The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was held on January 13, and was the opening race of the season. In the usual mid-summer heat, the race was a 1-2-3-4 sweep for Maserati, with local hero Juan Manuel Fangio leading home Jean Behra, Carlos Menditeguy and Harry Schell. Ferrari had heavily modified the old Lancia-Ferrari D50s and rebadged them as Ferrari 801s, but the modifications were a disaster and made the cars uncompetitive.
Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  Stirling Moss
|
 Maserati
|
1:42.6 | — |
| 2 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati
|
1:43.7 | +1.1s |
| 3 | 6 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
1:44.0 | +1.4s |
| 4 | 14 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Ferrari
|
1:44.2 | +1.6s |
| 5 | 10 | Peter Collins
|
Ferrari
|
1:44.6 | +2.0s |
| 6 | 12 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
1:44.8 | +2.2s |
| 7 | 16 | Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari
|
1:44.9 | +2.3s |
| 8 | 8 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
Maserati
|
1:45.1 | +2.5s |
| 9 | 22 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
1:46.6 | +4.0s |
| 10 | 20 | José Froilán González
|
Ferrari
|
1:46.8 | +4.2s |
| 11 | 18 | Cesare Perdisa
|
Ferrari
|
1:48.6 | +6.0s |
| 12 | 26 | Alejandro de Tomaso
|
Ferrari
|
1:56.1 | +13.5s |
| 13 | 24 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati
|
1:58.2 | +15.6s |
| 14 | 28 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati
|
1:58.2 | +15.6s |
| WD | 18 |  Wolfgang von Trips
|
Ferrari
|
Appeared in race | |
| WD | 20 |  Alfonso de Portago
|
Ferrari
|
Appeared in race | |
Grid[]
| Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | Driver | Driver | ||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 1 | ||||||
| ______________ | 2 | Stirling Moss | |||||
| ______________ | 3 | Juan Manuel Fangio | |||||
| 4 | Jean Behra | ||||||
| Eugenio Castellotti | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 5 | ||||||
| ______________ | 6 | Peter Collins | |||||
| 7 | Luigi Musso | ||||||
| Mike Hawthorn | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 8 | ||||||
| ______________ | 9 | Carlos Menditeguy | |||||
| ______________ | 10 | Harry Schell | |||||
| 11 | José Froilán González | ||||||
| Cesare Perdisa | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 12 | ||||||
| ______________ | 13 | Alejandro de Tomaso | |||||
| 14 | Jo Bonnier | ||||||
| Luigi Piotti | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 15 | ||||||
| ______________ | 16 | ||||||
| ______________ | 17 | ||||||
| 18 | |||||||
|
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Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix are outlined below:
| 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 | +18.3s | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
Maserati
|
99 | +1 lap | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
98 | +2 laps | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | José Froilán González
|
Ferrari
|
49 | +2 laps | 10 | 1 |
| Alfonso de Portago
|
49 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | 18 | Cesare Perdisa
|
Ferrari
|
30 | +2 laps | 11 | |
| Peter Collins
|
35 | ||||||
| Wolfgang von Trips
|
33 | ||||||
| 7 | 24 | Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati
|
95 | +5 laps | 13 | |
| 8 | 4 | Stirling Moss
|
Maserati
|
93 | +7 laps | 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 | Distributor | 4 | |
| Ret | 16 | Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari
|
35 | Clutch | 7 | |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
31 | Clutch | 6 | |
| Ret | 26 | Peter Collins
|
Ferrari
|
31 | Clutch | 5 |
Milestones[]
- Only podium for Carlos Menditeguy.
- First race for Alejandro de Tomaso.
- Last race for Alfonso de Portago, Cesare Perdisa, and Eugenio Castellotti.
