1957 Buenos Aires 1000 Km


20 January 1957 - Buenos Aires (RA): Round 1, World Sports Car Championship
98 laps of a 6.350 mile/10.219 km circuit - 622.281 miles/1001.462 kms
Weather: warm, dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps DNF Reason Grid Qual.Time Group Group Pos
1 10 Masten Gregory/Eugenio Castellotti/Luigi Musso/Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa^ Ferrari 290MM [0626] Ferrari 98   3 3m42.8 Sports +3000 1
2 28 Jean Behra/Carlos Menditeguy/Stirling Moss Maserati 300S Maserati 98   9 3m47.6 Sports 3000 1
3 8 Alfonso de Portago/Peter Collins/Eugenio Castellotti/Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 290MM [0628] Ferrari 98   4 3m43.1 Sports +3000 2
4 14 Roberto Mieres/Ninian Sanderson/Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta^ Jaguar D-Type [XKD603] Ecurie Ecosse 95   6 3m53.8 Sports +3000 3
NRF 38 Celso Lara-Barberis/Eugenio Martins Ferrari 750 Monza Madunina 91 engine 12 4m17.4 Sports 3000  
5 16 Roberto Bonomi/Luigi Piotti/Miguel Schroeder^ Maserati 350S [3503] Maserati 91   7 4m02.0 Sports +3000 4
NRF 56 Severino Silva/Pinheiro Piris Maserati Madunina 90 accident 18 4m36.0 Sports 2000  
6 62 Alejandro de Tomaso/Isabel Haskell OSCA MT4 OSCA 88   20 4m00.4 Sports 1500 1
7 52 Piero Drogo/Julio Pola Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0618MDTR] Madunina Venezuela 87   17 4m18.0 Sports 2000 1
8 68 Jaroslav Juhan/Antonio von Doery Porsche 550 RS Carrera Jaroslav Juhan 86   22 4m10.7 Sports 1500 2
9 36 Herminio Ferreira Filho/Godofredo Vianna Ferrari 750 Monza Sao Paulo Automovil Club 85   14 4m26.4 Sports 3000 2
10 50 Carlos Danvila/Omar Terra Mercedes-Benz 300SL [9805500894] Orlando Terra 78   13 4m25.6 Sports 3000 3
11 48 Nestor Salerno/Cesar Reyes Ferrari 212 Inter Nestor Salerno 74   15 4m35.3 Sports 3000 4
12 70 Curt Delfosse/Ernesto Tornquist Porsche 550 RS Carrera Curt Delfosse 71   24 4m26.9 Sports 1500 3
DNF 64 Sergio Vivaldi/Lino Fayen OSCA MT4 Venezuela Sports Group 65 engine 21 4m08.5 Sports 1500  
DNF 2 Stirling Moss/Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 450S [4501] Maserati 57 gearbox 1 3m36.1 Sports +3000  
DNF 4 Eugenio Castellotti/Wolfgang von Trips/Luigi Musso^/Mike Hawthorn^ Ferrari 290S [0646] Ferrari 55 ignition 2 3m38.4 Sports +3000  
DNF 18 Luis Milan/Jorge Camano Ferrari 375 Plus [0398TF] Argentina Racing 51 gearbox 8 4m18.3 Sports +3000  
DNF 66 Christian Bino Heins/Cyro Cayres Porsche 550 RS Madunina 45 gearbox 23 4m12.2 Sports 1500  
DNF 30 Harry Schell/Jo Bonnier^ Maserati 300S Maserati 25 clutch 10 3m51.1 Sports 3000  
DNF 58 Enrique Arrieta/Carlos Guimarey^ OSCA MT4   14 engine 19 4m40.2 Sports 2000  
DNF 6 Peter Collins/Mike Hawthorn^/Eugenio Castellotti^ Ferrari 290S [0656] Ferrari 2 oil pressure 5 3m44.1 Sports +3000  
DNF 54 Oscar Camano/Miguel Jantus^ Maserati A6G   1 accident 16 4m06.3 Sports 2000  
DNF 34 Oscar Cabalen/Carlo Tomasi^ Maserati 300S Madunina 1 accident 11 3m52.6 Sports 3000  
DNS 32 Giorgio Scarlatti/Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 250S Maserati   withdrew   3m45.6 Sports 3000  
DNS 20 Carlos Najurieta/Cesar Rivera Ferrari 375MM [0362AM] Argentina Racing   accident   3m55.5 Sports +3000  
DNS 12 Ron Flockhart/Roberto Mieres Jaguar D-Type [XKD606] Ecurie Ecosse   accident   3m56.7 Sports +3000  
DNS 22 Clemar Bucci/Oscar de Petris Ferrari 375MM Argentina Racing   accident   4m19.6 Sports +3000  
DNS 40 Alvaro Piano/Franco Bruno Ferrari 625TF [0302]         4m35.3 Sports 3000  
DNS 26 Carlos Bruno/Angel Pinotti Allard-Cadillac J2 Argentina Racing       5m04.2 Sports +3000  
Winning Time: 6h10m29.9, 100.775 mph/161.181 kph
Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss #28 (Maserati 300S), 3m47.6, 105.830 mph/170.317 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 31/03/01
By Darren Galpin
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