The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was the seventh race of the season. The Pescara race, also often called Coppa Acerbo, was added to the calendar for the first and only time. The race was won in dominant fashion by Stirling Moss in a Vanwall, coming in more than three minutes ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio and Harry Schell, both in Maseratis.
Background[]
The 1957 season was originally scheduled with 10 races. But the Belgian, Dutch and Spanish races were all canceled for financial reasons, so the Pescara race was upgraded to championship status. Known originally as the Coppa Acerbo, this was the 25th running of the event.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice[]
Results[]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
 Maserati
|
9:44.6 | — |
| 2 | 26 |  Stirling Moss
|
Vanwall
|
9:54.7 | + 10.1 |
| 3 | 34 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
10:00.0 | + 15.4 |
| 4 | 4 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
10:03.1 | + 18.5 |
| 5 | 6 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
10:04.6 | + 20.0 |
| 6 | 28 | Tony Brooks
|
Vanwall
|
10:08.8 | + 24.2 |
| 7 | 14 | Masten Gregory
|
Maserati
|
10:26.1 | + 42.5 |
| 8 | 30 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall
|
10:29.6 | + 45.0 |
| 9 | 16 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati
|
10:36.2 | + 51.6 |
| 10 | 8 | Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Maserati
|
10:36.6 | + 52.0 |
| 11 | 18 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
10:49.6 | + 1:05.0 |
| 12 | 10 |  Paco Godia
|
Maserati
|
11:09.8 | + 1:25.2 |
| 13 | 12 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati
|
11:10.6 | + 1:26.0 |
| 14 | 20 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati
|
11:16.3 | + 1:31.7 |
| 15 | 22 | Roy Salvadori
|
Cooper-Climax
|
11:24.2 | + 1:39.6 |
| 16 | 24 |  Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax
|
11:35.2 | + 1:50.6 |
Race[]
Results[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Stirling Moss
|
Vanwall
|
18 | 2:59:22.7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati
|
18 | + 3:13.9 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
18 | + 6:46.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Masten Gregory
|
Maserati
|
18 | + 8:16.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall
|
17 | + 1 lap | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Maserati
|
17 | + 1 lap | 10 | |
| 7 | 24 | Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax
|
15 | + 3 laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 34 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari
|
9 | Oil tank | 3 | |
| Ret | 10 | Paco Godia
|
Maserati
|
9 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati
|
9 | Transmission | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati
|
7 | Overheating | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
3 | Oil leak | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Roy Salvadori
|
Cooper-Climax
|
3 | Accident/suspension | 15 | |
| Ret | 28 | Tony Brooks
|
Vanwall
|
1 | Engine | 6 | |
| Ret | 18 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati
|
0 | Engine | 13 | |
| Source: [1] | |||||||
Milestones[]
- First and only time the Pescara Grand Prix was held.
- At 25.579 km (15.897 mi), the Pescara circuit was the longest circuit ever used for a championship Grand Prix.
- In conjuction with Monza, this was the first time that one country had held two championship races in one season.
Standings after the race[]
References[]
- ↑ "1957 Pescara Grand Prix". formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1957/races/156/pescara/race-result.html. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
| V T E |  Pescara Grand Prix
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|---|---|---|
| Circuits | Pescara Circuit (1957) |  |
| Races | 1957 | |
| Non-F1 races | 1950 • 1951 • 1954 |