1957 1000 km Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires 1000 km (1957)

The 1957 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 20 January, on the Circuito de la Costanera Norte, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the fourth running of the race, and once again, it was opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. For this event, was moved from its previous venue, the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, only to return to the Autódromo in 1958.

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Entry

A grand total of 30 racing cars were registered for this event, of which all 30 arrived for practice and 24 for qualifying for the race. Although this was the first major sports car race of the year, as in previous years, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Again, only Ferrari and Maserati sent cars from Europe. Both teams were represented by multiple cars in the race. Ferrari send two Ferrari 290 S and a single Ferrari 290 MM, but also loaned works driver to the Americans entered 290 MM of Scuderia Temple Buell during the meeting. Meanwhile, Officine Alfieri Maserati was represented a four different cars, across five entries. The remaining bulk of the field, were cars from South American teams. [1]

Unlike the previous 1000 km Buenos Aires races, the Automóvil Club Argentino decided the race should take place at a different venue, instead of the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz. They choose the Circuito de la Costanera Norte, which used the wide service roads of the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. The reason for the change was that need to move to a “safer” track. [2] [3]

Qualifying

After a three-hour qualifying session held on the prior to the race, the local hero, Juan Manuel Fangio took pole position for Officine Alfieri Maserati, in their Maserati 450S. [4]

Race

Ferrari 290 MM Spider Scaglietti - similar to the car driven to victory by Gregory/Castellotti/Musso Ferrari - Flickr - Stradablog (2).jpg
Ferrari 290 MM Spider Scaglietti - similar to the car driven to victory by Gregory/Castellotti/Musso

The race was held over 98 laps of the 6.350 mile, Circuito de la Costanera Norte, giving a distance of 622.281 miles (1,001.462 km). in front of an estimated crowd of 100,000, it was the winner of the 1956 race, Stirling Moss, Fangio’s team-mate, who took an early lead from the entire fleet of Ferraris, piloted by Eugenio Castellotti, Peter Collins, Alfonso de Portago and Masten Gregory in the Temple Buell Ferrari. Jean Behra appears next in sixth. At the end of lap one, Castellotti pits with differential problems and loses more than seven minutes, and hands the car over to Luigi Musso. During the second lap, the Maserati 300S of Oscar Cabalén skidded off the track and into the crowd, causing numerous injuries. [5] [6] [7]

At the end of the third lap, Collins retired his Ferrari 290 S with dangerously low oil pressure, meanwhile, Moss was marching way at the head of field, now being followed by Gregory, de Portago and Behra. Lap after lap, Moss continued to pull away from the field. On lap 24, he set the fastest lap of the race, before handing the car over to Fangio, who drove at the same feverish pace, increasing their advantage and wreaking havoc among his followers. Lap 56, was the Ferrari of Musso abandon the race with an ignition fault, meanwhile a lap later, Fangio heads into the pits with insurmountable problems with the differential. [8]

Brought about by the numerous retirements and changes in the composition of the works Italian teams, as a result of the withdrawal of the Moss/Fangio Maserati, the Temple Buell Ferrari lead the Ferrari of de Portago/Collins and the Maserati of Behra/Carlos Menditéguy. This Maserati pairing are joined by Moss. Taking all conceivable risks, Moss is able to relive the second Ferrari, now being driven by Castellotti, of second place on lap 88. At every turn, Moss reduces the lead, but the partnership of Gregory/Castellotti/Musso hold to take the spoils, winning in a time of 6hrs 10:29.9 mins., averaging a speed of 100.775 mph. In second was the sole remaining Officine Alfieri Maserati of Behra/ Menditéguy/Moss, albeit 83.5 seconds drift. The podium was complete by the Scuderia Ferrari, of de Portago/Collins/Castellotti, who were a 66.2 seconds back. [9] [10]

As a result of Fangio’s retirement, Moss and Menditéguy in car number 31, took an impressive victory, [11] [12] [13]

Official Classification

Class Winners are in Bold text.

