1000 km race in Buenos Aires 1955

The winners: Enrique Sáenz-Valiente and José-Maria Ibánez

The second 1000 km race of Buenos Aires , also GP Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers, Autódromo Municipal , took place on January 23, 1955 on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In contrast to the race of the previous year , only two international works teams found their way to South America in 1955; the Scuderia Ferrari and Gordini . The organizer moved the race from the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez to a bumpy 17 km road circuit. Both factory Ferraris started from the front row, but were disqualified in the race. Umberto Maglioli and Clemar Bucci's car had been pushed at the start and the fastest in training, Maurice Trintignant , was withdrawn from the race prematurely due to a non-compliant engine.

The victory nevertheless went to Ferrari. Enrique Sáenz-Valiente and José-Maria Ibánez won in a privately registered Ferrari 375 Plus .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S +3.0	4th		Enrique Sáenz-Valiente José-Maria Ibánez	Ferrari 375 Plus	58
2	S +3.0	8th		Carlos Najurieta César Rivero	Ferrari 375MM	58
3	S 3.0	30th	Equipo Presidente Péron	José Faraoni Ricardo Grandío	Maserati A6GCS	56
4th	S 1.5	34		Jaroslav Juhan Jorge Salas Chaves	Porsche 550 Spyder	56
5	S 3.0	14th	Equipe Gordini	Élie Bayol Harry Schell	Gordini T24S	54
6th	S 3.0	26th		Jorge Camano Oscar Camano	Ferrari 212	54
7th	S 3.0	32		Alejandro de Tomaso Oscar Reyes	Maserati A6GCS	52
8th	Mod. T	52		Oscar Gálvez Eduardo Martins	Ford V-8	52
9	S 3.0	18th		Louis Milan Elpidio Tortone	Ferrari 625TF	51
10	Mod. T	50		Juan-Carlos Garavaglia Manuel Rodriguez	Ford V-8	51
11	Mod. T	66		Guillermo Airaldi Douglas Marimón	Alfa Romeo 1900	49
12	Mod. T	102		Angel de la Rosa Angel Antenone	Ford V-8	48
13	Mod. T	96		Hector della Romana	Ford V-8	44
14th	S 1.5	48		Patricio Badaracco Emart	Cisitalia 202	44
15th	Mod. T	92		Eugenio Modica Ignacio Espina	Ford V-8	43
16	S 3.0	24		Angel Maiocchi Carlos Lostalo	Ferrari 225S Vignale	42
17th	Mod. T	70		Antonio Pereyra A. Cea	Ford V-8	42
18th	S 3.0	22nd		Alvaro Piano Miguel Schroeder	Ferrari 225E	42
19th	Mod. T	90		Juan Carrica Arias Moreno	Ford V-8	39
Not classified
20th	S 1.5	38		Curt Delfosse	Gordini T15S	22nd
Disqualified
21st	S 3.0	20th	Scuderia Ferrari	Umberto Maglioli Clemar Bucci	Ferrari 750 Monza	33
22nd	S +3.0	10	Scuderia Ferrari	Maurice Trintignant José Froilán González	Ferrari 118LM	27
Failed
23	S +3.0	12		José Millet Gabriel Gabin	Jaguar C-Type	41
24	S 3.0	28	Equipe Gordini	Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz Pedro Llano	Gordini T15S	40
25th	S 3.0	2		Franco Bruno Carlos Bruno	Allard J2X	19th
26th	S +3.0	6th		Roberto Bonomi Ernesto Florencio Castro Cra	Ferrari 375MM special	7th
27	S 3.0	16		Alberto Rodríguez Larreta David Speroni	Ferrari 250MM
28	S 1.5	36		Thomas Mayol Juan Gobbi	Porsche 356 Super
29	S 1.5	40		Ernesto Tornquist Miguel Nadie	Porsche 550 Spyder
30th	S 1.5	42		Lucio Bollaert Carlos Stabile	Gordini T15S
31	S 1.5	46		Jorge Saggese Sedano Acosta	Fiat-Abarth 207
32	Mod. T	54		Ernesto Petrini Domingo Colanero	Ford V-8
33	Mod. T	56		Felix Alberto Peduzzi Eduardo del Molino	Chevrolet Bel Air
34	Mod. T	58		Jorge Desconte	Ford V-8
35	Mod. T	60		Pablo Birger	Ford V-8
36	Mod. T	62		Esteban Sokol E. Ojea	Ford V-8
37	Mod. T	64		Ernesto Blanco N. Larocca	Ford V-8
38	Mod. T	68		Juan Fernando Piersanti J. Colanero	Ford V-8
39	Mod. T	74		Juan Navone D. Teseire	Ford V-8
40	Mod. T	76		Marcelo Aloe Velcher B. Marciulevicius	Chevrolet Bel Air
41	Mod. T	78		Elmer Oppen	Ford V-8
42	Mod. T	80		Rodolfo de Alzaga R. Luro	Ford V-8
43	Mod. T	82		José Lorenzetti	Ford V-8
44	Mod. T	84		Enrique D'Ascanio Hugo Vasquez	Ford V-8
45	Mod. T	86		Louis Gonzales JN Soto	Ford V-8
46	Mod. T	88		Plinio Rosetto	Ford V-8
47	Mod. T	94		Paul Alonso	Ford V-8
48	Mod. T	98		Antonio Gomez	Ford V-8
49	Mod. T	100		Carming Carlos Guimarey	Ford V-8
50	Mod. T	104		Francisco de Ridder Carlo Tomasi	Ford V-8
51	Mod. T	106		Segundo Ale E. Canriero	Chevrolet Bel Air
52	Mod. T	110		Emilio Boretto	Ford V-8
Not started
53	S 1.5	3		Ernesto Tornquist	Gordini T11S	1
54	S 1.5	44		Óscar González Jorge Malbran	Porsche 550 Spyder	2
55	Mod. T	72		Tadeo Taddia Sebastian Messino	Chevrolet Bel Air	3

¹ not started ² not started ³ not started

Only in the entry list

No further entries were made in this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 3000 cm³	Enrique Sáenz-Valiente	José-Maria Ibánez	Ferrari 375 Plus	Overall victory
Sports car up to 3000 cm³	José Faraoni	Ricardo Grandio	Maserati A6GCS	Rank 3
Sports car up to 1500 cm³	Patricio Badaracco	Emart	Cisitalia 202	Rank 14
Modified touring cars	Oscar Gálvez	Eduardo Martins	Ford V-8	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 55
• Started: 52
• Valued: 19
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 17.136 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:35: 15,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 58
• Total distance of the winning team: 993.888 km
• Winner's average: 150.872 km / h
• Pole position: Maurice Trintignant - Ferrari 118LM (# 10)
• Fastest race lap: José Froilan Gonzales - Ferrari 118LM (# 10) - 6: 06.100 = 168.505 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1955 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data for racing sports cars

Predecessor race Carrera Panamericana 1954

Sports car world championship

Successor to the Sebring 12-hour race in 1955