The 10th Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires was a Formula Libre motor race held on 31 January 1954 at the Autódromo 17 de Octubre in Buenos Aires. The race was won by Maurice Trintignant in the Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625. Roberto Mieres in a Maserati A6GCM was second and José Froilán González and Giuseppe Farina shared another Ferrari 625 for third, Farina's car having retired earlier. Farina also qualified on pole and set fastest lap.

The event was marred by the death of team owner Enrico Platé, killed when Jorge Daponte's car spun and crashed into the pit lane.

Classification Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired 1 26 Maurice Trintignant Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625 2:38:36.0 2 32 Roberto Mieres Roberto Mieres Maserati A6GCM +29.4s 3 12 José Froilán González Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 +37.6s 4 28 Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM +1:44.5 5 18 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1:45.4 6 14 Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 64 laps, engine 7 8 B. Bira Enrico Platé Maserati A6GCM +1 lap 8 16 Umberto Maglioli Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 +1 lap 9 52 Alfredo Pián Alfredo Pián Pián-Ford +8 laps 10 20 Élie Bayol Roger Loyer Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +10 laps Ret. 4 Onofre Marimón Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Ret. 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Ret. 10 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 1 lap, transmission Ret. 38 Francisco Landi Francisco Landi Ferrari 375 Ret. 22 Roger Loyer Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 Ret. Clemar Bucci Clemar Bucci Alfa Romeo 12C Ret. 34 Jorge Daponte Jorge Daponte Maserati A6GCM Crash Ret. Carlos Fortunatti Firpo Maserati 4CLT Ret. 24 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ret. José Félix López Ferrari 166 DNA Emmanuel de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati A6GCM

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