1957 Argentine Grand Prix

1957 Argentine Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	13 January 1957
Official name	V Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.912 km (2.431 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 391.2 km (243.1 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	1:42.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	1:44.7
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	Jean Behra	Maserati
Third	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 January 1957 at the Buenos Aires circuit. It was race 1 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers.

Race report

Juan Manuel Fangio had left Ferrari for Maserati to attempt to win a fifth world championship with the help of their much modified 250Fs. Even without him, Ferrari had one of the strongest driver lineups in history, with Mike Hawthorn moving from BRM to join Peter Collins, Luigi Musso and Eugenio Castellotti.

Since the British teams were not present, Stirling Moss — who had signed for Vanwall — was part of the Maserati line-up with Jean Behra as third driver.

Fangio and Behra raced away into the distance as the rest of the field floundered. Moss's throttle linkage broke on the startline and he lost 10 laps having it fixed. The Ferraris were all suffering terribly with clutch problems, as both Collins and Musso burnt theirs out, while Hawthorn's was slipping badly.

Both Collins and Wolfgang von Trips took over Cesare Perdisa's Ferrari in an attempt to stop the Maseratis, but were powerless to stop them taking the first four places. Moss rejoined and set fastest lap on his way to 8th place.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	4	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1:42.6	—
2	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:43.7	+1.1
3	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	1:44.0	+1.4
4	14	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	1:44.2	+1.6
5	10	Peter Collins	Ferrari	1:44.6	+2.0
6	12	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	1:44.8	+2.2
7	16	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:44.8	+2.2
8	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	1:45.1	+2.5
9	22	Harry Schell	Maserati	1:46.4	+3.8
10	20	José Froilán González	Ferrari	1:46.8	+4.2
11	18	Cesare Perdisa	Ferrari	1:48.6	+6.0
12	26	Alejandro de Tomaso	Ferrari	1:56.1	+13.5
13	24	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	1:58.2	+15.6
14	28	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	1:58.2	+15.6
Source: [1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	100	3:00:55.9	2	8
2	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	100	+18.3 secs	3	6
3	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	99	+1 Lap	8	4
4	22	Harry Schell	Maserati	98	+2 Laps	9	3
5	20	Alfonso de Portago José Froilán González	Ferrari	98	+2 Laps	10	1 1
6	18	Cesare Perdisa Peter Collins Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	98	+2 Laps	11
7	24	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	95	+5 Laps	13
8	4	Stirling Moss	Maserati	93	+7 Laps	1	1 1
9	26	Alejandro de Tomaso	Ferrari	91	+9 Laps	12
10	28	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	90	+10 Laps	14
Ret	14	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	75	Wheel	4
Ret	16	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	35	Clutch	7
Ret	12	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	31	Clutch	6
Ret	10	Peter Collins	Ferrari	26	Clutch	5
Source: [2]

Notes

• ^1 – 1 point for fastest lap

Notes

• This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Argentinian driver Alejandro de Tomaso.

Shared drives

• Car #20: Alfonso de Portago (49 laps) and José Froilán González (49 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
• Car #18: Cesare Perdisa (30 laps), Peter Collins (35 laps) and Wolfgang von Trips (33 laps).

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	8
2	Jean Behra	6
3	Carlos Menditeguy	4
4	Harry Schell	3
5=	Alfonso de Portago	1
5=	José Froilán González	1
5=	Stirling Moss	1
Source: [3]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "1957 Argentine GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "1957 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
3. "Argentina 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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