The 1957 French Grand Prix was the fourth race of the season, held on July 7 at the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit. The race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati, ahead of Luigi Musso and Peter Collins, both in Lancia-Ferraris.
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Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1957 French Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1957 French Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
 Maserati
|
2:21.5 | — |
| 2 | 4 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
2:22.6 | +1.1s |
| 3 | 10 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
2:22.7 | +1.2s |
| 4 | 6 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
2:23.2 | +1.7s |
| 5 | 12 |  Peter Collins
|
Ferrari
|
2:23.3 | +1.8s |
| 6 | 20 | Roy Salvadori
|
Vanwall
|
2:25.1 | +3.6s |
| 7 | 14 | Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari
|
2:25.6 | +4.1s |
| 8 | 16 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Ferrari
|
2:25.9 | +4.4s |
| 9 | 8 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
Maserati
|
2:26.1 | +4.6s |
| 10 | 18 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall
|
2:27.6 | +6.1s |
| 11 | 26 | Ron Flockhart
|
BRM
|
2:27.8 | +6.3s |
| 12 | 28 | Herbert MacKay-Fraser
|
BRM
|
2:29.9 | +8.4s |
| 13 | 22 |  Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax
|
2:30.9 | +9.4s |
| 14 | 30 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
2:35.0 | +13.5s |
| 15 | 24 | Mike MacDowel
|
Cooper-Climax
|
2:36.6 | +15.1s |
Grid[]
| Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
| ______________ | |||||
| 1 | ______________ | ||||
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 2 | ______________ | |||
| Jean Behra | 3 | ||||
| Luigi Musso | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 4 | ______________ | ||||
| Harry Schell | 5 | ||||
| Peter Collins | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 6 | ______________ | ||||
| Roy Salvadori | 7 | ______________ | |||
| Mike Hawthorn | 8 | ||||
| Maurice Trintignant | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 9 | ______________ | ||||
| Carlos Menditeguy | 10 | ||||
| Stuart Lewis-Evans | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 11 | ______________ | ||||
| Ron Flockhart | 12 | ______________ | |||
| Herbert MacKay-Fraser | 13 | ||||
| Jack Brabham | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 14 | ______________ | ||||
| Horace Gould | 15 | ||||
| Mike MacDowel | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| 16 | ______________ | ||||
| 17 | ______________ | ||||
| 18 | |||||
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Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full results for the 1957 French Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati
|
77 | 3:07:46.4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
77 | +50.8s | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 12 | Peter Collins
|
Ferrari
|
77 | +2:06.0 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari
|
76 | +1 lap | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
70 | +7 laps | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
69 | +8 laps | 2 | |
| 7 | 24 | Mike MacDowel
|
Cooper-Climax
|
30 | +9 laps | 15 | |
| Jack Brabham
|
38 | ||||||
| Ret | 8 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
Maserati
|
30 | Engine | 9 | |
| Ret | 18 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall
|
30 | Steering | 10 | |
| Ret | 20 | Roy Salvadori
|
Vanwall
|
25 | Valve | 6 | |
| Ret | 28 | Herbert MacKay-Fraser
|
BRM
|
24 | Transmission | 12 | |
| Ret | 16 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Ferrari
|
23 | Magneto | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax
|
4 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 30 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
4 | Suspension | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Ron Flockhart
|
BRM
|
2 | Accident | 11 |
Milestones[]
Standings[]
References[]
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