About 10 laps into the race, the engine in Fangio's car began misfiring, so he stopped at the pits to have the magneto changed, but only completed one further lap before stopping again.
As 10 voltas de carreira, o motor do coche de Fangio comezou a fallar, polo que se detivo nos boxes para que cambiar a magneto, pero só completou unha volta máis antes de deterse outra vez.