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Event:		Date: 20.1.1957
Track: Circuito de la Costanera Norte de Buenos Aires (Argentina), 10.219 kms	Organiser: unknown
1000 km Buenos Aires
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 1)

Weather:	warm,dry
Start time:	13:30
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	unknown
Attendance:	100000

Entered:	30
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	24
Started:	24
Finished:	12
Classified:	12

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports +3000	12	8	4
Sports 3000	9	7	4
Sports 2000	4	4	1
Sports 1500	5	5	3

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
1 qualifying session held on 19/1, 3 non-qualifying practice sessions held on 16/18/1
circuit altered following 1st practice session

Winners:
Overall:	10	Ferrari 290 MM Spider Scaglietti	Gregory / Castellotti / Musso
Sports 3000:	28	Maserati 300S	Behra / Menditéguy / Moss
Sports 2000:	52	Ferrari 500 TR	Drogo / Pola
Sports 1500:	62	Osca S1500	de Tomaso / Haskell
Leaders:
laps 1-58:		Maserati 450 S	Fangio, Moss
laps 59-:		?
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	28	Maserati 300S	Stirling Moss (GB)	3:36.000	170.317 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Maserati 450S	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	3:36.100	170.238 km/h
Sports 3000:	28	Maserati 300S	Behra / Menditéguy / Moss	3:47.600
Sports 2000:	54	Maserati A6G	Camaňo / Jantus	4:06.200
Sports 1500:	62	Osca S1500	de Tomaso / Haskell	4:00.400
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Maserati (7), Osca (3), Porsche (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Maserati (7), Osca (3), Porsche (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Maserati 300S (3), Porsche 550 (3), Ferrari 290 MM (2), Ferrari 750 Monza (2), Ferrari 290 S (2)
Driver nationalities:	RA (17), BR (9), I (7), GB (6), USA (3), YV (3), D (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (86%), mid-engined (14%)
Average engine size:	2761 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (46), Carlos Menditéguy (42), Roberto Bonomi (38)
Youngest known drivers:	Masten Gregory (25), Peter Collins (26), Eugenio Castellotti (27)
Woman drivers:	Isabelle Haskell

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