1957 British Grand Prix

The 1957 British Grand Prix, or known as the Grand Prix d'Europe (Incorporating the 10^th R.A.C. British Grand Prix), was held on July 20 at the Aintree Motor Racing Circuit near Liverpool. A huge crowd witnessed the first ever victory for a British car, with a Vanwall in a shared drive for Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss taking the flag. Second place went to Luigi Musso in a Lancia-Ferrari, with his teammate Mike Hawthorn in third.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1957 British Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
4	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
6	Harry Schell	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
8	Carlos Menditeguy	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
10	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 2.5 V8	E
12	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 2.5 V8	E
14	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 2.5 V8	E
16	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 2.5 V8	E
18	Stirling Moss	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	P
20	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	P
22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	P
24	Jack Fairman	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
26	Les Leston	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
28	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
30	Horace Gould	H.H. Gould	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
32	Ivor Bueb	Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
34	Jack Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 2.0 L4	D
36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 2.0 L4	D
38	Bob Gerard	Bob Gerard	Cooper	T44	Bristol	BS2 2.2 L6	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1957 British Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Speed Ave.
1	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2:00.2	—	144.599 km/h
2	4	Jean Behra	Maserati	2:00.4	+0.2s	144.359 km/h
3	20	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:00.4	+0.2s	144.359 km/h
4	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2:00.6	+0.4s	144.119 km/h
5	10	Mike Hawthorn	Lancia-Ferrari	2:01.2	+1.0s	143.406 km/h
6	22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	2:01.2	+1.0s	143.406 km/h
7	6	Harry Schell	Maserati	2:01.4	+1.2s	143.170 km/h
8	12	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	2:01.8	+1.6s	142.700 km/h
9	16	Maurice Trintignant	Lancia-Ferrari	2:03.2	+3.0s	141.078 km/h
10	14	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	2:03.4	+3.2s	140.849 km/h
11	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	2:05.4	+5.2s	138.603 km/h
12	26	Les Leston	BRM	2:05.6	+5.4s	138.382 km/h
13	34	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:07.0	+6.8s	136.857 km/h
14*	30	Horace Gould	Maserati	2:07.0	+6.8s	136.857 km/h
15	36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2:07.4	+7.2s	136.427 km/h
16	24	Jack Fairman	BRM	2:08.6	+8.4s	135.154 km/h
17	28	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	2:12.6	+12.4s	131.077 km/h
18	38	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	2:12.6	+12.4s	131.077 km/h
19	32	Ivor Bueb	Maserati	2:15.4	+15.2s	128.366 km/h

* Gould could not take the start of the race as he had an injured foot.

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
Stirling Moss		2		______________
		Jean Behra		3
				Tony Brooks
	______________
	4		______________
	Juan Manuel Fangio		5
			Mike Hawthorn
______________
6		______________
Stuart Lewis-Evans		7		______________
		Harry Schell		8
				Peter Collins
	______________
	9		______________
	Maurice Trintignant		10
			Luigi Musso
______________
11		______________
Carlos Menditeguy		12		______________
		Les Leston		13
				Jack Brabham
	______________
	14		______________
	~~Horace Gould~~*		15
			Roy Salvadori
______________
16		______________
Jack Fairman		17		______________
		Jo Bonnier		18
				Bob Gerard
	______________
	19		______________
	Ivor Bueb		20

* Gould could not take the start of the race as he had an injured foot.

Race[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1957 British Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	26	3:06:37.8	3	4
1	20	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	64	3:06:37.8	3	5^FL
2	14	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	26	+25.6s	10	6
3	10	Mike Hawthorn	Lancia-Ferrari	26	+42.8s	5	4
4	16	Maurice Trintignant	Lancia-Ferrari	85	+2 laps	9	3
4	16	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	3	+2 laps	9
5	36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	85	+5 laps	15	2
6	38	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	82	+8 laps	18
7	22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	82	+8 laps	6
8	32	Ivor Bueb	Maserati	71	+19 laps	19
Ret	34	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	74	Clutch	13
Ret	4	Jean Behra	Maserati	69	Clutch	2
Ret	12	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	53	Water leak	8
Ret	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	25	Engine	1
Ret	18	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	26	Engine	1
Ret	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	49	Engine	4
Ret	24	Jack Fairman	BRM	46	Engine	16
Ret	26	Les Leston	BRM	44	Engine	12
Ret	6	Harry Schell	Maserati	39	Water pump	7
Ret	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	35	Driveshaft	11
Ret	28	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	18	Gearbox	17
DNS*	30	Horace Gould	Maserati

^FL Indicates a driver scored one point for fastest lap.
* Gould could not take the start of the race as he had an injured foot.

Milestones[]

First win for a British car.

Standings after race[]

References[]

V T E	1957 Formula One Season
Constructors	BRM • Connaught • Cooper • Ferrari • Maserati • Porsche • Vanwall
Engines	Alta • Bristol • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Porsche • Vanwall
Drivers	Barth • de Beaufort • Behra • Bonnier • Brabham • Brooks • Bueb • Castellotti • Collins • Fairman • Fangio • Flockhart • England • Gerard • Gibson • Godia-Sales • González • Gould • Gregory • Halford • Hawthorn • Herrmann • Leston • Lewis-Evans • MacDowel • MacKay-Fraser • Maglioli • Marsh • Menditeguy • S. Moss • Musso • Naylor • Perdisa • Piotti • Portago • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Simon • Tomaso • Trintignant • von Trips • Volonterio
Cars	BRM P25 • Connaught B • Cooper T41 • Cooper T43 • Cooper T44 • Ferrari 500 • Ferrari 801 • Maserati 250F • Porsche RS550 • Vanwall VW 5
Tyres	Avon • Dunlop • Englebert • Pirelli
Races	Argentina • Monaco • Indianapolis • France • Britain • Germany • Pescara • Italy
Non-Championship Races	Syracuse • Pau • Glover Trophy • Naples • Reims • Caen • International Trophy • Modena • Morocco
See also	1956 Formula One Season • 1958 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	British Grand Prix
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Non-Championship Races	1926 • 1927 • 1948 • 1949

V T E	European Grand Prix
Circuits	Brands Hatch (1983, 1985), Nürburgring (1984, 1995–1996, 1999–2007), Donington (1993), Jerez (1994, 1997), Valencia (2008–2012), Baku (2016)
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