1957 Formula One Season

1957 FIA Formula One World Championship
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1957 World Championship, Juan Manuel Fangio
Season Information
Number of races	8
Season opener	Argentine Grand Prix 13 January
Season finale	Italian Grand Prix 8 September
Engine suppliers	Alta, Bristol, BRM, Climax, Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Vanwall
Tyre suppliers	A D E P
Points system	8–6–4–3–2 1 (for fastest lap only)
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Juan Manuel Fangio 40 (46) points
Runner-Up	Stirling Moss 25 points
3rd	Luigi Musso 16 points

The 1957 FIA Formula One World Championship was the eighth edition of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged between the 13^th of January and the 8^th of September.

Teams and Drivers

Outlined below is the full list of teams and drivers for the 1957 FIA Formula One World Championship:

Formula One

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Team	Engine
Maserati	250F	P	Juan Manuel Fangio	1–2, 4–8
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Maserati 250F1 2.5 V12		Stirling Moss	1
			Jean Behra	1, 4–8
			Carlos Menditeguy	1–2, 4–5
			Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 6–8
			Harry Schell	2, 4–8
			Hans Herrmann	2
Lancia-Ferrari	D50 801	E P	Peter Collins	1–2, 4–6, 8
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8		Luigi Musso	1, 4–8
			Eugenio Castellotti	1
			Mike Hawthorn	1–2, 4–6, 8
			Wolfgang von Trips	1–2, 8
			Cesare Perdisa	1
			Alfonso de Portago	1
			José Froilán González	1
			Maurice Trintignant	2, 4–5
Maserati Ferrari	250F 500	P	Harry Schell	1
Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Ferrari 625 2.5 L4		Jo Bonnier	1, 7–8
			Alejandro de Tomaso	1
			Masten Gregory	2, 6–8
			André Simon	2
			Hans Herrmann	6
Maserati	250F	P	Luigi Piotti	1–2, 7–8
Privateer	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
BRM	P25	D	Ron Flockhart	2, 4
Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25 2.5 L4		Roy Salvadori	2
			Herbert MacKay-Fraser	4
			Jack Fairman	5
			Les Leston	5
Connaught-Alta	B	D	Stuart Lewis-Evans	2
Connaught Engineering	Alta GP 2.5 L4		Ivor Bueb	2
Cooper-Climax	T43	A D	Jack Brabham	2, 4, 7
Cooper Car Company	Climax FPF 2.0 L4		Les Leston	2
			Mike MacDowel	4
			Roy Salvadori	5, 7
Vanwall	VW 5	P	Stirling Moss	2, 5–8
Vandervell Products	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4		Tony Brooks	2, 5–8
			Stuart Lewis-Evans	4–8
			Roy Salvadori	4
Maserati	250F	D	Horace Gould	2, 4–8
H.H. Gould	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
Maserati	250F	P	Jo Bonnier	5
Jo Bonnier	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
Maserati	250F	D	Ivor Bueb	5
Gilby Engineering	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
Cooper-Climax	T43	D	Jack Brabham	5
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Climax FPF 2.0 L4
Cooper-Bristol	T44	D	Bob Gerard	5
Bob Gerard	Bristol BS2 2.2 L6
Maserati	250F	D	Bruce Halford	6–8
Privateer	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
Maserati	250F	P	Francisco Godia-Sales	6–8
Privateer	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6
Maserati	250F	P	Ottorino Volonterio	8
Privateer	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6		André Simon	8

Formula Two

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Team	Engine
Porsche	RS550		Umberto Maglioli	6
Dr Ing F. Porsche KG	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4		Edgar Barth	6
Cooper-Climax	T43	D	Roy Salvadori	6
Cooper Car Company	Climax FPF 1.5 L4
Cooper-Climax	T43	D	Jack Brabham	6
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Climax FPF 1.5 L4
Cooper-Climax	T41 T43	D	Tony Marsh	6
Ridgeway Managements	Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Climax FWB 1.5 L4		Paul England	6
Porsche	RS550	D	Carel Godin de Beaufort	6
Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4
Cooper-Climax	T43	D	Brian Naylor	6
J.B. Naylor	Climax FPF 1.5 L4
Cooper-Climax	T43	D	Dick Gibson	6
Privateer	Climax FPF 1.5 L4

• Only Formula Two drivers are competed in the German Grand Prix.

Calendar

World Championship Schedule

Round	Grand Prix	Date

1	Argentine Grand Prix			13 January
		Official Title	V Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
		Circuit	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires
		Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
		Lap distance	3.912 km (2.431 mi)
		Race distance	391.2 km (243.080 mi)
		Date	13 January	Laps	100

2	Monaco Grand Prix			19 May
		Official Title	XVe Grand Prix Automobile
		Circuit	Circuit de Monaco
		Location	Monte Carlo, Monaco
		Lap distance	3.145 km (1.954 mi)
		Race distance	314.5 km (195.421 mi)
		Date	19 May	Laps	100

3	Indianapolis 500			30 May
		Official Title	41st International 500-Mile Sweepstakes
		Circuit	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Location	Speedway, Indiana, USA
		Lap distance	4.023 km (2.500 mi)
		Race distance	804.6 km (499.955 mi)
		Date	30 May	Laps	200

4	French Grand Prix			7 July
		Official Title	43e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
		Circuit	Rouen-Les-Essarts
		Location	Orival, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
		Lap distance	6.542 km (4.065 mi)
		Race distance	503.734 km (313.006 mi)
		Date	7 July	Laps	77

5	British Grand Prix			20 July
		Official Title	Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating the 10th R.A.C. British Grand Prix
		Circuit	Aintree Motor Racing Circuit
		Location	Aintree, Merseyside, UK
		Lap distance	4.828 km (3.000 mi)
		Race distance	434.52 km (269.998 mi)
		Date	20 July	Laps	90

