1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)
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1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix | |||
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1949 Grand Prix season | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | January 30, 1949 | ||
Official name | III Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires | ||
Location | Parco Palermo Buenos Aires | ||
Course | Public roads | ||
Course length | 4.87 km (3.03 miles) | ||
Distance | 35 laps, 170 km (106 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Maserati | ||
Time | 2:36.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Drivers |
![]() | Maserati | |
![]() | Maserati | ||
Time | 2:32.4 (tied) (114.85 km/h) | ||
Podium | |||
First | Maserati | ||
Second | Maserati | ||
Third | Alfa Romeo |
The first of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: III Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race that took place on January 30, 1949, at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
The event was marred by the death of popular French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille. He was driving his first flying lap during practice, when his car swerved to avoid children crossing the track, and slammed into a tree. He died instantly of massive head injuries. During the race, local driver Pablo Pessatti was also killed when his car overturned, and he was thrown out.
Classification
[edit]Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 35 | 1:30:23.1 |
2 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 35 | +41.0 |
3 | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo 308 | 35 | +2:31.9 |
4 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 34 | +1 Lap |
5 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 31 | +4 Laps |
6 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 29 | +6 Laps |
7 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CLT | 25 | +10 Laps |
8 | ![]() |
Maserati 4CL | ||
Ret | ![]() |
Maserati 4CL | ||
Ret | ![]() |
Maserati 4CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | ![]() |
Maserati 4CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | ![]() |
Maserati 8CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | ![]() |
Maserati 4CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo | Fatal accident | |
DNS | ![]() |
Simca-Gordini | 0 | Fatal accident |
DNS | ![]() |
Simca-Gordini | 0 | |
Source:[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "South American Formula Libre/Temporada Races 1946-1952". teamdan.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ "1949 Argentina - III Gran Premio Juan Domingo Perón y de la Republica Argentina". jmfangio.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014.