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1957 British Grand Prix

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = F1

|Country = United Kingdom

|Grand Prix = British

|Image = Circuit Aintree.svg

|Official name = Grand Prix d'Europe incorporating the 10th RAC British Grand Prix

|Date = 20 July

|Year = 1957

|Previous_round = 1957 French Grand Prix

|Next_round = 1957 German Grand Prix

|Location = Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 3.000

|Course_km = 4.828

|Distance_laps = 90

|Distance_mi = 270.00

|Distance_km = 434.52

|Weather = Overcast, dry.

|Pole_Driver = Stirling Moss

|Pole_Team = Vanwall

|Pole_Time = 2:00.2

|Pole_Country = UK

|Fast_Driver = Stirling Moss

|Fast_Team = Vanwall

|Fast_Time = 1:59.2

|Fast_Lap =

|Fast_Country = UK

|First_Driver = Stirling Moss

|First_Team = Vanwall

|First_Country = UK

|First_Driver2 = Tony Brooks

|First_Country2 = UK

|Second_Driver = Luigi Musso

|Second_Team = Ferrari

|Second_Country= ITA

|Third_Driver = Mike Hawthorn

|Third_Team = Ferrari

|Third_Country = UK

|Lapchart = {{F1Laps1957|GBR}}

}}

File:Vanwall VW5 Aintree 1957.jpg, VW5, before the start of the race. It was shared by Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss, who both played a part in scoring the constructor's first Formula One win.]]

File:Maserati works team Aintree 1957.jpg 250Fs retired from the race.]]

The 1957 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the tenth British Grand Prix and it was race 5 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties in a Vanwall. It was the third and final time that a Grand Prix had been won by two drivers in a shared car. This was the first occasion that a British constructor won a World Drivers' Championship race, a feat achieved with two British drivers at their home Grand Prix.

Classification

= Qualifying =

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
Pos

! No

! Driver

! Constructor

! Time

! Gap

1

| 18

| {{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss

| Vanwall

| 2:00.2

| align="center" |—

2

| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Jean Behra

| Maserati

| 2:00.4

| +0.2

3

| 20

| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks

| Vanwall

| 2:00.4

| +0.2

4

| 2

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Manuel Fangio

| Maserati

| 2:00.6

| +0.4

5

| 10

| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hawthorn

| Ferrari

| 2:01.2

| +1.0

6

| 22

| {{flagicon|UK}} Stuart Lewis-Evans

| Vanwall

| 2:01.2

| +1.0

7

| 6

| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Harry Schell

| Maserati

| 2:01.4

| +1.2

8

| 12

| {{flagicon|UK}} Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 2:01.8

| +1.6

9

| 16

| {{flagicon|France}} Maurice Trintignant

| Ferrari

| 2:03.2

| +3.0

10

| 14

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Luigi Musso

| Ferrari

| 2:03.4

| +3.2

11

| 8

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Menditeguy

| Maserati

| 2:05.4

| +5.2

12

| 26

| {{flagicon|UK}} Les Leston

| BRM

| 2:05.6

| +5.4

13

| 34

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jack Brabham

| Cooper-Climax

| 2:07.0

| +6.8

14

| 30

| {{flagicon|UK}} Horace Gould

| Maserati

| 2:07.0

| +6.8

15

| 36

| {{flagicon|UK}} Roy Salvadori

| Cooper-Climax

| 2:07.4

| +7.2

16

| 24

| {{flagicon|UK}} Jack Fairman

| BRM

| 2:08.6

| +8.4

17

| 28

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jo Bonnier

| Maserati

| 2:12.6

| +12.4

18

| 38

| {{flagicon|UK}} Bob Gerard

| Cooper-Bristol

| 2:12.6

| +12.4

19

| 32

| {{flagicon|UK}} Ivor Bueb

| Maserati

| 2:15.4

| +15.2

colspan="6" | Source:{{Cite web| url=http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1957&gp=British%20GP&r=1&type=qual| title=1957 British GP Qualification| website=www.chicanef1.com| access-date=23 July 2020}}

=Race=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1

| 20

| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks
{{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss

| Vanwall

| 90

| 3:06:37.8

| 3

| 4
5{{ref|1|1}}

2

| 14

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Luigi Musso

| Ferrari

| 90

| +25.6

| 10

| 6

3

| 10

| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hawthorn

| Ferrari

| 90

| +42.8

| 5

| 4

4

| 16

| {{flagicon|France}} Maurice Trintignant
{{flagicon|UK}} Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 88

| +2 laps

| 9

| 3{{ref|2|2}}
0{{ref|2|2}}

5

| 36

| {{flagicon|UK}} Roy Salvadori

| Cooper-Climax

| 85

| +5 laps

| 15

| 2

6

| 38

| {{flagicon|UK}} Bob Gerard

| Cooper-Bristol

| 82

| +8 laps

| 18

|

7

| 22

| {{flagicon|UK}} Stuart Lewis-Evans

| Vanwall

| 82

| +8 laps

| 6

|

8

| 32

| {{flagicon|UK}} Ivor Bueb

| Maserati

| 71

| +19 laps

| 19

|

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jack Brabham

| Cooper-Climax

| 74

| Clutch

| 13

|

Ret

| 4

| {{flagicon|France}} Jean Behra

| Maserati

| 69

| Clutch

| 2

|

Ret

| 12

| {{flagicon|UK}} Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 53

| Water leak

| 8

|

Ret

| 18

| {{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss
{{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks

| Vanwall

| 51

| Engine

| 1

|

Ret

| 2

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Manuel Fangio

| Maserati

| 49

| Engine

| 4

|

Ret

| 24

| {{flagicon|UK}} Jack Fairman

| BRM

| 46

| Engine

| 16

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|UK}} Les Leston

| BRM

| 44

| Engine

| 12

|

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} Harry Schell

| Maserati

| 39

| Water pump

| 7

|

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Menditeguy

| Maserati

| 35

| Transmission

| 11

|

Ret

| 28

| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jo Bonnier

| Maserati

| 18

| Gearbox

| 17

|

DNS

| 30

| {{flagicon|UK}} Horace Gould

| Maserati

|

| Accident

| 14

|

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;Notes

  • {{Note|1|1}} – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
  • {{Note|2|2}} – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps

Notes

  • This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati.
  • It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win and Grand Slam for Vanwall (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier) and the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap and win for a British constructor and for a car powered by a British engine.

Shared drives

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Manuel Fangio

|align="left"| 25

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Luigi Musso

|align="left"| 13

align="left"| 10px 3

|align="center"| 3

| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks

|align="left"| 10

align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 4

| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Hanks

|align="left"| 8

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 5

| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Rathmann

|align="left"| 7

colspan=4|Source: {{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1957/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx|title=Britain 1957 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=13 March 2019}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

{{reflist | 30em}}

External links

  • Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp. 420–421, 424

{{Commons category}}

{{F1 race report

| Name_of_race = British Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1957

| Previous_race_in_season = 1957 French Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 1957 German Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 1956 British Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 1958 British Grand Prix

| Previous_designated_European_Grand_Prix = 1956 Italian Grand Prix

| Next_designated_European_Grand_Prix = 1958 Belgian Grand Prix}}

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