1954 1000 km Buenos Aires

The 1954 1000 km Buenos Aires was a motor race for sports cars which was held on January 24 at the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the opening race of the 1954 World Sportscar Championship and was also the inaugural 1000 km Buenos Aires. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli, driving a Ferrari 375 MM

Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz - Buenos Aires 1000km (1954)

Report

The 1954 1000 km Buenos Aires was won by a Ferrari 375 MM

Entry

A grand total 38 racing cars were registered for this event, of which only 36 arrived for practice and qualifying. This being the first major sports car races of the year, the race was supported by the work of teams of Ferrari and Maserati . Both teams were represented by one car in the race. Ferrari with a 375 MM, which was piloted by Giuseppe Farina and the young Umberto Maglioli. The factory Maserati was piloted Emilio Giletti and Luigi Musso. With Osca came another factory teams from Italy. France was represented by Gordini, and from the UK came Aston Martin’s entered by David Brown with Jaguar prepared and raced by Ecurie Ecosse. Also, the German works team of Borgward took the long journey to Buenos Aires.[1][2]

Qualifying

Carroll Shelby took pole position for the privateer entry from Roy Cherryhomes team, in their Allard-Cadillac J2X.[3]

Race

The race was held over 106 laps of the 5.888 miles Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 624.162 miles (1,000 km). In the race, the factory Ferrari won ahead of the privately entered Ferrari 250 MM of Alfonso de Portago and Harry Schell , as well as the Aston Martin DB3S by Peter Collins and Pat Griffith. Car number 10, driven by Farina and Maglioli took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 41:50.8 mins., averaging a speed of 93.197mph. Second place went to de Portago and Schell , albeit three laps adrift. The podium was complete by the winner of the 1953 RAC Tourist Trophy, Collins and Griffiths who in turn were a further lap down.[4][5][6]

Official Classification

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos No Class Driver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out
1st 10 S+3.0 Italy Giuseppe Farina Italy Umberto Maglioli Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 MM 6hr 41:50.8, 106
2nd 30 S3.0 United States Harry Schell Spain Alfonso de Portago Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder 103
3rd 40 S3.0 United Kingdom Peter Collins United Kingdom Pat Griffiths David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 102
4th 22 S+3.0 United Kingdom James Scott Douglas United Kingdom Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 100
5th 34 S3.0 Argentina Luis Milán Argentina Elpidio Tortone Ferrari 625 TF 99
6th 54 S3.0 Italy Emilio Giletti Italy Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCS 97
7th 12 S+3.0 France Louis Rosier France Maurice Trintignant Equipe Louis Roseri Ferrari 375 GP 96
DNF 32 S+3.0 Argentina Roberto Bonomi Argentina Carlos Menditéguy Ferrari 625 TF 91 Gearbox
8th 50 S3.0 Argentina Angel Maiocchi Argentina Lucio Bollaert Ferrari 225 S Vignale Spyder 87
9th 58 S1.5 Guatemala Jaroslav Juhan Guatemala Antonio Asturias Hall Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550 Spyder 87
10th 6 S+3.0 United States Carroll Shelby United States Dale Duncan Roy Cherryhomes Allard-Cadillac J2X 86
11th 74 S1.5 France Michel Collange Argentina David Aperoni Osca Osca MT4 1100 Coupé 85
12th 64 S1.5 Argentina Oscar J. Gonzalez Argentina Pedro Escudero Porsche 550 79
13th 68 S1.5 Guatemala José Sala Herrarte Ariano Porsche 550 Spyder 79
14th 18 S+3.0 United States Masten Gregory Masten Gregory Jaguar C-Type 79
15th 70 S1.5 Argentina Jorge Chaves Argentina Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta Porsche 550 72
16th 66 S1.5 Argentina Juan Antonio Gatti Argentina Julio Angel Gatti Porsche 550 70
DNF 38 S3.0 United Kingdom Reg Parnell United Kingdom Roy Salvadori David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 65 Distributor drive shaft
DNF 60 S1.5 West Germany Hans-Hugo Hartmann West Germany Adolf Brudes Borgward Borgward Hansa 1500 RS 44 Oil system
DNF 28 S+3.0 Argentina F. Molina Zubiria Argentina German Pesce Jaguar XK120 38 DNF
DNF 26 S+3.0 Argentina José M. Millet Argentina Nicolas Dellepiane Jaguar C-Type 27 DNF
DNF 24 S+3.0 Argentina Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Argentina Miguel Schroeder Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 26 DNF
DNF 44 S3.0 Argentina Roberto Mieres Argentina Carlo Tomasi David Brown Aston Martin DB3S 24 Final drive
DNF 20 S+3.0 United Kingdom Ian Stewart United Kingdom Jimmy Stewart Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar C-Type 16 Accident
DNF 36 S3.0 France Jean Behra Italy Franco Bordoni Automobiles Gordini Gordini T24S 16 Accident
DNF 42 S3.0 Argentina Eric Forrest-Greene Argentina Carlos Stabile E.F. Greene Aston Martin DB3 14 Fatal Accident
(Forrest-Greene)
DNF 16 S+3.0 United States Phil Hill United States Dave Sykes Allen Guiberson Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale 13 Clutch
DNF 14 S+3.0 Argentina José-Maria Ibanez Argentina Ignacio Jancies José-Maria Ibanez Ferrari 375 MM Spyder 11 Accident
DNF 48 S3.0 Argentina Pedro J. Llano Argentina Ernesto Tornquist Ferrari 225 Export 9 DNF
DNF 46 S3.0 Argentina Nicolas Dellepiane Argentina Martin Berasategui Ferrari 225 S 5 DNF
DNF 72 S1.5 United States Bob Said United States George Moffett Jack Frierson Osca MT4 1350 5 Gearbox
DNF 62 S1.5 Argentina Tomas Mayol Argentina Juan Mayol Porsche 550 2 DNF
DNF 8 S+3.0 Argentina Carlos Najurieta Argentina Alberto Gomez Ford-Maserati V8 0 DNF
DNF 53 S3.0 France Élie Bayol France Roger Loyer Automobiles Gordini Gordini T15S Lost wheel / Accident
DNS 2 S+3.0 Argentina Enrique Saenz Valiente Argentina Jorge Camano Boliari Arauz-Cadillac

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Class Winners

Class Winners
Sports +3000 10 Ferrari 375 MM Farina / Maglioli
Sports 3000 30 Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder Schell / de Portago
Sports 1500 58 Porsche 550 Spyder Juhan / Asturias Hall

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Standings after the race

Pos Championship Points
1 Italy Ferrari 8
2 United Kingdom Aston Martin 4
3 United Kingdom Jaguar 3
4 Italy Maserati 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 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer.

References

World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1953 Carrera Panamericana
1954 season Next race:
12 Hours of Sebring
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