For the 1948 Grand Prix season, the race was moved to the Palermo circuit where it would remain to host six of twelve "Peron Cup" races until the end of 1950. In 1951, the Costanera Norte circuit would host its last three Grand Prix events before completion of the Autodromo 17 de Octubre (October 17), a purpose-built circuit where the championship Formula One Argentine Grand Prix was held on different variants of the facility from 1953 to 1960, 1972 to 1981 and 1995 to 1998.
Built in 1952 on swampland just outside Buenos Aires, the "Autódromo", as it was known, featured a white archway dedicated to the memory of Admiral Guillermo Brown (William Brown). The circuit opened in March 1952 with the fifth edition of the "Perón Cup" (official name: VI Gran Premio Presidente Perón) on the No 4 configuration, which was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and in 1953, hosted the first ever Formula One race held in South America.
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