1957 French Grand Prix

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.

BackgroundEdit

Entry ListEdit

The full entry list for the 1957 French 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	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 V6 2.5	E
12	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 V6 2.5	E
14	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 V6 2.5	E
16	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	801	Ferrari	DS50 V6 2.5	E
18	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
20	Roy Salvadori	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
22	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
24	Mike MacDowel	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
26	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
28	Herbert MacKay-Fraser	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
30	Horace Gould	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

ReportEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

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

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ReportEdit

ResultsEdit

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

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