The 1960 1000 km Buenos Aires took place on 31 January, on the Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, (Buenos Aires, Argentina). It was the sixth running of the race, and after a year off, it returned to be the opening round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. However, this was to be last time to race was held until a non-championship race was held in 1970

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Entry

A grand total of 28 racing cars were registered for this event, of which all 28 arrived for practice and 27 for qualifying for the race. As with previous races in Argentina, the race was poorly supported by the work of teams. Only Scuderia Ferrari and Porsche KG sent works cars from Europe. The Italian marque had entered three of the stunning Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 for Richie Ginther/Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill/Cliff Allison and Ludovico Scarfiotti/José Froilán González. As for Porsche, they also entered three cars, their 718 RSK were piloted by Jo Bonnier/Graham Hill, Olivier Gendebien/Edgar Barth and Maurice Trintignant/Hans Herrmann

Qualifying

After a three-hour qualifying session held on the three days prior to the race, it was Phil Hill who took pole position for Scuderia Ferrari in their 250 TR.

Race

The race was held over 106 laps of the 5.888 mile, Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz, giving a distance of 624.162 miles (1,004.49 km). Due to the lack of opposition as the Porsches were racing in a different class, it was left to Ferrari to battle amongst themselves. The race was overshadowed by the fatal accident involving the American, Harry Blanchard, whose Porsche 718 RSK had crashed on the first lap, overturned and hit several times by other cars.

In the race, the Scuderia Ferrari of Hill and Allison, won ahead of their team-mates Ginther/von Trips. Car number 4, took an impressive victory, winning in a time of 6hrs 17:12.1 mins, averaging a speed of 99.283 mph. Second place went to the second Ferrari, albeit a lap adrift. The podium was complete by the S1.6 class winner, Bonnier/Hill who in return were a further four laps behind.

Official Classification

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos No ClassDriver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out 1st 4 S3.0 Phil Hill Cliff Allison Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 6hr 17:12.1, 106 2nd 2 S3.0 Richie Ginther Wolfgang von Trips Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 105 3rd 30 S1.6 Jo Bonnier Graham Hill Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 101 4th 14 S3.0 Celso Lara Barberis Christian Heins Maserati 300S 101 5th 42 S1.6 Pedro von Döry Juan Manuel Bordeu Anton von Döry Porsche 718 RSK 100 6th 36 S1.6 Christian Goethals Curt Delfosse Porsche 718 RSK 100 7th 34 S1.6 Maurice Trintignant Hans Herrmann Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 95 8th 44 S1.6 Hugo Maestretti Alberto Gómez Porsche 718 RSK 94 9th 50 GT “Madero” Nino Todaro Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim 92 10th 56 GT Huschke von Hanstein Heriberto Bohnen Porsche KG Porsche 356B Carrera 88 DNF 8 S3.0 Roberto Bonomi Luis Milán Maserati 300S 83 Clutch 11th 52 GT Ugo Tosa Silvano Turco Ferrari 250 GT LWB 83 DNF 20 S3.0 Dan Gurney Masten Gregory Camoradi International Maserati Tipo 61 56 Gearbox/Suspension DNF 32 S1.6 Olivier Gendebien Edgar Barth Porsche KG Porsche 718 RSK 53 Oil pipe DNF 6 S3.0 Ludovico Scarfiotti José Froilán González Scuderia Ferrari Dino 246 S 38 Distributor DNF 10 S3.0 Rodolfo de Álzaga Nestor Salerno Maserati 300S 10 Engine DNF 24 S3.0 Antonio Pucci Ernesto Dagnino Maserati 5 Oil pressure DNF 18 S3.0 Camilo Gay César Rivero Lancia D24 4 Transmission DNF 54 GT Carlo Maria Abate Alberto Rodríguez Larreta Ferrari 250 GT LWB 2 Brakes DNF 16 S3.0 Fernando Barreto Carlos Najurieta Maserati 300S 0 Transmission DNF 22 S2.0 Enrique Sticoni Jesús Iglesias Maserati 200S I 0 Gearbox DNF 38 S1.6 Heini Walter Juan Manuel Bordeu Porsche 718 RSK 0 Accident DNF 40 S1.6 Harry Blanchard Wolfgang Seidel Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK 0 Fatal accident(Blanchard) DNS 26 S3.0 Ettore Chimeri Julio Pola Maserati 300S did not start DNS 12 S3.0 Carlos Guimarey António Creus Maserati 300S did not start DNS 28 S3.0 Cesar Reyes Julio Guimarey Ferrari 750 Monza did not start DNS 48 GT Carlo Mario Abate Casimiro Toselli Scuderia Serenissima Ferrari 250 GT LWB Differential DNQ 46 S1.6 Gino Munaron Alberto Mapelli Mozzi Carlos Reyes Osca S1500

Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney, 3:22.4secs (104.733 mph)

Class Winners

Class Winners Sports 3000 4 Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Fantuzzi Spyder Hill / Allison Sports 1600 30 Porsche 718 RSK Bonnier / Hill Grand Touring 50 Ferrari 250 GT Interim “Madero” / Todaro

Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 Ferrari 8 2 Porsche 4 3 Maserati 3

Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table.

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