Circuit of the past · Buenos Aires

Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Grand Prix years
1953–1998
Grands Prix held
20
Lap length
4.259 km
Corners
19
Type
Race circuit

About the circuit

Fangio’s home track

The autodrome in Buenos Aires, later named after the racing brothers Juan and Oscar Gálvez, hosted the first Argentine Grand Prix in 1953. Juan Manuel Fangio won his home race four years in a row, from 1954 to 1957 — in 1956 in Luigi Musso’s car, which he took over during the race. In 1958 Stirling Moss won here in a Cooper, the first World Championship win for a car with its engine in the back.

Three eras

The Argentine Grand Prix was held here in three spells: 1953–1960, the 1970s into the early 1980s, and 1995–1998, almost every time on a different layout of the autodrome. In the last spell Damon Hill won twice, in 1995 and 1996, and the final race, in 1998, went to Michael Schumacher.

Championship races
20 — from 1953 to 1998, all of them the Argentine Grand Prix
First race
18 January 1953 — Alberto Ascari
Most wins
Juan Manuel Fangio — 4, in a row in 1954–1957
Last race
12 April 1998 — Michael Schumacher

Layouts by year

1953–19607 races · 3.912 km · 13 turns
1972–19732 races · 3.346 km · 14 turns
1974–19817 races · 5.968 km · 16 turns
1995–19984 races · 4.259 km · 19 turns

Winners

1998Michael SchumacherFerrarifrom P2
1997Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsfrom P1
1996Damon HillWilliamsfrom P1
1995Damon HillWilliamsfrom P2
1981Nelson PiquetBrabhamfrom P1
1980Alan JonesWilliamsfrom P1
1979Jacques LaffiteLigierfrom P1
1978Mario AndrettiLotusfrom P1
1977Jody ScheckterWolffrom P11
1975Emerson FittipaldiMcLarenfrom P5
1974Denny HulmeMcLarenfrom P10
1973Emerson FittipaldiLotusfrom P2

Records

Lap record1:27.981Gerhard Berger · 1997
Most wins4Juan Manuel Fangio
First Grand Prix1953Alberto Ascari
Races held20in the World Championship since 1953

The lap record is per circuit layout. Calculated by Gridlap from f1db history and the season’s results