1957 British Grand Prix
F1
CountryUnited Kingdom
Grand prixBritish
Official nameGrand Prix d'Europe incorporating the 10th RAC British Grand Prix
Date20 July
Year1957
Previous round1957 French Grand Prix
Next round1957 German Grand Prix
LocationAintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course3.000 mi
Course4.828 km
Distance laps90
Distance270.00 mi
Distance434.52 km
WeatherOvercast, dry.
Pole driverStirling Moss
Pole teamVanwall
Pole time2:00.2
Pole countryUK
Fast driverStirling Moss
Fast teamVanwall
Fast time1:59.2
Fast countryUK
First driverStirling Moss
First teamVanwall
First countryUK
First driver 2Tony Brooks
First country 2UK
Second driverLuigi Musso
Second teamFerrari
Second countryITA
Third driverMike Hawthorn
Third teamFerrari
Third countryUK

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 race was also noted as the first occasion that a British constructor won a World Drivers' Championship race, and from this season onwards British constructors won races in every season until , except .

Classification

Qualifying

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

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120Tony Brooks
Stirling Moss		Vanwall903:06:37.834
5
214Luigi MussoFerrari90+25.6106
310Mike HawthornFerrari90+42.854
416Maurice Trintignant
Peter Collins		Ferrari88+2 laps93
0
536Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax85+5 laps152
638Bob GerardCooper-Bristol82+8 laps18
722Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall82+8 laps6
832Ivor BuebMaserati71+19 laps19
Ret34Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax74Clutch13
Ret4Jean BehraMaserati69Clutch2
Ret12Peter CollinsFerrari53Water leak8
Ret18Stirling Moss
Tony Brooks		Vanwall51Engine1
Ret2Juan Manuel FangioMaserati49Engine4
Ret24Jack FairmanBRM46Engine16
Ret26Les LestonBRM44Engine12
Ret6Harry SchellMaserati39Water pump7
Ret8Carlos MenditeguyMaserati35Transmission11
Ret28Jo BonnierMaserati18Gearbox17
DNS30Horace GouldMaseratiAccident14
Sources:[2][3]
Notes
  • – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
  • – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps

Notes

  • This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati.
  • It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win and Grand Slam 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

Championship standings after the race

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

References

  1. ^ "1957 British GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "1957 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1957". GrandPrix.com. Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Britain 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  • Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp. 420–421, 424