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Latin American Races 1957

Round	Date	Race	State	Started
1		Guadalupe	MEX
2	24.2.1957	National Havana	C
3	24.2.1957	GP Cuba	C	18
4	7.4.1957	GP Avandaro	MEX
6	12.5.1957	500 mile Rafaela	RA
7	30.6.1957	Puebla	MEX
8	1.7.1957	National Buenos Aires	RA
9	7.9.1957	500 km Interlagos	BR
10	24.11.1957	Mil Milhas Brasileiras	BR
11	1.12.1957	GP Sao Paolo	BR
12	8.12.1957	GP Rio de Janeiro	BR
13		National Buenos Aires	RA
14		Torreon	MEX
15		Caracas-Cuman-Caracas	YV
16		Sagua-Havana	C

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Latin American Races	Round: 1

Guadalupe

Logo del Guadalupe - January	Date: 1957

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 101,389 km

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	-	Julio Mariscal (MEX)	Jaguar D type

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Latin American Races	Round: 2

National Havana

National Race, Gran Premio de Cuba, Havana	Date: 24.2.1957

Fastest lap:

Modesto Bolanos

No. 10

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant
1.	24	Santiago Gonzalez (C)	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	M.O.P.
2.	10	Modesto Bolanos (C)	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
	Other starters:
	22	xxx	Jaguar XK120
	34	Manolo Pacheco (C)	MGA
	52	xxx	Porsche 356 Speedster

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Latin American Races	Round: 3

GP Cuba

Gran Premio de Cuba, Havana	Date: 24.2.1957

Started:

Circuit lenght: 5,060 km

Race distance: 450,500 km

Winner's average speed: 158,296 km/h

Attendance: 100000

Fastest lap:

Alfonso de Portago

No. 12

Ferrari 857S

2:1,4

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	2	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	Maserati 300S	Scuderia Madunina	90	3:11:02,000			1.	2:04,000
2.	18	Carroll Shelby (USA)	Ferrari 410 Sport 0598CM	John Edgar	90	3:12:11,300
3.	12	Alfonso de Portago (E)	Ferrari 857S 0584M/0578M	Alfonso de Portago	89				2.	2:04,900
4.	38	Peter Collins (GB)	Ferrari 500 TR	Howard Hively	85		1.	IC
5.	36	Olivier Gendebien (B) William Helburn (USA)	Ferrari 500 TR 0614MDTR	Temple Buell	82
6.	24	Alfonso Gomez-Mena (C)	Jaguar D type XKD 503	Alfonso Gomez Mena	80
7.	46	Piero Drogo (I)	Ferrari 500 TR 0632	Scuderia Madunina	79
8.	42	Wolfgang von Trips (D) Masten Gregory (USA)	Ferrari 500 TR 0652MDTR	Temple Buell	77
	Did not finish:
9.	6	Harry Schell (USA) Stirling Moss (GB) - DNP DNS - Pinheiro Pires (BR)	Maserati 300S 3062	Scuderia Madunina	78	Engine
10.	34	Alessandro de Tomaso (RA) Pires	Maserati 150S 1663?	Scuderia Madunina		DNF	3.	S
11.	10	Eugenio Castellotti (I) Luigi Chinetti (USA)	Ferrari 121 LM	Richard Kimberley		DNF
	28	Stirling Moss (GB)	Maserati 200S 2401	Scuderia Madunina	17	No oil pressure			3.	2:09,000
	8	Eugenio Castellotti (I) DNS - Jean Lucas (F)	Ferrari 860 Monza 0602M			DNF
	14	Phil Hill (USA) DNS - Paul O'Shea (USA)	Ferrari 857S 0570M	George Tilp		DQ: push start
	Other starters:
	-	xxx	Jaguar XK120
	48	Jean Lucas (F)	Ferrari 121 LM	John Killborn
	In entry list:
	-	Hans Herrmann (D)	Maserati 300S	Franco Cornacchia		Strike in N.Y. harbour
	-	André Simon (F)
	-	Piero Carini (I)	Ferrari	Carroll Shelby
	-	André Pilette (B)	Gordini T15S 0043 3361ET75	Equipe Gordini
	-	Robert Manzon (F)	Gordini T15S 0044	Equipe Gordini
	78	Piero Carini (I)	Ferrari 375 Plus 0396AM	John Edgar