PosNoClassDriverEntrantChassisLapsReason Out
1st10S+3.0 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso
Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Temple Buell Ferrari 290 MM Spider Scaglietti 6hr 10:29.9, 98
2nd28S3.0 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss
Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menditéguy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300S 6hr 11:53.4, 98
3rd8S+3.0 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Alfonso de Portago
Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 290 MM 6hr 12:59.6, 98
4th14S+3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Mieres Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 95
DNF38S3.0 Flag of Brazil.svg Celso Lara-Barberis Flag of Brazil.svg Eugenio Martins Scuderia Madunina Brasil Ferrari 750 Monza 91Engine
5th16S+3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Bonomi Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Piotti Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 350S 91
DNF56S2.0 Flag of Brazil.svg Severino Silva Flag of Brazil.svg Pinheiro Piris Scuderia Madunina Brasil Maserati A6GCS 90Accident
6th62S1.5 Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro de Tomaso Flag of the United States.svg Isabel Haskell Automobili O.S.C.A. Osca S1500 88
7th52S2.0 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Drogo Flag of Venezuela.svg Julio Pola Madunina Venezuela Ferrari 500 TR 87
8th68S1.5 Flag of Guatemala.svg Jaroslav Juhan Flag of Argentina.svg Antonio von Döry Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550 RS Carrera 86
9th36S3.0 Flag of Brazil.svg Herminio Ferreira Filho Flag of Brazil.svg Godofredo Vianna São Paulo Automovil Club Ferrari 750 Monza 85
10th50S3.0 Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Danvila Flag of Uruguay.svg Omar Terra Orlando Terra Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 78
11th48S3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Nestor Salerno Flag of Argentina.svg César Reyes Nestor Salerno Ferrari 212 Inter 74
12th70S1.5 Flag of Germany.svg Curt Delfosse Flag of Argentina.svg Ernesto Tornquist Curt Delfosse Porsche 550 RS Carrera 71
DNF64S1.5 Flag of Venezuela.svg Sergio Vivaldi Flag of Venezuela.svg Lino Fayen Venezuela Sports Group Osca TN 1500 71Engine
DNF2S+3.0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 450S 57Gearbox
DNF4S+3.0 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang von Trips Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 290 S 55ignition
DNF18S3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Milán Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Camaño Argentina Racing Ferrari 375 Plus 51Gearbox
DNF66S1.5 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Heins Flag of Brazil.svg Cyro Cayres Scuderia Madunina Brasil Porsche 550 RS 45Gearbox
DNF30S3.0 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Schell Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300S 25Clutch
DNF58S2.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Enrique Arrieta Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Guimarey Argentina Racing Osca 2000S 14Engine
DNF6S+3.0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 290 S 2Oil pressure
DNF54S2.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Camaño Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel Jantus Argentina Racing Maserati A6G 1Accident
DNF34S3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Cabalén Flag of Argentina.svg Carlo TomasiScuderia Madunina Brasil Maserati 300S 1Accident
DNS32S3.0 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Scarlatti Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250S Withdrawn
DNS20S+3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Najurieta Flag of Argentina.svg César Rivero Argentina Racing Ferrari 375 MM Accident
DNS12S+3.0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Mieres Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type Accident
DNS22S+3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Clemar Bucci Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar de Petris Argentina Racing Ferrari 375 MM Accident
DNS40S3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Alvaro Piano Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Bruno Ferrari 625 TF
DNS26S+3.0 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Bruno Flag of Argentina.svg Angel Pinotti Argentina Racing Allard-Cadillac J2

[14] [15]

Class Winners

ClassWinners
Sports +300010Ferrari 290 MM Spider ScagliettiGregory / Castellotti / Musso
Sports 300028Maserati 300SBehra / Menditéguy / Moss
Sports 200052Ferrari 500 TRDrogo / Pola
Sports 150062Osca S1500de Tomaso / Haskell

[18]

Standings after the race

PosChampionshipPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari 8
2 Flag of Italy.svg Maserati 6
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jaguar 3
4 Flag of Italy.svg Osca 1

Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 7 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.

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