1954 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1954 Argentine Grand Prix (officially II Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina) was race number 1 of the 1954 Formula One Season. It took place at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez on January 17 1954. The race was won Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio with Nino Farina in second and José Froilán González in third, both of Ferrari.
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==Background==
After the tragedy of the 1953 race, a number of changes had been made to the circuit, particularly in terms of security and spectator protection. But one change that was seemingly unrelated to that goal was the reversal of the track direction, from clockwise to counterclockwise. But that seemed to backfire, as the pole time was 10 seconds faster than in 1953. Even allowing for the change in formula, the experiment was never repeated.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
4 	Onofre Marimón 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
6 	Luigi Musso 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
8 	Prince Bira 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
10 	Giuseppe Farina 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	625 	 	625 L4 2.5 	
12 	José Froilán González 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	625 	 	625 L4 2.5 	
14 	Mike Hawthorn 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	625 	 	625 L4 2.5 	
16 	Umberto Maglioli 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	625 	 	625 L4 2.5 	
18 	Jean Behra 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.5 	
20 	Élie Bayol 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.0 	
22 	Roger Loyer 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.5 	
24 	Louis Rosier 	Ecurie Rosier 	 	500 	 	500 L4 2.0 	
26 	Maurice Trintignant 	Ecurie Rosier 	 	500 	 	500 L4 2.0 	
28 	Harry Schell 	Harry Schell 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 L6 2.0 	
30 	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Emmanuel de Graffenried 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 L6 2.0 	
32 	Roberto Mieres 	Roberto Mieres 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 L6 2.0 	
34 	Jorge Daponte 	Jorge Daponte 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 L6 2.0 	
36 	Carlos Menditeguy 	Onofre Marimón 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 L6 2.0 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap 	
1 	10 	Giuseppe Farina 	 	1:44.8 	— 	
2 	12 	José Froilán González	 	1:44.9 	+ 0.1 	
3 	2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	1:45.6 	+ 0.8 	
4 	14 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	1:47.0 	+ 2.2 	
5 	26 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	1:47.4 	+ 2.6 	
6 	4 	Onofre Marimón 	 	1:47.4 	+ 2.6 	
7 	6 	Luigi Musso 	 	1:48.2 	+ 3.4 	
8 	32 	Roberto Mieres 	 	1:49.0 	+ 4.2 	
9 	36 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	1:49.2 	+ 4.4 	
10 	8 	Prince Bira 	 	1:49.3 	+ 4.5 	
11 	28 	Harry Schell 	 	1:50.0 	+ 5.2 	
12 	16 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	1:50.2 	+ 5.4 	
13 	30 	Toulo de Graffenried 	 	1:50.7 	+ 5.9 	
14 	24 	Louis Rosier 	 	1:51.1 	+ 6.3 	
15 	20 	Élie Bayol 	 	1:51.6 	+ 6.8 	
16 	22 	Roger Loyer 	 	1:52.6 	+ 7.8 	
17 	18 	Jean Behra 	 	1:53.0 	+ 8.2 	
18 	34 	Jorge Daponte 	 	1:56.7 	+ 11.9 	
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===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	87 	3:00:55.8 	3 	8
2 	10 	Nino Farina 	 	87 	+ 1:19.0 	1 	6
3 	12 	José Froilán González	 	87 	+ 2:01.0 	2 	5
4 	26 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	86 	+ 1 Lap 	5 	3
5 	20 	Élie Bayol 	Gordini 	85 	+ 2 Laps 	15 	2
6 	28 	Harry Schell 	 	84 	+ 3 Laps 	11 	
7 	8 	Prince Bira 	 	83 	+ 4 Laps 	10 	
8 	30 	Toulo de Graffenried 	 	83 	+ 4 Laps 	13 	
9 	16 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	82 	+ 5 Laps 	12 	
DSQ 	18 	Jean Behra 	Gordini 	61 	Push Start 	17 	
DSQ 	14 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	52 	Push Start 	4 	
Ret 	4 	Onofre Marimón 	 	48 	Engine 	6 	
Ret 	32 	Roberto Mieres 	 	37 	Oil Leak 	8 	
Ret 	22 	Roger Loyer 	Gordini 	19 	Oil Pressure	16 	
Ret 	34 	Jorge Daponte 	 	19 	Gearbox 	18 	
Ret 	24 	Louis Rosier 	 	1 	Accident 	14 	
DNS 	6 	Luigi Musso 	 	 	Engine 	7 	
DNS 	36 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	 	Engine 	9 	
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==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
==External Links==
Category:Grand Prix articles
Category:1954 Grands Prix
Category:Argentine Grand Prix