1956 1000km of Buenos Aires

The 1956 1000km of Buenos Aires was the first round of the 1956 World Sportscar Championship, held in Buenos Aires on 29th January 1956.
== Qualifying ==
Jaguar took pole at the hands of William Parker, followed by Peter Quinn and Thadeaus Brennan for Mercedes.
== Race Summary ==
Parker had a bad start, having the car bog down as Quinn and Brennan immediately passed him, but they stayed in the same order for most of the first lap until Turn 4 "Entrada a los mixtos", where Parker failed to stop the car in time, causing him to plow into the side of Brennan. The Mercedes driver managed to continue without much damage, but Parker was caught out and fell into a spin into the grass on the outside of the corner. As most of the field passed by, the pole sitter was now among the lower end of the field. 
Quinn continued to lead the race for several laps until Joel Ericsson caught and passed the Mercedes driver. Although the Mercedes was faster on the long straights of the Buenos Aires Circuit, the Jaguar was much lighter and able to corner better. Quinn pitted as his teammate Thadeaus Brennan caught up to the back of him. Ericsson would remain unchallenged for the rest of the race, going on to win by over 30 seconds. 
== Classification ==
Championship points are awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1 with the best 2 results per marque counted.
# 	Name 	Marque 	Points
1 	Joel Ericsson 	JAGUAR 	8
2 	Thadeaus Brennan 	MERCEDES	6
3 	Peter Westland 	JAGUAR 	4
4 	Arouf Bin Salman Al Hamad	MERCEDES	3
5 	Peter Quinn 	MERCEDES	
6 	Earl Davis 	FERRARI 	2
7 	William Parker 	JAGUAR 	
8 	Cal Weathers 	MERCEDES	
9 	Klaus Hartkopf 	FERRARI 	1
Ret	Declan Wilson 	MERCEDES	
Ret	Juergen Becker 	MERCEDES	
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