1957 Naples Grand Prix

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1957 Naples Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1957 Formula One season
Race details
Date28 April 1957
Official name X Gran Premio di Napoli
Location Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.10 km (2.55 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 246.02 km (152.87 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:08.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Ferrari
Time 2:05.6
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati

The 10th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 28 April 1957 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Peter Collins in a Lancia-Ferrari D50.

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/PositionGrid
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 2:10:31.2, 113.10 km/h2
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 2:11:02.1 (+31.9s)1
3 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 156 2:11:02.4 (+32.2s)3
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F 59 laps4
5 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Masten Gregory Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 58 laps6
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford Bruce Halford Maserati 250F 57 laps16
7 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Bellucci Luigi Bellucci Maserati A6GCS 56 laps14
8 Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Maglioli Umberto Maglioli Porsche RSK 53 laps8
9 Flag of Italy.svg Fernando Natella Fernando Natella OSCA F2 50 laps12
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Berardo Taraschi Berardo Taraschi Ferrari 166 47 laps - fuel tank9
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Piero Fiordelesi Piero Fiordelesi Fiordelesi-Alfa Romeo 47 laps - engine10
Ret. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Lewis-Evans Connaught Engineering Connaught B Type-Alta 44 laps - front hub5
Ret. Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Hermano da Silva Ramos Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 14 laps - brakes7
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Marino Brandoli Marino Brandoli Lancia-Marino 9 laps - water pipe11
Ret. Flag of Switzerland.svg Ottorino Volonterio Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 250F 4 laps - cylinder block17
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Alan Mann Alan Mann HWM-Alta 3 laps - magneto13

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