1960 1000 km Buenos Aires

thumb|Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz - Buenos Aires 1000km The 1960 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 31 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the sixth running of the race, and after a year off, it returned to be the opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. However, this was to be last time to race was held until a non-championship race was held in 1970 Report Entry A grand total of 28 racing cars were registered for this event, of which all 28 arrived for practice and 27 for qualifying for the race. As with previous races in Argentina, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Only Scuderia Ferrari and Porsche KG sent works cars from Europe. The Italian marque had entered three of the stunning Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 for Richie Ginther/Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill/Cliff Allison and Ludovico Scarfiotti/José Froilán González. As for Porsche, they also entered three cars, their 718 RSK were piloted by Jo Bonnier/Graham Hill, Olivier Gendebien/Edgar Barth and Maurice Trintignant/Hans Herrmann http://www.racingsportscars.com/entry/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31-2345.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1960 - Entry List - Racing Sports Cars Qualifying After a three-hour qualifying session held on the three days prior to the race, it was Phil Hill who took pole position for Scuderia Ferrari in their 250 TR. https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31.htm Reference at www.racingsportscars.com Race The race was held over 106 laps of the 5.888 mile, Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 624.162 miles (1,004.49 km). Due to the lack of opposition as the Porsches were racing in a different class, it was left to Ferrari to battle amongst themselves. The race was overshadowed by the fatal accident involving the American, Harry Blanchard, whose Porsche 718 RSK had crashed on the first lap, overturned and hit several times by other cars.http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 1960 Buenos Aires 1000 Km 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213143522/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 2017-12-13 dead http://www.historicracing.com/driver_az.cfm?type=drivers_alpha&tStartRow=1&AlphaIndex=B&driverID=1267 Harry Blanchard 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20160506030553/http://historicracing.com/driver_az.cfm?type=drivers_alpha&tStartRow=1&AlphaIndex=B&driverID=1267 2016-05-06 dead In the race, the Scuderia Ferrari of Hill and Allison, won ahead of their team-mates Ginther/von Trips. Car number 4, took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 17:12.1 mins, averaging a speed of 99.283 mph. Second place went to the second Ferrari, albeit a lap adrift. The podium was complete by the S1.6 class winner, Bonnier/Hill who in return were a further four laps behind.http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 1960 Buenos Aires 1000 Km 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213143522/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 2017-12-13 dead https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31.htm Reference at www.racingsportscars.com Official Classification Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos No ClassDriver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out 1st 4 S3.0 USA Phil Hill GBR Cliff Allison Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 6hr 17:12.1, 106 2nd 2 S3.0 USA Richie Ginther West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 105 3rd 30 S1.6 Sweden Jo Bonnier GBR Graham Hill Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 101 4th 14 S3.0 Brazil Celso Lara Barberis Brazil Christian Heins Maserati 300S 101 5th 42 S1.6 Argentina Pedro von DöryArgentina Juan Manuel Bordeu Argentina Anton von Döry Porsche 718 RSK 100 6th 36 S1.6 Belgium Christian Goethals West Germany Curt Delfosse Porsche 718 RSK 100 7th 34 S1.6 France Maurice Trintignant West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 95 8th 44 S1.6 Argentina Hugo Maestretti Argentina Alberto Gómez Porsche 718 RSK 94 9th 50 GT Italy “Madero” Italy Nino Todaro Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim 92 10th 56 GT West Germany Huschke von Hanstein Argentina Heriberto Bohnen Porsche KG Porsche 356B Carrera 88 DNF 8 S3.0 Argentina Roberto Bonomi Argentina Luis Milán Maserati 300S 83 Clutch 11th 52 GT Venezuela Ugo Tosa Venezuela Silvano Turco Ferrari 250 GT LWB 83 DNF 20 S3.0 USA Dan Gurney USA Masten Gregory Camoradi International Maserati Tipo 61 56 Gearbox/Suspension DNF 32 S1.6 Belgium Olivier Gendebien East Germany Edgar Barth Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 53 Oil pipe DNF 6 S3.0 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Argentina José Froilán González Scuderia Ferrari Dino 246 S 38 Distributor DNF 10 S3.0 Argentina Rodolfo de Álzaga Argentina Nestor Salerno Maserati 300S 10 Engine DNF 24 S3.0 Italy Antonio Pucci Italy Ernesto Dagnino Maserati 5 Oil pressure DNF 18 S3.0 Argentina Camilo Gay Argentina César Rivero Lancia D24 4 Transmission DNF 54 GT Italy Carlo Maria Abate Argentina Alberto Rodríguez Larreta Ferrari 250 GT LWB 2 Brakes DNF 16 S3.0 Brazil Fernando Barreto Argentina Carlos Najurieta Maserati 300S 0 Transmission DNF 22 S2.0 Argentina Enrique Sticoni Argentina Jesús Iglesias Maserati 200S I 0 Gearbox DNF 38 S1.6 Switzerland Heini Walter Argentina Juan Manuel Bordeu Porsche 718 RSK 0 Accident DNF 40 S1.6 USA Harry Blanchard West Germany Wolfgang Seidel Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK 0 Fatal accident(Blanchard) DNS 26 S3.0 Venezuela Ettore Chimeri Venezuela Julio Pola Maserati 300S did not start DNS 12 S3.0 Argentina Carlos Guimarey Spain 1945 António Creus Maserati 300S did not start DNS 28 S3.0 Argentina Cesar Reyes Argentina Julio Guimarey Ferrari 750 Monza did not start DNS 48 GT Italy Carlo Mario Abate Italy Casimiro Toselli Scuderia Serenissima Ferrari 250 GT LWB Differential DNQ 46 S1.6 Italy Gino MunaronItaly Alberto Mapelli Mozzi Argentina Carlos Reyes Osca S1500 http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31-2345.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1960 - Race Results - Racing Sports Carshttp://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 1960 Buenos Aires 1000 Km 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213143522/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 2017-12-13 dead Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney, 3:22.4secs (104.733 mph) http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 1960 Buenos Aires 1000 Km 2016-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213143522/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1960/60ba.html 2017-12-13 dead https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31.html 1000 km Buenos Aires 1960 - Racing Sports Cars Class Winners Class Winners Sports 3000 4 Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder Hill / Allison Sports 1600 30 Porsche 718 RSK Bonnier / Hill Grand Touring 50 Ferrari 250 GT Interim “Madero” / Todaro https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Buenos_Aires-1960-01-31.html Reference at www.racingsportscars.com Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 Italy Ferrari 8 2 West Germany Porsche 4 3 Italy Maserati 3 Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table. References 30em 1960 World Sportscar Championship RAC Tourist Trophy 12 Hours of Sebring Category:1000 km Buenos Aires 1000 km Buenos Aires Buenos Aires