1957 Formula One season

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1957 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1957 Formula One season included the 8th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 13, 1957, and ended on September 8 after eight races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1957 Drivers Championship final standings
4 Non-Championship race results
5 Notes

[edit] Season summary

The Vanwall challenge became a reality in 1957, although Connaught was forced to withdraw for lack of funds and BRM remained unreliable. Fangio took his fifth, and final, championship, but the Vanwalls took three races. Fangio's drive at the Nürburgring, where he overtook Collins and Hawthorn on the penultimate lap after a pit stop had put him nearly a minute behind, was a classic. Points were no longer awarded for shared drives.

[edit] Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 13	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 19	Monaco	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 7	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 20	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
7	Pescara Grand Prix	August 18	Pescara	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report

[edit] 1957 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PSC	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	1*		1	Ret	1*	2	2	40 (46)
2	Stirling Moss	8*	Ret			1*† / Ret†	5	1*	1	25
3	Luigi Musso	Ret			2*	2	4	Ret	8	16
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ret	Ret† / Ret		4	3	2		6	13
5	Tony Brooks		2			1† / Ret†	9	Ret	7*	11
6	Masten Gregory		3				8	4	4	10
7	Harry Schell	4	Ret† / Ret		5	Ret	7	3	5† / Ret	10
8	Sam Hanks			1						8
9	Peter Collins	6† / Ret	Ret		3	Ret / 4†‡	3		12	8
10	Jim Rathmann			2*						7
11	Jean Behra	2			6	Ret	6	Ret	14	6
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans		4		Ret	7	Ret	5	13	5
13	Maurice Trintignant		5		Ret	4†				5
14	Wolfgang von Trips	6†	Ret†						3	4
15	Carlos Menditeguy	3	Ret		Ret	Ret				4
16	Jimmy Bryan			3						4
17	Paul Russo			4						3
18	Roy Salvadori		DNQ		Ret	5		Ret		2
19	Andy Linden			5						2
20	Giorgio Scarlatti		Ret†				10	6	5†	1
21	Alfonso de Portago	5†								1
22	José Froilán González	5†								1
23	Jack Brabham		6		7† / Ret	Ret		7		0
24	Johnny Boyd			6						0
25	Bob Gerard					6				0
26	Cesare Perdisa	6†								0
27	Joakim Bonnier	7				Ret		Ret	17	0
28	Marshall Teague			7						0
29	Mike MacDowel				7†					0
30	Ivor Bueb		Ret			8				0
31	Pat O'Connor			8						0
32	Paco Godia						Ret	Ret	9	0
33	Alessandro de Tomaso	9								0
34	Bob Veith			9						0
35	Luigi Piotti	10	DNQ					Ret	18	0
36	Horace Gould		Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10	0
37	Gene Hartley			10						0
38	Bruce Halford						11	Ret	15	0
39	Jack Turner			11						0
40	Ottorino Volonterio								11†	0
41	André Simon		DNQ						11†	0
42	Johnny Thomson			12						0
43	Bob Christie			13						0
44	Chuck Weyant			14						0
45	Tony Bettenhausen			15						0
46	Johnnie Parsons			16						0
47	Don Freeland			17						0
—	Ron Flockhart		Ret		Ret					0
—	Hans Herrmann		DNQ				Ret			0
—	Les Leston		DNQ			Ret				0
—	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret								0
—	Jimmy Reece			Ret						0
—	Don Edmunds			Ret						0
—	Johnnie Tolan			Ret						0
—	Al Herman			Ret						0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret						0
—	Eddie Sachs			Ret						0
—	Mike Magill			Ret						0
—	Eddie Johnson			Ret						0
—	Bill Cheesbourg			Ret						0
—	Al Keller			Ret						0
—	Jimmy Daywalt			Ret						0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret						0
—	Rodger Ward			Ret						0
—	Troy Ruttman			Ret						0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret						0
—	Elmer George			Ret						0
—	Herbert MacKay-Fraser				Ret					0
—	Jack Fairman					Ret				0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PSC	ITA	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
‡ Too few laps driven to receive points
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[edit] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1957, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Buenos Aries	January 27	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
VII Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 7	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XVII Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 22	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
V Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Connaught-Alta	Report
X Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	April 28	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XXIII Grand Prix de Reims	Reims-Gueux	July 14	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
V Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	July 28	Jean Behra	BRM	Report
IX BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	September 14	Jean Behra	BRM	Report
V Gran Premio di Modena	Modena	September 22	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
VI Grand Prix de Maroc	Ain-Diab	October 27	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report