1957 FIA Formula One World Championship season | |
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The 1957 Formula One season was the eighth season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1957 World Championship of Drivers [1] which commenced on January 13, 1957 and ended on September 8 after eight races. Juan Manuel Fangio won his fourth consecutive title, his fifth in total, in his final Championship – a remarkable feat that would not be matched for nearly 50 years. The season also included numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars.
Season summary[]
Fangio chose to switch teams again, joining Maserati before the start of the season. The decision to switch proved to be a masterstroke, with Ferrari's line-up of Peter Collins, Eugenio Castellotti and the returning Mike Hawthorn failing to win a race. Castellotti and Alfonso de Portago were killed in action, making this a truly disastrous year for Ferrari.
The man Fangio replaced at Maserati, Stirling Moss, moved to Vanwall, a team beginning to fulfill their promise. Between them Fangio and Moss won every Grand Prix of the season, Fangio taking four victories to Moss' three. 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.
At the end of the year it was announced Fangio would not return for another season. Maserati also pulled out, citing financial reasons. This was also the final year in which points were awarded for shared drives.
Season review[]
The 1957 World Championship of Drivers comprised the following eight races.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver |
Constructor | Tyre | Report |
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1 | Argentine Grand Prix | Oscar Gálvez | January 13 | Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | P | Report |
2 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | May 19 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | P | Report |
3 | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis | May 30 | Pat O'Connor | Jim Rathmann | Sam Hanks | Epperly-Offenhauser | F | Report |
4 | French Grand Prix | Rouen-Les-Essarts | July 7 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Luigi Musso | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | P | Report |
5 | British Grand Prix | Aintree | July 20 | Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss | Tony Brooks Stirling Moss |
Vanwall | P | Report |
6 | German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | August 4 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | P | Report |
7 | Pescara Grand Prix | Pescara | August 18 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss | Vanwall | P | Report |
8 | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | September 8 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Tony Brooks | Stirling Moss | Vanwall | P | Report |
All Grand Prix events were open to Formula One cars but the Indianapolis 500 was restricted to USAC National Championship cars.
Teams and drivers[]
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The list does not include those who only contested the Indianapolis 500.
Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Driver | Rounds |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Maserati 250F1 2.5 V12 |
P | Juan Manuel Fangio | 1–2, 4–8 |
Stirling Moss | 1 | |||||
Jean Behra | 1, 4–8 | |||||
Carlos Menditeguy | 1–2, 4–5 | |||||
Giorgio Scarlatti | 2, 6–8 | |||||
Harry Schell | 2, 4–8 | |||||
Hans Herrmann | 2 | |||||
Paco Godia | 6–7 | |||||
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 801 | Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8 | E | Peter Collins | 1–2, 4–6, 8 |
Luigi Musso | 1, 4–8 | |||||
Eugenio Castellotti | 1 | |||||
Mike Hawthorn | 1–2, 4–6, 8 | |||||
Wolfgang von Trips | 1–2, 8 | |||||
Cesare Perdisa | 1 | |||||
Alfonso de Portago | 1 | |||||
José Froilán González | 1 | |||||
Maurice Trintignant | 2, 4–5 | |||||
Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati Ferrari |
250F 500 |
Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Ferrari 625 2.5 L4 |
P | Harry Schell | 1 |
Jo Bonnier | 1, 7–8 | |||||
Alejandro de Tomaso | 1 | |||||
Masten Gregory | 2, 6–8 | |||||
André Simon | 2 | |||||
Hans Herrmann | 6 | |||||
Luigi Piotti | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | P | Luigi Piotti | 1–2, 7–8 |
Owen Racing Organisation |
BRM | P25 | BRM P25 2.5 L4 | D | Ron Flockhart | 2, 4 |
Roy Salvadori | 2 | |||||
Herbert MacKay-Fraser | 4 | |||||
Jack Fairman | 5 | |||||
Les Leston | 5 | |||||
Connaught Engineering |
Connaught | B | Alta GP 2.5 L4 | D | Stuart Lewis-Evans | 2 |
Ivor Bueb | 2 | |||||
Cooper Car Company | Cooper | T43 | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | A | Jack Brabham | 2, 4 |
Les Leston | 2 | |||||
Mike MacDowel | 4 | |||||
Roy Salvadori | 5, 7 | |||||
T43 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | Roy Salvadori | 6 | ||
Vandervell Products | Vanwall | VW 5 | Vanwall 254 2.5 L4 | P | Stirling Moss | 2, 5–8 |
Tony Brooks | 2, 5–8 | |||||
Stuart Lewis-Evans | 4–8 | |||||
Roy Salvadori | 4 | |||||
H.H. Gould | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | D | Horace Gould | 2, 4–8 |
Jo Bonnier | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | P | Jo Bonnier | 5 |
Gilby Engineering | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | D | Ivor Bueb | 5 |
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team |
Cooper | T43 | Climax FPF 2.0 L4 | D | Jack Brabham | 5, 7 |
T43 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | Jack Brabham | 6 | ||
Bob Gerard | Cooper | T44 | Bristol BS2 2.2 L6 | D | Bob Gerard | 5 |
Bruce Halford | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | D | Bruce Halford | 6–8 |
Dr Ing F. Porsche KG | Porsche | RS550 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | ? | Umberto Maglioli | 6 |
Edgar Barth | 6 | |||||
Ridgeway Management | Cooper | T43 T41 |
Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | Tony Marsh | 6 |
Paul England | 6 | |||||
Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche | RS550 | Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 | D | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 6 |
J.B. Naylor | Cooper | T43 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | Brian Naylor | 6 |
Dick Gibson | Cooper | T43 | Climax FPF 1.5 L4 | D | Dick Gibson | 6 |
Francesco Godia Sales | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | P | Paco Godia | 8 |
Ottorino Volonterio | Maserati | 250F | Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 | P | Ottorino Volonterio | 8 |
André Simon | 8 |
- Pink background denotes F2 entrants to the German Grand Prix
1957 World Championship of Drivers – final standings[]
Championship points were awarded on an 8-6-4-3-2 basis for the first five placings in each race. An additional point was awarded for the fastest race lap.
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- Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
- Bold indicates pole position
- † 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.
Non-Championship race results[]
The following Formula One races, also held in 1957, did not count towards the World Championship of Drivers.
Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver |
Constructor | Report |
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XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | January 27 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | Report |
VII Gran Premio di Siracusa | Syracuse | April 7 | Peter Collins | Lancia-Ferrari | Report |
XVII Pau Grand Prix | 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 |
Notes & references[]
- ↑ 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 118–119
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