1954 Buenos Aires 1000 km race

Route

The first 1000 km race in Buenos Aires , also Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers, Autódromo Municipal y Avenida General Paz , took place on January 24, 1954 at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year .

The race

At the very first major sports car race of the year, the Ferrari and Maserati factory teams met . Both teams were represented in the race with one car each. Ferrari with a 375 Plus that was driven by Giuseppe Farina and young Umberto Maglioli . Emilio Giletti and Luigi Musso drove the factory Maserati . Another factory team came from Italy with OSCA . France was represented by Gordini and Great Britain by Aston Martin and the Ecurie Ecosse. A German team also started the long journey to Buenos Aires . Borgward reported a Hansa 1500RS which was driven by Hans-Hugo Hartmann and Adolf Brudes .

In the race, the works Ferrari won ahead of the privately registered 250MM from Alfonso de Portago and Harry Schell , as well as the Aston Martin DB3 from Peter Collins and Pat Griffith .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S +3.0	10	Scuderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 375 Plus	106
2	S 3.0	30th	Alfonso de Portago	Harry Schell Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari 250MM	103
3	S 3.0	40	David Brown	Peter Collins Pat Griffith	Aston Martin DB3S	102
4th	S +3.0	22nd	Ecurie Ecosse	Ninian Sanderson James Scott-Douglas	Jaguar C-Type	100
5	S 3.0	34	Louis Milan	Louis Milan Elpidio Tortone	Ferrari 625TF	99
6th	S 3.0	54	Maserati	Emilio Giletti Luigi Musso	Maserati A6GCS	97
7th	S +3.0	12	Equipe Louis Rosier	Louis Rosier Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 375 Plus	96
8th	S 3.0	50	Angel Maiocchi	Angel Maiocchi Lucio Bollaert	Ferrari 225S Vignale	87
9	S 1.5	58	Jaroslav Juhan	Jaroslav Juhan Antonio Asturias Hall	Porsche 550 Spyder	87
10	S +3.0	6th	Roy Cherryhomes	Carroll Shelby Dale Duncan	Allard J2X	86
11	S 1.5	74	Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili	Michel Collange David Speroni	OSCA MT4 1100	85
12	S 1.5	64		Óscar González Pedro Escudero	Porsche 550	79
13	S 1.5	68		José Sala Herrarte Ariano	Porsche 550 Spyder	79
14th	S +3.0	18th	Masts Gregory	Masts Gregory	Jaguar C-Type	79
15th	S 1.5	70		Jorge Chaves Alberto Rodríguez Larreta	Porsche 550	72
16	S 1.5	66		Juan Antonio Gatti Julio Angel Gatti	Porsche 550	70
Failed
17th	S 3.0	32	Roberto Bonomi	Roberto Bonomi Carlos Menditéguy	Ferrari 625TF	91
18th	S 3.0	38	David Brown	Reg Parnell Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S	65
19th	S 1.5	60	Borgward	Hans-Hugo Hartmann Adolf Brudes	Borgward Hansa 1500RS	44
20th	S +3.0	28		Molino Zubiria German Pesce	Jaguar XK 120	38
21st	S + 3.0	26th		José Millet Nicolas Dellepiane	Jaguar C-Type	27
22nd	S +3.0	24	Ecurie Ecosse	Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz Miguel Schroeder	Jaguar C-Type	26th
23	S 3.0	44	David Brown	Roberto Mieres Carlo Tomasi	Aston Martin DB3S	24
24	S +3.0	20th	Ecurie Ecosse	Ian Stewart Jimmy Stewart	Jaguar C-Type	16
25th	S 3.0	36	Automobiles Gordini	Jean Behra Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Gordini T24S	16
26th	S 3.0	42	Forrest Greene	Forrest Greene Carlos Stabile	Aston Martin DB3	14th
27	S 3.0	16	Allen Guiberson	Phil Hill David Sykes	Ferrari 340 Mexico	13
28	S 3.0	14th	José-Maria Ibanez	José-Maria Ibánez Ignacio Janices	Ferrari 375MM	11
29	S +3.0	4th		Franco Bruno Carlos Bruno	Allard J2X	9
30th	S 3.0	48		Pedro Llano Ernesto Tornquist	Ferrari 225E	8th
31	S 3.0	46		Nicolas Dellepiane Martin Berasategui	Ferrari 225S	5
32	S 1.5	72	Jack Frierson	Bob Said George Moffett	OSCA MT4 1350	5
33	S 1.5	62		Thomas Mayol JA Mayol	Porsche 550	2
34	S +3.0	8th		Carlos Najurieta Alberto Gomez	Ford Maserati	1
35	S 3.0	52	Automobiles Gordini	Élie Bayol Roger Loyer	Gordini T15S	1
Not started
36	S + 3.0	2	Boliari	Enrique Sáenz-Valiente Jorge Camano	Cadillac	1

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
37	S 3.0			Alejandro de Tomaso Pedro Suarez	Alfa Romeo
38	S 2.0	56	Maserati	Luigi Musso Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCS

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 3000 cm³	Giuseppe Farina	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 375 Plus	Overall victory
Sports car up to 3000 cm³	Harry Schell	Afonso de Portago	Ferrari 250MM	Rank 2
Sports car up to 1500 cm³	Jaroslav Juhan	Antonio Asturias Hall	Porsche 550 Spyder	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 35
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 9.476 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:41: 50.800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 106
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.491 km
• Winner's average: 149.981 km / h
• Pole position: Carroll Shelby - Allard J2X (# 6)
• Fastest race lap: Giuseppe Farina - Ferrari 375MM (# 10) - 3: 34.600 = 158.969 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1954 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data at wspr-racing

Predecessor race Carrera Panamericana 1953

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1954