| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | February 6, 1949 | ||
| Official name | III Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón | ||
| Location | Parco Palermo Buenos Aires | ||
| Course | Public roads | ||
| Course length | 4.865 km (3.022 mi) | ||
| Distance | 30 laps, 145.95 km (90.68 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati 4CL | ||
| Time | N/A | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  | Maserati 4CLT | |
| Time | 2m 50.7 (102.60 km/h) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo 308 | ||
| Second | Maserati 4CLT | ||
| Third | Maserati 4CL | ||
The second of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: III Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón), was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 6, 1949. The race was shortened from 35 laps due to rain. [1]
The Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a motor race held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was first held at the Costanera circuit from the early 1930s until 1936 and then continued in 1941 at the Retiro circuit. After a six-year break and General Juan Peron in office, racing resumed at Retiro in 1947 with the start of the South American "Temporada" Grand Prix series to be contested twice a year under Formula Libre regulations. Italian Luigi Villoresi won all 1947 Temporada events. The race regularly attracted Brazilian and European drivers and also Argentine drivers such as Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González were now competing in Europe on a regular basis. For the 1948 Grand Prix season, the race was moved to the Palermo circuit where it would remain to host six of twelve "Peron Cup" races until the end of 1950. In 1951, the Costanera Norte circuit would host its last three Grand Prix events before the 1951 completion of the Autodromo 17 de Octubre, a purpose-built circuit for major Grand Prix series which would host various editions of the Buenos Aires Grand Prix from 1952 until 2009 with the exception of the 1956 event held at the General San Martin circuit in Mendoza.
Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition, has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as early as 1894. It quickly evolved from simple road races from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the drive of competition soon saw speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), but because early races took place on open roads, accidents occurred frequently, resulting in deaths both of drivers and of spectators.
The Circuito (Parco) Palermo, was a Grand Prix circuit in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The 4.865 km circuit used a layout of public roads within the north-end of the Palermo park complex, to host the Buenos Aires Grand Prix from 1948 to 1950.
