1956 Buenos Aires 1000 km race

Maserati 300S

Ferrari 410 Sport Scaglietti Spyder

The third 1000 km race of Buenos Aires , also Grand Prix Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometers, Autódromo Municipal y Avenida Paz , took place on January 29, 1956 at the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year .

Before the race

The 1956 World Sports Car Championship began with the race in Argentina , and that year comprised only five racing events. After the catastrophe at the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1955 , this 24-hour race was driven this year without world championship status.

The race

After the end of the motorsport activities of Daimler-Benz , Juan Manuel Fangio did not return to Maserati, but switched to the big competitor Ferrari . Also Stirling Moss was required after the end of Mercedes without a contract and was designed by Maserati.

The victory in the 1000 km race was not only Moss' first success for his new employer, but also Maserati's first ever victory in the World Sports Car Championship. Moss won the race with his teammate Carlos Menditéguy in a Maserati 300S with a two-lap lead over the factory Ferrari 857S of Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill . Overall third was Jean Behra and José Froilán González , who drove another factory Maserati 300S.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 3.0	31	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Stirling Moss Carlos Menditéguy	Maserati 300S	106
2	S + 3.0	36	Scuderia Ferrari	Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill	Ferrari 857S	104
3	S 3.0	32	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Jean Behra José Froilán González	Maserati 300S	101
4th	S 1.5	4th		Alejandro de Tomaso Carlo Tomasi	Maserati 150S	97
5	S 2.0	20th		Enrique Muro Julio Pola	Ferrari 500 Mondial	93
6th	S 3.0	26th		Eduardo Kovacs-Jones Raul Jaras	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	90
7th	S 1.5	6th		Isabelle Haskell Carlos Lostalo	Maserati 150S	88
8th	S 3.0	24		Angel Maiocchi Lucio Bollaert	Ferrari 225S	85
9	S + 2.0	43		Franco Bruno Carlos Bruno	Allard J2	71
Disqualified
10	S 1.5	3		Curt Delfosse Pedro Escudero	Gordini T15 Special	70
Failed
11	S + 3.0	43	Scuderia Ferrari	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 410 Sport Scaglietti Spyder	89
12	S 1.5	1		Jaroslav Juhan José Félix Lopes	Porsche 550 Spyder	72
13	S 3.0	33	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Chico Landi Gerino Gerini	Maserati 300S	68
14th	S + 3.0	44	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Musso Peter Collins	Ferrari 410 Sport Scaglietti Spyder	61
15th	S + 3.0	42		Roberto Bonomi Ernesto Florencio Castro Cranwell	Ferrari 375MM	59
16	S 3.0	34		Luis Milán Ela Capotosti	Ferrari 625TF	44
17th	S + 3.0	41		Celso Lara Barberis Godofredo Vianna	Ferrari 375MM	41
18th	S 3.0	30th	Scuderia Guastalla	Lino Fayen Joao Rozende Dos Santos	Ferrari 750 Monza Spider Scaglietti	37
19th	S + 3.0	45		Enrique Sáenz-Valiente Jorge Camano	Ferrari 375 Plus	35
20th	S 2.0	22nd		Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati A6GCS	26th
21st	S + 3.0	46		Carlos Najurieta César Rivero	Ferrari 375MM	23
22nd	S 1.5	5		Miguel Jantus Alberto Gomez	Gordini T15S	23
23	S 2.0	23		Ricardo Grandío Alberto Rodríguez Larreta	Maserati A6GCS	21st
24	S 3.0	25th		Danilo Ciapessoni Cesar Reyes	Ferrari 225 export	16
25th	S 1.5	2		Tomas Mayol Juan Gobbi	Porsche 550 Spyder	14th
26th	S 3.0	21st		Osvaldo Carballido Elias Carballido	Austin-Healey 100M	11
27	S + 3.0	35		José Millet Miguel Schroeder	Jaguar C-Type	3
Not started
28	S + 3.0	40		Jean Blanc Colette Duval Pedro Llano	Talbot Lago T26GS	1

¹ not started

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
29	S 2.0	7th		Arturo Santamaria David Speroni	Alfa Romeo 1900
30th	S 3.0	37		Carlos Guimarey Caralpey	Alfa Romeo
31	S + 3.0	47		Gaston Perkins Rodolfo de Alzaga	Maserati A6G
32	S + 3.0	48		Clemar Bucci Pedro Suarez	Alfa Romeo 12C 37

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	Olivier Gendebien	Phil Hill	Ferrari 857S	Rank 2
S 3.0	Stirling Moss	Carlos Menditéguy	Maserati 300S	Overall victory
S 2.0	Enrique Muro	Julio Pola	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Rank 5
S 1.5	Alejandro de Tomaso	Carlo Tomasi	Maserati 150S	Rank 4

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 27
• Rated: 9
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 9.476 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:29:37,900 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 106
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.490 km
• Winner's average: 154.683 km / h
• Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - Ferrari 410 Sport Scaglietti Spyder (# 43) - 3: 29.400 = 162.917 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Peter Collins - Ferrari 410 Sport Scaglietti Spyder (# 44) - 3: 26.400 = 165.285 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1956 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Maurizio Tabucchi: Maserati, All Grand Prix, Sports and GT vehicles from 1926 until today . Heel, Königswinter 2004, ISBN 3-89880-211-6
• Anthony Pritchard: Maserati - the racing history . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-2513-9

Web links

• Results and data

Predecessor race Targa Florio 1955

Sports car world championship

Successor to the Sebring 12-hour race in 1956