6	German Grand Prix			4 August
		Official Title	XIX Grosser Preis von Deutschland
		Circuit	Nürburgring Nordschleife
		Location	Nürburg, West Germany
		Lap distance	22.810 km (14.173 mi)
		Race distance	501.82 km (311.816 mi)
		Date	4 August	Laps	22

7	Pescara Grand Prix			18 August
		Official Title	25° Gran Premio Pescara
		Circuit	Pescara Circuit
		Location	Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
		Lap distance	25.578 km (15.893 mi)
		Race distance	460.404 km (286.082 mi)
		Date	18 August	Laps	18

8	Italian Grand Prix			8 September
		Official Title	28° Gran Premio d'Italia
		Circuit	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
		Location	Monza, Italy
		Lap distance	5.750 km (3.573 mi)
		Race distance	500.25 km (310.841 mi)
		Date	8 September	Laps	87

Non-Championship Schedule

Date	Event	Circuit	Report
27th January	XI Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires	Report
7th April	VII Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	Report
22nd April	XVII Grand Prix Automobile de Pau	Pau	Report
	V Glover Trophy	Goodwood	Report
28th April	X Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	Report
14th July	II Grand Prix de Reims	Reims	Report
28th July	V Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	Report
14th September	IX International Daily Express Trophy Meeting	Silverstone	Report
22nd September	V Gran Premio di Modena	Modena	Report
27th October	VI Grand Prix International Automobile de Maroc	Ain-Diab	Report

Standings

World Championship for Drivers

Outlined below are the full standings from the 1957 FIA Formula One World Championship for Drivers:

World Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts.
1st	Juan Manuel Fangio	1st	1st		1st	Ret	1st	2nd	2nd	40 (46)
2nd	Stirling Moss	8th	Ret			1st†	5th	1st	1st	25
3rd	Luigi Musso	Ret			2nd	2nd	4th	Ret	8th	16
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ret	Ret†		4th	3rd	2nd		Ret	13
5th	Tony Brooks		2nd			1st†	9th	Ret	7th	11
6th	Masten Gregory		3rd				8th	4th	4th	10
=	Harry Schell	4th	Ret†		5th	Ret	7th	3rd	5th†	10
8th	Sam Hanks			1st						8
=	Peter Collins	6th†	Ret		3rd	4th†	3rd		Ret	8
10th	Jim Rathmann			2nd						7
11th	Peter Collins	2nd			6th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	6
12th	Stuart Lewis-Evans		4th		Ret	7th	Ret	5th	Ret	5
=	Maurice Trintignant		5th		Ret	4th†				5
14th	Wolfgang von Trips	6th†	Ret†						3rd	4
=	Carlos Menditeguy	3rd	Ret		Ret	Ret				4
=	Jimmy Bryan			3rd						4
17th	Paul Russo			4th						3
18th	Roy Salvadori		DNQ		Ret	5th	Ret*	Ret		2
=	Andy Linden			5th						2
20th	Giorgio Scarlatti		Ret†				10th	6th	5th†	1
=	Alfonso de Portago	5th†								1
=	José Froilán González	5th†								1
—	Jack Brabham		6th		7th†	Ret	Ret*	7th		0
—	Johnny Boyd			6th						0
—	Bob Gerard					6th				0
—	Cesare Perdisa	6th†								0
—	Jo Bonnier	7th				Ret		Ret	Ret	0
—	Marshall Teague			7th						0
—	Mike MacDowel				7th†					0
—	Ivor Bueb		Ret			8th				0
—	Pat O'Connor			8th						0
—	Francisco Godia-Sales						Ret	Ret	9th	0
—	Alejandro de Tomaso	9th								0
—	Bob Veith			9th						0
—	Luigi Piotti	10th	DNQ					Ret	Ret	0
—	Horace Gould		Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10th	0
—	Gene Hartley			10th						0
—	Bruce Halford						11th	Ret	Ret	0
—	Jack Turner			11th						0
—	Ottorino Volonterio								11th†	0
—	André Simon		DNQ						11th†	0
—	Johnny Thomson			12th						0
—	Bob Christie			13th						0
—	Chuck Weyant			14th						0
—	Tony Bettenhausen			15th						0
—	Johnnie Parsons			16th						0
—	Don Freeland			17th						0
—	Ron Flockhart		Ret		Ret					0
—	Hans Herrmann		DNQ				Ret			0
—	Les Leston		DNQ			Ret				0
—	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret								0
—	Jimmy Reece			Ret						0
—	Don Edmunds			Ret						0
—	Johnnie Tolan			Ret						0
—	Al Herman			Ret						0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret						0
—	Eddie Sachs			Ret						0
—	Mike Magill			Ret						0
—	Eddie Johnson			Ret						0
—	Bill Cheesbourg			Ret						0
—	Al Keller			Ret						0
—	Jimmy Daywalt			Ret						0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret						0
—	Rodger Ward			Ret						0
—	Troy Ruttman			Ret						0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret						0
—	Elmer George			Ret						0
—	Herbert MacKay-Fraser				Ret					0
—	Jack Fairman					Ret				0
Ineligible to score points as other drivers drove Formula Two cars.
—	Edgar Barth						12th
—	Brian Naylor						13th
—	Carel Godin de Beaufort						14th
—	Tony Marsh						15th
—	Umberto Maglioli						Ret
—	Paul England						Ret
—	Dick Gibson						Ret
Pos.	Driver									Pts.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

• Italic indicates the fastest lap.
• * Ineligible to score points as Brabham and Salvadori drove Formula Two cars.
• ^† Indicates shared driving.

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