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Argentine Grand Prix, Buenos Aires. Won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati

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Buenos Aires, Argentina...Juan Manuel Fangio won the Argentine GP in a Maserati. Including a co-drive to victory in 1956, it was the fourth straight win for Fangio in his home GP. Fangio averaged 80 mph for the 3 hour/100 lap race over the 2.42 mile Buenos Aires Autodrome circuit. Fangio took the checkered flag 18.3 seconds ahead of Jean Behra, also in a Maserati. Joakim Bonnier and Wolfgang von Trips made their GP debuts.

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  Helmut Glockler 1901 - 1993
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  Ron Tauranac 1924
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  Mauro Forghieri 1935
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  Bob Earl 1950
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  Ernie Irvan 1959

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  David Green 1958
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  Ron Fellows 1958