1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)

1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Race details
Date	February 8–9 1947
Official name	I Gran Premio del General Juan Perón
Location	Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course	Public streets
Course length	2.410 km (1.497 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 120.5 km (74.87 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Time	1m 06s 131.45 km/h (81.68 mp/h)
Podium
First	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL
Second	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 308
Third	Chico Landi	Alfa Romeo 308

The first of two 1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: I Gran Premio del General Juan Perón, also known as the I Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Retiro street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 8–9, 1947. The scheduled competitions opened on February 8 with two preliminary rounds of the Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Limitada and Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Libre classes for a combined final which determined the qualification for the February 9, Formula Libre main event.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
1	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati 4CL	50	1:04:11
2	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 308	50	1:04:12
3	Chico Landi	Alfa Romeo 308	49	1:04:38
4	Giacomo Palmieri	Maserati 6CM	48	1:04:43
5	Pablo Pessatti	Alfa Romeo 8C-35	48	1:04:53
6	Italo Bizio	Alfa Romeo 2900 A
Ret	Raph	Maserati 6CM	16	DNF
Ret	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Alfa Romeo 308	10	DNF
Ret	Carlo Pintacuda	Maserati 4CL		DNF
Ret	Juan Gálvez	Alfa Romeo P3		DNF
Ret	Francisco Culligan	Maserati 6CM		DNF
Ret	Clemar Bucci	Cadillac 16c		DNF
Ret	Pascual Puopolo	Maserati 8CL		DNS
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