Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

The Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez is a race track, built on marshy land in the heart of Buenos Aires. The circuit was constructed in 1952 as a public works project by Argentine President Juan Peron. It is the only track to host the Argentine Grand Prix, which ran 20 times between and .
==Circuit History==
==Circuit Layouts==
The circuit is run clockwise, with several loops and extensions off of a rounded triangle. Since the track is built on reclaimed marshland, maintaining a smooth surface has been an issue, and the organizers did not seem to be interested in repaving the track each year.
===Previous Layouts===
====Number 2====
The original course was Number 2. A simple lap around the triangle, with a very wide sweeping right hander, then after a short straight, a sharper right. A tight 180° led into a deviation along the back straight into the infield, and down to a wide 180° turn near the west entrance. All major races used this course until the 1960s.
====Number 9====
When international racing returned to Argentina in the early 70s, it was originally on the new Number 9 circuit. The only changes were to shorten the leg out by the west entrance (which was now a wide spectator plaza) and tighten the left hander before the pits. This knocked more than half of a kilometer off of the lap distance.
====Number 15====
Circuit Number 15 used much of 9, but partway through the first, sweeping righthander, it turned back left, making an irregular S-bend, heading around a large pond created from the old marshland. A moderate straight led into a wide, fast, double-apex righthander that turned more than 180°, then down the new back straight, which was almost a kilometer in length. A somewhat quick right-left chicane placed the cars back on the old circuit, just before the second righthander of the original triangle. The track length was almost doubled, and the average speed climbed by about 15%. But the extension greatly added to the bumpy surface, especially where the new joined the old, so the drivers were less than enthusiastic.
===Current===
The most recent circuit was a modified Number 6. Very similar to the early 70s Number 9, except for an irregular loop behind the pits. And the back straight loop used by all previous circuits had a new chicane at the exit, called the S de Senna.
==Event history==
The following is a list of Formula One events held at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálves:
Year 	Driver 	Constructor	Location 	Report
 	Michael Schumacher 	 	Circuito No.6(modified)	Report
 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	Circuito No.6(modified)	Report
 	Damon Hill 	 	Circuito No.6(modified)	Report
 	Damon Hill 	 	Circuito No.6(modified)	Report
1994–1982	Not held 	 	 	
 	Nelson Piquet 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Alan Jones 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Jacques Laffite 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Mario Andretti 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Jody Scheckter 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
1976 	Not held 	 	 	
 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Denny Hulme 	 	Circuito No.15 	Report
 	Emerson Fittipaldi 	 	Circuito No.9 	Report
 	Jackie Stewart 	 	Circuito No.9 	Report
 	Chris Amon 	 	Circuito No.9 	Report
1970–1961	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held
 	Bruce McLaren 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
1959 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held 	Not held
 	Stirling Moss 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
 	Luigi Musso Juan Manuel Fangio	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
 	Alberto Ascari 	 	Circuito No.2 	Report
==Notes==
Category:Circuits
Category:Former circuits
Category:Argentine Grand Prix
Category:Circuits that Débuted in 1953