1957 British Grand Prix

The 1957 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the tenth British Grand Prix and it was race 5 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties in a Vanwall. It was the third and final time that a Grand Prix had been won by two drivers in a shared car. This was the first occasion that a British constructor won a World Drivers' Championship race, a feat achieved with two British drivers at their home Grand Prix.

1957 British Grand Prix
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Race details
Date20 July 1957
Official nameGrand Prix d'Europe incorporating the 10th RAC British Grand Prix
LocationAintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course length4.828 km (3.000 miles)
Distance90 laps, 434.52 km (270.00 miles)
WeatherOvercast, dry.
Pole position
DriverVanwall
Time2:00.2
Fastest lap
DriverUnited Kingdom Stirling MossVanwall
Time1:59.2
Podium
FirstVanwall
SecondFerrari
ThirdFerrari
Lap leaders
The winning Vanwall, VW5, before the start of the race. It was shared by Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss, who both played a part in scoring the constructor's first Formula One win.
All but one of the Maserati 250Fs retired from the race.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
118 Stirling MossVanwall2:00.2
24 Jean BehraMaserati2:00.4+0.2
320 Tony BrooksVanwall2:00.4+0.2
42 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati2:00.6+0.4
510 Mike HawthornFerrari2:01.2+1.0
622 Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall2:01.2+1.0
76 Harry SchellMaserati2:01.4+1.2
812 Peter CollinsFerrari2:01.8+1.6
916 Maurice TrintignantFerrari2:03.2+3.0
1014 Luigi MussoFerrari2:03.4+3.2
118 Carlos MenditeguyMaserati2:05.4+5.2
1226 Les LestonBRM2:05.6+5.4
1334 Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax2:07.0+6.8
1430 Horace GouldMaserati2:07.0+6.8
1536 Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax2:07.4+7.2
1624 Jack FairmanBRM2:08.6+8.4
1728 Jo BonnierMaserati2:12.6+12.4
1838 Bob GerardCooper-Bristol2:12.6+12.4
1932 Ivor BuebMaserati2:15.4+15.2
Source:[1]

Race edit

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120 Tony Brooks
Stirling Moss
Vanwall903:06:37.834
51
214 Luigi MussoFerrari90+25.6106
310 Mike HawthornFerrari90+42.854
416 Maurice Trintignant
Peter Collins
Ferrari88+2 laps932
02
536 Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax85+5 laps152
638 Bob GerardCooper-Bristol82+8 laps18
722 Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall82+8 laps6
832 Ivor BuebMaserati71+19 laps19
Ret34 Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax74Clutch13
Ret4 Jean BehraMaserati69Clutch2
Ret12 Peter CollinsFerrari53Water leak8
Ret18 Stirling Moss
Tony Brooks
Vanwall51Engine1
Ret2 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati49Engine4
Ret24 Jack FairmanBRM46Engine16
Ret26 Les LestonBRM44Engine12
Ret6 Harry SchellMaserati39Water pump7
Ret8 Carlos MenditeguyMaserati35Transmission11
Ret28 Jo BonnierMaserati18Gearbox17
DNS30 Horace GouldMaseratiAccident14
Sources:[2][3]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
  • ^2 – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps

Additional information edit

This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati(-powered car).

It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win for Vanwall (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier) and the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap and win for a British constructor and for a car powered by a British engine.

Shared drives edit

Championship standings after the race edit

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Juan Manuel Fangio25
12 Luigi Musso13
33 Tony Brooks10
24 Sam Hanks8
15 Jim Rathmann7
Source: [4]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References edit

External links edit

  • Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp. 420–421, 424


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