1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)
Race details | |||
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1949 Grand Prix season | |||
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 mi) | ||
Distance | 35 laps, 170 km (106 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Maserati | ||
Time | 2:36.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Drivers | Alberto Ascari | Maserati | |
Luigi Villoresi | 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
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired |
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1 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati 4CLT | 35 | 1:30:23.1 |
2 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati 4CLT | 35 | +41.0 |
3 | Óscar Alfredo Gálvez | Alfa Romeo 308 | 35 | +2:31.9 |
4 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati 4CLT | 34 | +1 Lap |
5 | Prince Bira | Maserati 4CLT | 31 | +4 Laps |
6 | Victorio Rosa | Maserati 4CLT | 29 | +6 Laps |
7 | Adriano Malusardi | Maserati 4CLT | 25 | +10 Laps |
8 | Benedicto Campos | Maserati 4CL | ||
Ret | Nino Farina | Maserati 4CL | ||
Ret | Reg Parnell | Maserati 4CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | Ernesto Tornquist | Maserati 4CL | 4 | Engine |
Ret | Pablo Pessatti | Alfa Romeo | Fatal accident | |
DNS | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Simca-Gordini | 0 | Fatal accident |
Source:[2] |
References
- ↑ "South American Formula Libre/Temporada Races 1946-1952". teamdan.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ↑ "1949 Argentina - III Gran Premio Juan Domingo Perón y de la Republica Argentina". jmfangio.org. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
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