The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 August 1957 at the Pescara Circuit in Italy. It was the seventh round of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship. This race is best remembered for being held on the longest ever circuit to stage a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix—the track is 25 km / 16 miles long (now part of the SR16bis) on the coast of Pescara. It was also the first time that Formula One had ever held two races in the same country during the same season.
The race drew an enormous crowd in excess of 200,000 spectators.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |  Stirling Moss
|
Vanwall | 18 | 2:59:22.7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati | 18 | +3:13.9 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati | 18 | +6:46.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Masten Gregory
|
Maserati | 18 | +8:16.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall | 17 | +1 Lap | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 |  Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Maserati | 17 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 7 | 24 |  Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax | 15 | +3 Laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 34 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari | 9 | Oil Leak | 3 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Paco Godia
|
Maserati | 9 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati | 9 | Transmission | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati | 7 | Overheating | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati | 3 | Oil Leak | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Roy Salvadori
|
Cooper-Climax | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 28 | Tony Brooks
|
Vanwall | 1 | Engine | 6 | |
| Ret | 18 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati | 0 | Engine | 13 |
Notes[]
- Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 9:44.6
- Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 9:44.6
- Lap Leaders: Luigi Musso 1 lap (1); Stirling Moss 17 laps (2-18).
- This was a race where some drivers qualified 20 seconds ahead of others. The biggest difference was pole sitter Juan Manuel Fangio's time of 9:44.6 compared to Jack Brabham's time of 11:35.2, almost 2 minutes off Fangio's time. This was because many of the drivers on the grid had never driven at Pescara before.
Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
40 |
| 2 | Stirling Moss
|
17 |
| 3 | Luigi Musso
|
16 |
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn
|
13 |
| 5 | Tony Brooks
|
10 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
| Previous race: 1957 German Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1957 season |
Next race: 1957 Italian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1956 Pescara Grand Prix |
Pescara Grand Prix | Next race: 1960 Pescara Grand Prix |
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