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Latin American Races	Round: 4

GP Avandaro

Gran Premio d'Avandaro	Date: 7.4.1957

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 194,731 km

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Time/retired
1.	-	John von Neumann (USA)	Ferrari 3.0
2.	-	Julio Mariscal (MEX)	Jaguar D type
3.	-	Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX)	Osca MT4
4.	-	Ignacio Lozano (USA)	Lotus Eleven Climax
	-	C. Vigna (MEX)	Fiat 1100
	-	Jean Trévoux (F)	Renault Dauphine
	-	Maurice Michy (F)	Renault Dauphine
	Did not finish:
	2	Jacques Bellesiles (USA)	Ferrari 750 Monza 0582M	Jacques Bellesiles	DNF
	Other starters:
	-	Bruni	Chevrolet Corvette

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Latin American Races	Round: 6

500 mile Rafaela

500 Millas Argentinas, Rafaela	Date: 12.5.1957

No.	Driver / Nationality	Car
Other starters:
-	Enrique Sticoni (RA)	Chevrolet-Wayne
-	Ramón Requejo (RA)	Chevrolet
-	Jésus Iglesias (RA)	Chevrolet
-	Froilan Gonzalez (RA)	Ferrari - Corvette

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Latin American Races	Round: 7

Puebla

Puebla	Date: 30.6.1957

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car
1.	-	Julio Mariscal (MEX)	Jaguar D type
2.	-	Ken Miles (USA)	Porsche RS
3.	-	Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX)	Porsche RS

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Latin American Races	Round: 8

National Buenos Aires

Premio Inviermo, Buenos Aires	Date: 1.7.1957

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 53,108 km

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Time/retired
1.	-	Luis Milán (RA)	Ferrari 5.0
2.	-	Anton von Döry (RA)	Porsche
3.	-	Patricio Badaracco (RA)	Aston Martin 2.9
4.	-	Nestor Salerno (RA)	Ferrari 2.5
	Did not finish:
	-	Carlos Najurieta (RA)	Ford V8 Special	DNF
	Other starters:
	-	Juan-Manuel Bordeu (RA)

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Latin American Races	Round: 9

500 km Interlagos

1° 500 km de Interlagos, Interlagos	Date: 7.9.1957

Circuit lenght: 3,250 km

Race distance: 500,500 km

Winner's average speed: 132,610 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Celso Lara Barberis (BR) Ruggero Peruzzo (BR)	Maserati Corvette	154	3:46:27,200
2.	-	Luiz Valente (BR) Rafael Gargiulo (BR)	Alfa Romeo - Corvette (Duchen Especial)	145	3:46:50,200
3.	-	Godofredo Viana (BR) Eugenio Martins (BR)	Ferrari - Studebaker	142	3:46:59,200
4.	-	Antônio Mendes de Barros (BR) Eugenio Martins (BR)	Maserati 300S Ford Edelbrock 3035	127	3:46:47,900
5.	-	Rafael Gargiulo (BR) Hélio Rossi (BR)	Ford Bonini Edelbrock	121	3:47:45,100
6.	-	Luís Américo Margarido (BR) José Júlio Margarido (BR)	Margarido Special	115

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Latin American Races	Round: 10

