1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (III)

1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Race details
Date	December 18, 1949
Official name	IV Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Parco Palermo Buenos Aires
Course	Public roads
Course length	4.865 km (3.022 miles)
Distance	35 laps, 170.27 km (105.80 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	N/A
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari 166 FL
Time	2m 29.2 (117.39 km/h)
Podium
First	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 166 FL
Second	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari 166 FL
Third	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 166 FL

The third of three 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: IV Gran Premio del General Juan Perón y de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires), was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Palermo street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 6, 1948. The race was shortened from 35 laps due to rain.

Classification

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 166 FL	35	1:29:00.2
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari 166 FL	35	1:29:29.4
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 166 FL	35	1:30:38.
4	Benedicto Campos	Ferrari 166 FL	34	N/A
5	Froilán González	Maserati 4CLT	34	N/A
6	P. Bira	Maserati 4CLT	34	N/A
7	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CLT	33	N/A
8	Dorino Serafini	Ferrari 125C F1	33	N/A
9	Clemente Biondetti	Maserati 4CLT	33	N/A
10	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125C F1	32	N/A
11	Louis Chiron	Maserati 4CLT	23	N/A
Ret	Philippe Étancelin	Maserati 4CLT	10	Oil pressure
Ret	Louis Rosier	Maserati 4CLT	14	Brakes
Ret	Nino Farina	Maserati 4CLT	10	N/A
Ret	Reg Parnell	Maserati 4CLT		N/A
Ret	Clemar Bucci	Alfa Romeo 12C		N/A
Ret	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308		N/A