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Buenos Aires Grand Prix (motor racing)

Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 6.svg
Race information
Number of times held 44
First held 1930
Last held 2009
Most wins (drivers) Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio (6)
Most wins (constructors) Italy Dallara (11)
Circuit length 4.259 km (2.647 mi)
Race length 2 x 93.698 km (2 x 58.234 mi)
Laps 2 x 22
Last race (2009)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap

The Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a motor race held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was first held at the Costanera circuit from the early 1930s until 1936 and then continued in 1941 at the Retiro circuit. After a six-year break and General Juan Peron in office, racing resumed at Retiro in 1947 with the start of the South American "Temporada" Grand Prix series to be contested twice a year under Formula Libre regulations. Italian Luigi Villoresi won all 1947 Temporada events. The race regularly attracted Brazilian and European drivers and also Argentine drivers such as Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González were now competing in Europe on a regular basis. 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 the 1951 completion of the Autodromo 17 de Octubre (October 17), a purpose-built circuit for major Grand Prix series which would host various editions of the Buenos Aires Grand Prix from 1952 until 2009 with the exception of the 1956 event held at the General San Martin circuit in Mendoza.


Luigi Villoresi

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

José Froilán González

Juan Manuel Fangio

Piers Courage

Jean Pierre Beltoise


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