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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.

Background[]


Entry List[]

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

No. Driver Entreat Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Italy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 L6 2.5 P
4 France Jean Behra Italy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 L6 2.5 P
6 United States Harry Schell Italy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 L6 2.5 P
8 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Italy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 L6 2.5 P
10 Italy Luigi Musso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 801 Ferrari DS50 V6 2.5 E
12 United Kingdom Peter Collins Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 801 Ferrari DS50 V6 2.5 E
14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 801 Ferrari DS50 V6 2.5 E
16 France Maurice Trintignant Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 801 Ferrari DS50 V6 2.5 E
18 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans United Kingdom Vandervell Products Vanwall VW 5 Vanwall 254 L4 2.5 P
20 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori United Kingdom Vandervell Products Vanwall VW 5 Vanwall 254 L4 2.5 P
22 Australia Jack Brabham United Kingdom Cooper Car Company Cooper T43 Climax FPF L4 2.0 D
24 United Kingdom Mike MacDowel United Kingdom Cooper Car Company Cooper T43 Climax FPF L4 2.0 D
26 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart United Kingdom Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 L4 2.5 D
28 United States Herbert MacKay-Fraser United Kingdom Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 L4 2.5 D
30 United Kingdom Horace Gould United Kingdom Privateer Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 L6 2.5 D

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 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Italy Maserati 2:21.5
2 4 France Jean Behra Italy Maserati 2:22.6 +1.1s
3 10 Italy Luigi Musso Italy Ferrari 2:22.7 +1.2s
4 6 United States Harry Schell Italy Maserati 2:23.2 +1.7s
5 12 United Kingdom Peter Collins Italy Ferrari 2:23.3 +1.8s
6 20 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori United Kingdom Vanwall 2:25.1 +3.6s
7 14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Italy Ferrari 2:25.6 +4.1s
8 16 France Maurice Trintignant Italy Ferrari 2:25.9 +4.4s
9 8 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Italy Maserati 2:26.1 +4.6s
10 18 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans United Kingdom Vanwall 2:27.6 +6.1s
11 26 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart United Kingdom BRM 2:27.8 +6.3s
12 28 United States Herbert MacKay-Fraser United Kingdom BRM 2:29.9 +8.4s
13 22 Australia Jack Brabham United Kingdom Cooper-Climax 2:30.9 +9.4s
14 30 United Kingdom Horace Gould Italy Maserati 2:35.0 +13.5s
15 24 United Kingdom Mike MacDowel United Kingdom Cooper-Climax 2:36.6 +15.1s

Grid[]

Pos Pos Pos
Driver Driver Driver
______________
1 ______________
Juan Manuel Fangio 2 ______________
Jean Behra 3
Luigi Musso
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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





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 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Italy Maserati 77 3:07:46.4 1 8
2 10 Italy Luigi Musso Italy Ferrari 77 +50.8s 3 7
3 12 United Kingdom Peter Collins Italy Ferrari 77 +2:06.0 5 4
4 14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Italy Ferrari 76 +1 lap 7 3
5 6 United States Harry Schell Italy Maserati 70 +7 laps 4 2
6 4 France Jean Behra Italy Maserati 69 +8 laps 2
7 24 United Kingdom Mike MacDowel United Kingdom Cooper-Climax 30 +9 laps 15
Australia Jack Brabham 38
Ret 8 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Italy Maserati 30 Engine 9
Ret 18 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans United Kingdom Vanwall 30 Steering 10
Ret 20 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori United Kingdom Vanwall 25 Valve 6
Ret 28 United States Herbert MacKay-Fraser United Kingdom BRM 24 Transmission 12
Ret 16 France Maurice Trintignant Italy Ferrari 23 Magneto 8
Ret 22 Australia Jack Brabham United Kingdom Cooper-Climax 4 Accident 13
Ret 30 United Kingdom Horace Gould Italy Maserati 4 Suspension 14
Ret 26 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart United Kingdom BRM 2 Accident 11

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References[]

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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 • Mercedes-Benz W154
Tyres Avon • Dunlop • Englebert • Pirelli • Continental
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 France French Grand Prix
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Dieppe (1907-1908, 1912)
Amiens (1913)
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Montlhéry (1925, 1927, 1931, 1933-1937)
Reims-Gueux (1932, 1938-1939, 1948–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1958–1961, 1963, 1966)
Lyon-Parilly (1947)
Rouen-Les-Essarts (1952, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1968)
Charade Circuit (1965, 1969–1970, 1972)
Bugatti Circuit (1967)
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