1957 Argentine Grand Prix
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The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 13 January 1957 at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez.
[edit] Race report
Fangio had left Ferrari for Maserati to attempt to win a fifth world championship with the help of their much modified 250Fs. Even without him,Ferrari had one of the strongest driver lineups in history with Hawthorn moving from BRM to join Collins,Musso and Castellotti. Since the British teams were not present,Stirling Moss-who had signed for Vanwall-was part of the Maserati line-up with Behra as third driver. Fangio and Behra raced away into the distance as the rest of the field floundered. Moss's throttle linkage broke on the startline and he lost 10 laps having it fixed. The Ferraris were all suffering terribly with clutch problems-both Collins and Musso burnt theirs out,whilst Hawthorn's was slipping badly. Both Collins and von Trips took over Perdisa's Ferrari in an attempt to stop the Maseratis,but were powerless to stop them taking the first four places. Moss rejoined and set fastest lap on his way to 8th place.
[edit] Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio |
Maserati | 100 | 3:00:55.9 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 |  Jean Behra |
Maserati | 100 | +18.3 secs | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Carlos Menditeguy |
Maserati | 99 | +1 Lap | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 |  Harry Schell |
Maserati | 98 | +2 Laps | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 |  Alfonso de Portago José Froilán González |
Ferrari | 98 | +2 Laps | 10 | 1 1 |
| 6 | 18 |  Cesare Perdisa Peter Collins Wolfgang von Trips |
Ferrari | 98 | +2 Laps | 11 | |
| 7 | 24 |  Jo Bonnier |
Maserati | 95 | +5 Laps | 13 | |
| 8 | 4 | Stirling Moss |
Maserati | 93 | +7 Laps | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | Alessandro de Tomaso |
Ferrari | 91 | +9 Laps | 12 | |
| 10 | 28 | Luigi Piotti |
Maserati | 90 | +10 Laps | 14 | |
| Ret | 14 | Eugenio Castellotti |
Ferrari | 75 | Wheel | 4 | |
| Ret | 16 | Mike Hawthorn |
Ferrari | 35 | Clutch | 7 | |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Musso |
Ferrari | 31 | Clutch | 6 | |
| Ret | 10 | Peter Collins |
Ferrari | 26 | Clutch | 5 |
[edit] Notes
- Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:42.6
- Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 1:44.7
- Lap Leaders: Jean Behra 8 laps (1-2, 9-12, 81, 84); Eugenio Castellotti 6 laps (3-8); Peter Collins 13 laps (13-25); Juan Manuel Fangio 73 laps (26-80, 82-83, 85-100).
- Shared Drives:
- Car #20: Alfonso de Portago (49 laps) and José Froilán González (49 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
- Car #18: Cesare Perdisa (30 laps), Peter Collins (35 laps) and Wolfgang von Trips (33 laps).
- Grand Prix debut for: Alessandro de Tomaso.
- Last Grand Prix appearance for: Eugenio Castellotti, Cesare Perdisa, and Alfonso de Portago.
- Career Firsts: Carlos Menditeguy (podium).
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