1956 Buenos Aires 1000 Km


29 January 1956 - Buenos Aires (RA): Round 1, World Sports Car Championship
106 laps of a 5.888 mile/9.476 km circuit - 624.162 miles/1004.490 km
Weather: hot, dry
Pos Car # Drivers Car Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos
1 31 Stirling Moss/Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 300S [3054] 106   4 3m36.2 Sports 3000 1
2 36 Olivier Gendebien/Phil Hill Ferrari 857 Monza [0578M] 104   2 3m31.3 Sports +3000 1
3 32 Froilan Gonzalez/Jean Behra Maserati 300S 101   6 3m39.2 Sports 3000 2
4 4 Alejandro de Tomaso/Carlo Tomasi Maserati 150S [1660] 97   16 4m06.1 Sports 1500 1
5 20 Enrique Muro/Julio Pola Ferrari 500 Mondial 93   18 4m12.4 Sports 2000 1
6 26 Eduardo Kovacs-Jones/Raul Jaras Mercedes-Benz 300SL 90   15 4m09.6 Sports 3000 3
NRF 43 Juan Manuel Fangio/Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 410 Sport [0598CM] 89 gearbox 1 3m29.4 Sports +3000  
7 6 Isabel Haskell/Carlos Lostalo Maserati 150S [1653] 88   17 4m10.5 Sports 1500 2
8 24 Angel Maiocchi/Lucio Bollaert Ferrari 225S [0216] 85   27 no time Sports 3000 4
NRF 1 Jaroslav Juhan/Jose F.Lopes Porsche 550 Spyder 72 accident 19 4m18.2 Sports 1500  
NC 49 Franco Bruno/Carlos Bruno Allard-Cadillac J2 71   24 no time Sports +3000 2
DNF 3 Curt Delfosse/Pedro Escudero Gordini-Porsche T15 [0015GC] 70 DSQ 26 no time Sports 1500  
DNF 33 Francisco Landi/Gerino Gerini Maserato 300S 68 engine 10 3m52.4 Sports 3000  
DNF 44 Luigi Musso/Peter Collins Ferrari 410 Sport [0596CM] 61 gearbox 3 3m32.5 Sports +3000  
DNF 42 Roberto Bonomi/Ernesto Florencio Castro Cranwell Ferrari 375MM [0380AM] 59 fire 9 3m50.6 Sports +3000  
DNF 34 Luis Milan/Ela Capotosti Ferrari 625TF [0304] 44 clutch 14 4m05.6 Sports 3000  
DNF 41 Celso Lara-Barberis/Godofredo Vianna Ferrari 375 41 engine 12 3m55.4 Sports +3000  
DNF 30 Lino Fayen/Joao Rozende Dos Santos Ferrari 750 Monza [0432M] 37 axle 8 3m46.8 Sports 3000  
DNF 45 Enrique Saenz Valiente/Jorge Camano Ferrari 375 Plus [0398TF] 35 overheating 5 3m37.4 Sports +3000  
DNF 22 Maria-Teresa de Filippis Maserati A6GCS [2084] 26 accident 13 3m55.7 Sports 2000  
DNF 46 Carlos Najurieta/Cesar Rivero^ Ferrari 375MM [0362AM] 23 gearbox 7 3m43.1 Sports +3000  
DNF 5 Miguel Jantus/Alberto Gomez^ Gordini T15S [0010GC] 22 engine 22 4m44.7 Sports 1500  
DNF 23 Ricardo Grandio/Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta^ Maserati A6GCS [2078] 21   11 3m53.4 Sports 2000  
DNF 25 Danilo Ciapessoni/Cesar Reyes^ Ferrari 225E 16 engine 21 4m26.6 Sports 3000  
DNF 2 Tomas Mayol/Juan Gobbi^ Porsche 550 Spyder 14 engine 25 no time Sports 1500  
DNF 21 Osvaldo Carballido/Elias Carballido^ Austin-Healey 100M 11 fire 23 4m58.0 Sports 3000  
DNF 35 Jose M.Millet/Miguel Schroeder^ Jaguar C-Type 3   10 4m20.2 Sports +3000  
DNS 40 Jean Blanc/Colette Duval/Pedro J.Llano Talbot-Lago T26 GS [110059]       5m56.1 Sports +3000  
DNA 7 Arturo Santamarina/David Speroni Alfa Romeo 1900         Sports 2000  
DNA 37 Carlos Guimarey/"Caralpey" Alfa Romeo         Sports 3000  
DNA 47 Gaston Perkins/Rodolfo de Alzaga Maserati-Ford A6G         Sports +3000  
DNA 48 Clemar Busci/Pedro Suarez Alfa Romeo 12C 37         Sports +3000  

 
Winning Time: 6h29m37.9, 96.116 mph/154.683 kph
Fastest Lap: Peter Collins #44 (Ferrari 410 Plus), 3m26.4, 102.703 mph/165.285 kph

* Driver listed for car, but did not participate in race meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted



Last Updated on 11/02/01
By Darren Galpin
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