Argentine Grand Prix

The **Argentine Grand Prix** was Formula One Grand Prix motor race. It was held off and on from  to . Argentine president Juan Perón was the driving force behind the creation of the circuit, after seeing the success of the country's own Juan Manuel Fangio.

The circuit was built just outside of Buenos Aires on swampland in 1952.In 1953, the Autodrome hosted the first ever Formula One race held outside Europe. The exile of Perón in 1955 lead to an unstable government. The Argentine Grand Prix left the F1 calendar in 1961 for over a decade.

In  the Argentine Grand Prix returned to the World Championship. Carlos Reutemann became the new homegrown hero.  Reutemann took pole position in his world championship debut. He become only the second driver to do this.  The Grand Prix remained in Argentina through , but the 1982 event was canceled.

A private group purchased the track in 1991 and began to upgrade it. The modernized Argentine Grand Prix returned in . Because of financial problems, the  race was the last running of the Argentine Grand Prix.

### Repeat winners (drivers)

|Wins|Driver|Years won|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Juan Manuel Fangio|1954, 1955, 1956, 1957||
|Emerson Fittipaldi|1973, 1975||
|Damon Hill|1995, 1996||

### Repeat winners (constructors)

|Wins|Constructor|Years won|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Williams|1980, 1995, 1996, 1997||
|Ferrari|1953, 1956, 1998||
|Maserati|1954, 1957||
|Cooper|1958, 1960||
|McLaren|1974, 1975||
|Lotus|1973, 1978||

### Repeat winners (engine manufacturers)

|Wins|Manufacturer|Years won|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Ford *|1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981||
|Ferrari|1953, 1956, 1998||
|Renault|1995, 1996, 1997||
|Maserati|1954, 1957||
|Climax|1958, 1960||
 Designed and built by  Cosworth, funded by Ford

### By year

_A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship._
|Year|Driver|Constructor|Location|Report|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari|rowspan="6"|Buenos Aires No. 2|Report|
|Juan Manuel Fangio|Maserati|Report|||
|Juan Manuel Fangio|Mercedes|Report|||
|Luigi Musso Juan Manuel Fangio|Ferrari|Report|||
|Juan Manuel Fangio|Maserati|Report|||
|Stirling Moss|Cooper-Climax|Report|||
|align=center colspan=4|_Not held_||||
|Bruce McLaren|Cooper-Climax|Buenos Aires No. 2|Report||
|align=center colspan=4|_Not held_||||
|Chris Amon|Matra|Buenos Aires No. 9|Report||
|Jackie Stewart|Tyrrell-Ford|rowspan="2"|Buenos Aires No. 9|Report|
|Emerson Fittipaldi|Lotus-Ford|Report|||
|Denny Hulme|McLaren-Ford|rowspan="2"|Buenos Aires No. 15|Report|
|Emerson Fittipaldi|McLaren-Ford|Report|||
|align=center colspan=4|_Not held_||||
|Jody Scheckter|Wolf-Ford|rowspan="5"|Buenos Aires No. 15|Report|
|Mario Andretti|Lotus-Ford|Report|||
|Jacques Laffite|Ligier-Ford|Report|||
|Alan Jones|Williams-Ford|Report|||
|Nelson Piquet|Brabham-Ford|Report|||
|align=center colspan=4|_Not held_||||
|Damon Hill|Williams-Renault|rowspan="4"|Buenos Aires No. 6|Report|
|Damon Hill|Williams-Renault|Report|||
|Jacques Villeneuve|Williams-Renault|Report|||
|Michael Schumacher|Ferrari|Report|||

### United Kingdom

|Year|Network|Lap-by-lap|Colour commentator(s)||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||rowspan=2|ITV|rowspan=3|Murray Walker|rowspan=2|Martin Brundle|
|rowspan=2||BBC Two|Jonathan Palmer||||
|Eurosport|Ben Edwards|John Watson|||||
|rowspan=2||BBC Two|Murray Walker|Jonathan Palmer|||
|Eurosport|Ben Edwards|John Watson|||||
||rowspan=3|BBC Two|rowspan=3|Murray Walker|rowspan=2|James Hunt|
||ITV|Andrew Marriott|||||