1957 British Grand Prix

The 1957 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.

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

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

No.	Driver	Entreat	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
4	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
6	Harry Schell	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
8	Carlos Menditeguy	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
10	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Lancia	DS50 V6 2.5	E
12	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Lancia	DS50 V6 2.5	E
14	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Lancia	DS50 V6 2.5	E
16	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	801	Lancia	DS50 V6 2.5	E
18	Stirling Moss	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
20	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
24	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
26	Les Leston	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
28	Jo Bonnier	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
30	Horace Gould	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
32	Ivor Bueb	Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
34	Jack Brabham	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
38	Bob Gerard	Bob Gerard Racing	Cooper	T44	Bristol	BS2 L6 2.2	D

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

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

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

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Tony Brooks Stirling Moss	Vanwall	90	3:06:37.8	3	4 5*
2	14	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	90	+ 25.6	10	6
3	10	Mike Hawthorn	Lancia-Ferrari	90	+ 42.8	5	4
4	16	Maurice Trintignant Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	88	+ 2 Laps	9	3** 0**
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 Tony Brooks	Vanwall	51	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	Transmission	11
Ret	28	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	18	Gearbox	17
DNS	30	Horace Gould	Maserati		Accident	14
Sources: [1][2]

Notes

• * – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
• ** – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps

MilestonesEdit

• First win for a British car.

Standings after raceEdit

ReferencesEdit

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