F1 in Argentina: how many races have been run throughout history and who is the biggest winner

The Formula 1 (F1) It is the most important and prestigious competition in motorsports. Each season generates a great expectation among all his fans around the world, especially at this time, when we are approaching the beginning of the Great Circus.

This new season brings big changes: there were modifications in eight of the 10 teams, and the organization introduced 4 major measures in its regulations. The first race is March 16 in Melbourne, Australia.

And this competition became massively popular (although not recent) in our country, since Franco Colapinto He sat in one of the Williams Racing seats. The 21-year-old Argentine debuted in September last year and had incredible and surprising races, never dropping from 12th place in any of his first five Grands Prix. Getting to add five points for the championship.

After the disappointment of the public after learning that he did not have a guaranteed place in the new season, Alpinethe French team, announced that the Argentine is its new reserve pilot and he has a good chance of racing in the top category again in 2025.

Colapinto always makes people talk. And this time, it is because of a comment on an F1 post. The entity recalled, through a publication on the social network instagramthe first time that a race of this category was held in Argentina: “On a day like today but in 1953, F1 arrived for the first time in Buenos Aires. A circuit with a lot of history.”

And here the appearance of the new Alpine reserve driver, since the Pilar native expressed his desire for F1 to return to our country. A wish of many Argentines who want to see this competition in our lands again. “It’s time for me to come back. A handle of a little pink car driving through Gálvez”he wrote in the post. The “little pink car” refers to the vehicles of the French team, of which he recently joined.

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When was the last time Formula 1 raced in our country?

The first Argentine F1 Grand Prix was held in 1953. This contest was repeated every year (except in 1959) until 1960. And then, throughout this decade, the calendar of the highest category of motorsport did not include visits to our country.

Racing in our nation only resumed in 1972, captivating drivers and spectators from around the world. However, after the 1981 event, the authorities withdrew the date in the country. But they came back in 1995 and was carried out until 1998making this edition the last Grand Prix in Argentina.

The 21 editions were disputed in Buenos Aires Autodrome Oscar and Juan Gálvezlocated in the Villa Riachuelo neighborhood of the Argentine capital. Its name is due to the Gálvez Brothers, idols of Road Tourism in the decades between 1940 and 1960.

For three periods, the Grand Prix had as its top winner the legendary native of Balcarce, Juan Manuel Fangiowho took first place in this race in four consecutive opportunities: 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957.