# 2017 1000km Buenos Aires

The 2017 1000 km Buenos Aires was a motor race for Turismo Carretera held on the weekend of 4–6 August 2017. The event was held at the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina and consisted of one race of 1,005 kilometres. It was the eighth round of fifteen in the 2017 Turismo Carretera championship, as well as the tenth staging of the 1000 km Buenos Aires.

## Report
### Background

The 2017 1000km Buenos Aires was the first staging of the race as a Turismo Carretera event, but wasn't the first multi-driver enduro in the modern era of Turismo Carretera – a 500 km race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Emiliozzi the previous year, won by Matías Rossi and Esteban Guerrieri, was the first since 1996. Similar to Supercars Championships' endurance driver rules since 2010, the regular season drivers could not partner up and had to be joined by one or two 'guest' co-drivers. Regular drivers were denoted by a green light inside the car, with the first guest denoted by a blue light and the second guest by a red light.
The race was held over 178 laps (1,005 km), but had a time-certain limit of 6 hours. Outside assistance rules were relaxed for the event in that entries could resume participation in the race if they received it, but penalties for technical changes were heavily tightened – entries would receive a 1-lap penalty for changing a cylinder or engine cover, and a 2-lap penalty for changing an entire engine. The grid was set by the championship standings order prior to the event, however Mariano Werner started from the back of the grid for accumulation of penalties as did cars No. 7, #8 and No. 31 for taking engine penalties.

### Race

Despite being spun by Gastón Mazzacane inside the first ten laps, Juan Manuel Silva and Juan Tomás Catalán Magni emerged the winners of the 1000 km Buenos Aires having taken the lead after the last pit-stop cycle. Guillermo Ortelli – whose co-driver Diego Martínez both suffered a high-speed spin mid-race and earned the team a 20-second post-race time-penalty for not changing the co-driver light – inherited second late in the race after both long-time leader Mariano Werner's co-driver Juan Ronconi retired with an oil leak five laps from the end, and Juan Martín Trucco's (who completed the first four-and-a-quarter hours of the race by himself) co-driver Elio Craparo broke down three laps from the finish; although it was likely that the No. 1 Chevrolet would have scored a podium regardless having finished with strong late-race pace. Juan Marcos Angelini finished third on the road, but received a 2-lap penalty for an engine change and elevated José Manuel Urcera – who had completed the whole race on the same set of tyres – to the podium. Facundo Ardusso was classified fourth, and ultimately the last car on the lead lap as Esteban Gini was penalised 3 laps for not completing the mandatory number of driver changes.

