Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Sun 22nd January 1956 (UTC)
Sun 22nd January 1956 (Local)

Timestamp
1956-01-22T17:00:00

Time

17:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1956

Round
1

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Location
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

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Description

The 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires. It was race 1 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers. 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 in Argentina was composed entirely of Italian cars. Ferrari and Maserati showed up with five cars each. The other three cars were also Maseratis: two private entries and Hawthorn for the B.R.M. team.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Luigi Musso - Juan Manuel Fangio(shared car) Ferrari 3:00:03.7
2 Jean Behra Maserati +24.4
3 Mike Hawthorn Maserati +2 laps
4 Chico Landi - Gerino Gerini (shared car) Maserati +6 laps
5 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari +7 laps 10
6 Alberto Uría - Óscar González (shared car) Maserati +10 laps

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