Mil Milhas Brasileiras

2° Mil Milhas Brasileiras, Interlagos	Date: 24.11.1957

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Aristides Bertuol (BR) Orlando Menegas (BR)	Carretera Chevrolet
2.	-	Catharino Andreatta (BR) Diogo Luis	Carretera Ford
3.	-	Júlio Andreatta (BR) Dirceu Oliveira (BR)	Carretera Ford
4.	-	José Guidini Paschoal Landi (BR)	Carretera Ford
5.	-	Luiz Valente (BR) Arlindo Aguiar (BR)	Carretera Ford
6.	-	José Azmus Joăo Galvani (BR)	Carretera Ford
7.	-	Breno Fornari (BR) Afonso Hoch (BR)	Carretera Ford
8.	-	Flávio Beneduce Celso Lara Barberis (BR)	Carretera Ford
9.	-	Luís Américo Margarido (BR) José Júlio Margarido (BR)	Carretera Chevrolet
10.	-	Emílio Zambello (BR) Ruggero Peruzzo (BR)	Fiat
11.	-	Euclides Bastos Germano Schlogl (BR)	Carretera Ford
12.	-	Karl Iwers (BR) Jorge Truda	DKW
	Disqualified:
	-	Chico Landi (BR) José Gimenez Lopes (BR)			Rear lights not on
	Did not finish:
	-	Djalma Pessolato Camillo Christófaro (BR)	Chevrolet Corvette	43	Fatal accident
	-	Alfredo Santilli (BR)			Accident

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Latin American Races	Round: 11

GP Sao Paolo

GP de Sao Paolo, Interlagos	Date: 1.12.1957

Circuit lenght: 8,056 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 117,624 km/h

Fastest lap:

Juan Manuel Fangio

No. 4

Maserati 300S

3:53

124,470 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	4	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	Maserati 300S 3069	24	1:38:37,300	3000	1.	3:51,300
2.	6	Henrique Casini (BR)	Ferrari 3.0			3000	5.	4:04,500
3.	82	Chico Landi (BR)	Maserati 300S			3000	2.	3:52,600
4.	8	Godofredo Viana (BR) Armando Zampiero (I)	Ferrari 3.0			3000	9.	4:21,500
5.	-	Álvaro Varanda (BR)	Ferrari 3.0			3000
6.	22	Corrado Manfredini (I) Severino Silva (BR)	Maserati 200S			2000	10.	4:23,500
7.	17	"Radinni"	Porsche 1500			1500	8.	4:17,200
	Did not finish:
	5	Cícero da Costa Bittencourt	Ferrari 3.0		DNF	3000	7.	4:16,700
	12	Gino Munaron (I) Mario Valentim (BR)	Maserati 3.0		DNF	3000	4.	3:59,700
	36	Ico Ferreira	Ferrari 3.0		DNF	3000	6.	4:06,500
	46	Celso Lara Barberis (BR)	Ferrari 3.0		DNF	3000	3.	3:59,300

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Latin American Races	Round: 12

GP Rio de Janeiro

GP do Rio de Janeiro, Boa Vista	Date: 8.12.1957

Circuit lenght: 2,000 km

Race distance: 110,000 km

Winner's average speed: 93,385 km/h

Fastest lap:

Juan Manuel Fangio

No. 4

Maserati 300S

1:13,8

97,560 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	4	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	Maserati 300S 3069	55	1:10:39,200	1.	1:19,500
2.	-	Gino Munaron (I)	Ferrari	55
3.	-	Machado	Maserati
4.	-	Sebastiao Casini	Ferrari
5.	-	Godofredo Viana (BR)	Ferrari
	Did not finish:
	-	Armando Zampiero (I)	Ferrari		DNF
	-	Corrado Manfredini (I)	Maserati 300S		DNF
	-	Chico Landi (BR)	Maserati 300S		DNF

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Latin American Races	Round: 13

National Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires	Date: 1957

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	-	Luis Milán (RA)	Ferrari 5.0

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Latin American Races	Round: 14

Torreon

Torreon - September	Date: 1957

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	-	Ricardo Rodriguez (MEX)	Porsche

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Latin American Races	Round: 15

Caracas-Cuman-Caracas

Caracas-Cuman-Caracas road race	Date: 1957

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	-	Joao Rozende Dos Santos (YV)	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
2.	-	xxx	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

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Latin American Races	Round: 16

Sagua-Havana

Sagua-Havana road race	Date: 1957

No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Pos.	Group
-	Felipe Guitterrez	Porsche	1.	2.0
Other starters:
-	xxx	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

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Latin American Races 1957

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Guadalupe

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National Havana

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GP Cuba

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GP Avandaro

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500 mile Rafaela

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Puebla

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National Buenos Aires

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500 km Interlagos

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Mil Milhas Brasileiras

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GP Sao Paolo

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GP Rio de Janeiro

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National Buenos Aires

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Torreon

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Caracas-Cuman-Caracas

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Sagua-Havana

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