## Results
### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts. |
| 1 | 111 | Juan Manuel Silva Juan Tomás Catalán Magni | CM Motorsport | Ford Falcon | 178 | 5:30:55.166 | 3 | 90 |
| 2 | 1 | Guillermo Ortelli Valentín Aguirre Diego Martínez | JP Carrera | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 178 | +20.524 | 1 | 85 |
| 3 | 151 | José Manuel Urcera Mariano Altuna | Las Toscas Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 178 | +33.894 | 14 | 80 |
| 4 | 5 | Facundo Ardusso Tomás Urretavizcaya | Renault Sport Torino Team | Torino Cherokee | 178 | +1:14.727 | 5 | 75 |
| 5 | 33 | Juan José Ebarlín Laureano Campanera Marcos di Palma | Donto Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 177 | +1 lap | 24 | 72 |
| 6 | 52 | Carlos Okulovich Juan Pablo Barucca Nazareno López | Maquin Parts Racing | Torino Cherokee | 177 | +1 lap | 37 | 70 |
| 7 | 7 | Juan Marcos Angelini Luciano Ventricelli Ricardo Degoumois | UR Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 176 | +2 laps | 42 | 68 |
| 8 | 11 | Jonatan Castellano Jerónimo Teti | Castellano Power Team | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 176 | +2 laps | 9 | 66 |
| 9 | 42 | Esteban Gini Jonathan Vázquez | Alifraco Sport | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 175 | +3 laps | 30 | 64 |
| 10 | 9 | Juan Martín Trucco Elio Craparo | JMT Motorsport | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 175 | Mechanical | 7 | 62 |
| 11 | 24 | Nicolás Bonelli Agustín de Brabandere | Bonelli Competición | Ford Falcon | 174 | +4 laps | 18 | 60 |
| 12 | 3 | Mariano Werner Marcos Muchiut Juan Ronconi | Werner Competición | Ford Falcon | 173 | Oil leak | 41 | 58 |
| 13 | 28 | Emiliano Spataro Juan Bautista de Benedictis | Renault Sport Torino Team | Torino Cherokee | 172 | +6 laps | 20 | 56 |
| 14 | 10 | Gastón Mazzacane Daniel Nefa | Dole Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 166 | +12 laps | 6 | 54 |
| 15 | 19 | Juan Pablo Gianini Marcelo Agrelo Kevin Candela | JPG Racing | Ford Falcon | 165 | +13 laps | 16 | 52 |
| 16 | 18 | Luis José di Palma Javier Jack Nicolás Dianda | Laboritto Jrs. Racing | Torino Cherokee | 164 | +14 laps | 8 | 50 |
| 17 | 116 | Alan Ruggiero Tomás Gregorio Deharbe Juan Cruz Benvenuti | Laboritto Jrs. Racing | Torino Cherokee | 163 | +15 laps | 36 | 48 |
| 18 | 72 | Martín Serrano Alonso Etchebest Facundo Della Motta | Dole Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 158 | +20 laps | 28 | 46 |
| 19 | 2 | Matías Rossi Gastón Rossi | Nova Racing | Ford Falcon | 156 | Puncture damage | 2 | 44 |
| 20 | 82 | Mauricio Lambiris Gastón Ferrante Lautaro de la Iglesia | Martínez Competición | Ford Falcon | 152 | +26 laps | 12 | 42 |
| 21 | 77 | Juan Martín Bruno Juan Scoltore | Dole Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 151 | +27 laps | 38 | 40 |
| 22 | 14 | Norberto Fontana José Ciantini Nicolás Trosset | JP Carrera | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 150 | +28 laps | 13 | 38 |
| 23 | 99 | Matías Jalaf Daniel Vázquez Juan Garbelino | Indecar Racing | Torino Cherokee | 145 | Mechanical | 22 | 36 |
| 24 | 43 | Christian Ledesma Walter Hernández Augusto Carinelli | Las Toscas Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 132 | Crash | 26 | 34 |
| 25 | 39 | Camilo Echevarría Diego Azar Germán Todino | Alifraco Sport | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 132 | +46 laps | 31 | 32 |
| 26 | 8 | Sergio Alaux Waldemar Coronas Pablo Costanzo | Donto Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 130 | +48 laps | 43 | 30 |
| 27 | 45 | Facundo Gil Bicella Roberto Videle Mariano Oyhanart | Alifraco Sport | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 130 | +48 laps | 40 | 28 |
| 28 | 40 | Christian Dose Marcelo Videle "Patán" | Dose Competición | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 129 | Crash | 34 | 26 |
| 29 | 17 | Emanuel Moriatis Joel Gassmann Ayrton Londero | Martínez Competición | Ford Falcon | 128 | +50 laps | 11 | 24 |
| 30 | 68 | Julián Santero Aldo Ortíz Federico Paoloni | Dole Racing | Torino Cherokee | 123 | Mechanical | 35 | 22 |
| 31 | 23 | Gabriel Ponce de León Federico Pérez | Ponce de León Racing | Ford Falcon | 118 | +60 laps | 15 | 18 |
| 32 | 101 | Lionel Ugalde Ernesto Bessone Matías Rodríguez | Ugalde Competición | Ford Falcon | 117 | +61 laps | 17 | 18 |
| 33 | 69 | Pedro Gentile Cristian Beraldi Sebastián Gómez | Alifraco Sport | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 99 | Crash | 27 | 18 |
| 34 | 31 | Leonel Pernía Santiago Andreoli Emmanuel Pérez Bravo | Dose Competición | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 95 | +83 laps | 44 | 18 |
| 35 | 27 | Omar Martínez Nicolás Pezzucchi Juan José Suárez | Martínez Competición | Ford Falcon | 94 | +84 laps | 19 | 18 |
| 36 | 38 | Diego de Carlo Emmanuel Alifraco Gastón Todino | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 86 | Engine | 32 | 18 |
| 37 | 79 | Mathías Nolesi Lucas Ferreira | Nolesi Spirit Team | Ford Falcon | 83 | +95 laps | 29 | 18 |
| 38 | 55 | Santiago Mangoni Juan José Tomasello Enzo Pieraligi | Dose Competición | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 74 | Mechanical | 21 | 18 |
| 39 | 6 | Agustín Canapino Federico Alonso | Jet Racing | Chevrolet Coupé SS | 73 | Engine | 4 | 18 |
| 40 | 129 | Mauro Giallombardo Leonel Sotro Adrián Oubiña | Werner Competición | Ford Falcon | 73 | +105 laps | 10 | 18 |
| 41 | 100 | Sebastián Diruscio Diego Verriello Santiago Álvarez | SGV Racing | Dodge GTX Cherokee | 66 | +112 laps | 39 | 15 |
| 42 | 30 | Nicolás González Damián Markel Oscar Sánchez | AyP Competición | Torino Cherokee | 66 | +112 laps | 23 | 15 |
| 43 | 63 | Próspero Bonelli Maximiliano Juan | Bonelli Competición | Ford Falcon | 39 | Mechanical | 25 | 15 |
| 44 | 144 | José Savino Pablo Delponte Maximiliano López | Savino Sport | Ford Falcon | 7 | Crash | 33 | 15 |
| WD | 107 | Nicolás Cotignola Luciano Cotignola Franco Ércoli | Sprint Racing | Torino Cherokee | | Withdrew | | |
| Fastest lap set by Mariano Werner – 1:36.215 on Lap 104 |||||||||
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## Standings
### Drivers' Championship

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | José Luis di Palma | 262 | |
| 2 | Facundo Ardusso | 255 | -7 |
| 3 | Juan Manuel Silva | 244.5 | -17.5 |
| 4 | Gastón Mazzacane | 236 | -26 |
| 5 | Jonatan Castellano | 228.5 | -33.5 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.