1957 British Grand Prix

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Circuit Aintree.svg
Race details
Date20 July 1957
Official name Grand Prix d'Europe incorporating the 10th RAC British Grand Prix
Location Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.828 km (3.000 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 434.52 km (270.00 miles)
Weather Overcast, dry.
Pole position
Driver Vanwall
Time 2:00.2
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Vanwall
Time 1:59.2
Podium
First Vanwall
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1957 British Grand Prix
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. Vanwall VW5 Aintree 1957.jpg
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. Maserati works team Aintree 1957.jpg
All but one of the Maserati 250Fs retired from the race.

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.

Contents

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:00.2
24 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 2:00.4+0.2
320 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Vanwall 2:00.4+0.2
42 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:00.6+0.4
510 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:01.2+1.0
622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 2:01.2+1.0
76 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Maserati 2:01.4+1.2
812 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Ferrari 2:01.8+1.6
916 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 2:03.2+3.0
1014 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Ferrari 2:03.4+3.2
118 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 2:05.4+5.2
1226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Les Leston BRM 2:05.6+5.4
1334 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:07.0+6.8
1430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati 2:07.0+6.8
1536 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2:07.4+7.2
1624 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Fairman BRM 2:08.6+8.4
1728 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Maserati 2:12.6+12.4
1838 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 2:12.6+12.4
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Bueb Maserati 2:15.4+15.2
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss
Vanwall 903:06:37.834
5 1
214 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Ferrari 90+25.6106
310 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 90+42.854
416 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins
Ferrari 88+2 laps93 2
0 2
536 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 85+5 laps152
638 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 82+8 laps18
722 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 82+8 laps6
832 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Bueb Maserati 71+19 laps19
Ret34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 74Clutch13
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 69Clutch2
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Ferrari 53Water leak8
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks
Vanwall 51Engine1
Ret2 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 49Engine4
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Fairman BRM 46Engine16
Ret26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Les Leston BRM 44Engine12
Ret6 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Maserati 39Water pump7
Ret8 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 35Transmission11
Ret28 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Maserati 18Gearbox17
DNS30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati Accident14
Sources: [2] [3]
Notes

Notes

Shared drives

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio 25
1uparrow green.svg 12 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso 13
1uparrow green.svg 33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks 10
1downarrow red.svg 24 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Sam Hanks 8
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Jim Rathmann 7
Source: [4]

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References

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