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Race details
Race 1 of 8 in the 1956 Formula One season
Buenos Aires 1954
Date 22 January 1956
Official name IV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires
Course Permanent racing facility
3.912 km (2.431 mi)
Distance 98 laps, 383.376 km (238.219 mi)
Weather Overcast but dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 1:42.5
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 1:45.3
Podium
First 25px Italy Luigi Musso
25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari
Second 25px France Jean Behra Maserati
Third 25px United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati

The 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires. It was the first round of the 1956 World Drivers' Championship.

With the withdrawal of Mercedes from Formula One, Fangio and Moss would begin the season with new teams. Fangio would join Ferrari while Moss would lead the Maserati team. The grid at Argentina was completely composed of Italian cars. Ferrari and Maserati showed up with five cars each. The other three cars were Maseratis: two private entries and Hawthorn for the B.R.M. team.

Ferrari dominated practice and occupied the first three grid positions with Fangio’s pole time 2.2 sec faster than second. However, Maserati dominated the early race with Menditeguy and Moss leading the field. Fangio was a non factor with a faulty fuel pump. He took over Musso’s car on lap 29 and re-entered in fifth place. Fangio quickly passed Behra but lost his position after spinning. From laps 40-43 disaster struck the leaders. While third Castellotti’s gearbox broke, Menditguy left the lead with a broken driveshaft, and new leader Moss’ engine began to smoke. Fangio, who had gotten by Behra, passed the ailing Moss on lap 66 and finished unchallenged after Behra spun late. The race was not without controversy when the Maserati team manager lodged a protest that Fangio was push-started after the earlier spin. However, the protest was rejected by both the stewards and the F.I.A.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 25px Italy Luigi Musso
25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari 98 3:00:03.7 3 4
5
2 4 25px France Jean Behra Maserati 98 +24.4 secs 4 6
3 14 25px UK Mike Hawthorn Maserati 98 +2 Laps 8 4
4 10 25px Brazil Chico Landi
25px Italy Gerino Gerini
Maserati 92 +6 Laps 11 1.5
1.5
5 38 25px Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 91 +7 Laps 10 2
6 16 25px Template:Country alias Uruguay Alberto Uria
25px Template:Country alias Uruguay Oscar González
Maserati 88 +10 Laps 13
Ret 2 25px UK Stirling Moss Maserati 81 Engine 7
Ret 36 25px UK Peter Collins Ferrari 58 Accident 9
Ret 8 25px Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 57 Accident 12
Ret 6 25px Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 42 Halfshaft 6
Ret 32 25px Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 40 Gearbox 2
Ret 12 25px Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 24 Engine 5
Ret 30 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 22 Fuel Pump 1

Notes[]

References[]

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos Driver Points
1 25px France Jean Behra 6
2 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 5
3 25px Italy Luigi Musso 4
4 25px UK Mike Hawthorn 4
5 25px Belgium Olivier Gendebien 2
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.


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