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1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	ARG
Grand Prix	Buenos Aires
Date	5 February
Year	1956
Image	Circuito-san-martin-mendoza-1956-(openstreetmap).png
Official name	X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Location	Mendoza, Argentina
Course	Circuito Gral San Martin (Mendoza)
Course_mi	2.600
Course_km	4.183
Distance_laps	60
Distance_mi	155.976
Distance_km	251.020
Pole_Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio
Pole_Country	ARG
Pole_Team	Ferrari
Fast_Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio
Fast_Team	Ferrari
Fast_Time	1:49.2
Fast_Country	ARG
First_Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio
First_Country	ARG
First_Team	Ferrari
Second_Driver	Stirling Moss
Second_Country	GBR
Second_Team	Maserati
Third_Driver	Jean Behra
Third_Country	FRA
Third_Team	Maserati

The 1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix was a Formula Libre race held on 5 February 1956 in Mendoza, Argentina. The race was won over a distance of 60 laps by Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio from the Scuderia Ferrari team in his Lancia-Ferrari D50.

Entry list

No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Engine
2	GBR Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
4	FRA Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
6	ARG Carlos Menditéguy	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
8	ITA Luigi Piotti	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
10	BRA Chico Landi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
12	ARG Pablo Gulle	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati
14	GBR Mike Hawthorn	Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati 250F	Maserati
16	URY Alberto Uría	Alberto Uría	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati
30	ARG Juan Manuel Fangio	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
32	ITA Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
34	ITA Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia D50	Lancia
36	GBR Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari
38	BEL Olivier Gendebien	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari

Race result

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps
30	ARG Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	60	1:52'38.9
2	GBR Stirling Moss	Maserati	60	+38.6
4	FRA Jean Behra	Maserati	60	+1:45.7
6	ARG Carlos Menditéguy	Maserati	59	+1 Lap
36	GBR Peter Collins	Ferrari	58	+2 Laps
38	BEL Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	57	+3 Laps
10	BRA Chico Landi	Maserati	57	+3 Laps
12	ARG Pablo Gulle	Maserati	54	+6 Laps
14	GBR Mike Hawthorn	Maserati	54	+6 Laps
8	ITA Luigi Piotti	Maserati	52	+8 Laps
32	ITA Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	14	Oil Cooler
34	ITA Luigi Musso	Ferrari	9	Accident
16	URY Alberto Uría	Maserati	0	-

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1957 Buenos Aires Grand Prix

References

[https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-libre-gran-premio-ciudad-de-buenos-aires-mendoza/1956/ ''Formula Libre, Gran Premio ciudad de Buenos Aires (Mendoza) 1956 standings'', www.driverdb.com] Retrieved on 28 March 2015
"1956 Buenos Aires GP Entry List". ChicaneF1.com.
"1956 Buenos Aires GP". ChicaneF1.com.

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