1957 Formula One season

1957 FIA Formula One World Championship season
Drivers' Champion: Juan Manuel Fangio
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The 1957 Formula One season was the eighth season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1957 World Championship of Drivers^[1] which commenced on 13 January 1957 and ended on 8 September after eight races. Juan Manuel Fangio won his fourth consecutive title, his fifth in total, in his final Championship – a remarkable feat that would not be matched for nearly 50 years. The season also included numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars.

Season summary

Fangio chose to switch teams again, joining Maserati before the start of the season. The decision to switch proved to be a masterstroke, with Ferrari's line-up of Peter Collins, Eugenio Castellotti and the returning Mike Hawthorn failing to win a race. Castellotti and Alfonso de Portago were killed during the season (neither in Formula One crashes), making this a truly disastrous year for Ferrari.

The man Fangio replaced at Maserati, Stirling Moss, moved to Vanwall, a team beginning to fulfill their promise. Between them Fangio and Moss won every Grand Prix of the season, Fangio taking four victories to Moss' three. Fangio's drive at the Nürburgring, where he overtook Collins and Hawthorn on the penultimate lap after a pit stop had put him nearly a minute behind, was a classic.

At the end of the year it was announced Fangio would not return for another season. Maserati also pulled out, citing financial reasons. This was also the final year in which points were awarded for shared drives.

Season review

The 1957 World Championship of Drivers comprised the following eight races.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	13 January	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	19 May	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	Pat O'Connor	Jim Rathmann	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	Report
4	French Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts	7 July	Juan Manuel Fangio	Luigi Musso	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
5	British Grand Prix	Aintree	20 July	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Tony Brooks Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	4 August	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
7	Pescara Grand Prix	Pescara	18 August	Juan Manuel Fangio	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	8 September	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Tony Brooks	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report

All Grand Prix events were open to Formula One cars but the Indianapolis 500 was restricted to USAC National Championship cars. The ongoing Suez crisis, which affected oil tankers delivering oil to their respective countries, affected a number of countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. These countries were to each have Grands Prix but they were all cancelled because of the very high oil prices in those countries.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Juan Manuel Fangio won his 5th and final driver's championship, driving for the works Maserati team

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The list does not include those who only contested the Indianapolis 500.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Maserati 250F1 2.5 V12	P	Juan Manuel Fangio	1–2, 4–8
					Stirling Moss	1
					Jean Behra	1, 4–8
					Carlos Menditeguy	1–2, 4–5
					Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 6–8
					Harry Schell	2, 4–8
					Hans Herrmann	2
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	801	Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8	E P	Peter Collins	1–2, 4–6, 8
					Luigi Musso	1, 4–8
					Eugenio Castellotti	1
					Mike Hawthorn	1–2, 4–6, 8
					Wolfgang von Trips	1–2, 8
					Cesare Perdisa	1
					Alfonso de Portago	1
					José Froilán González	1
					Maurice Trintignant	2, 4–5
Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Harry Schell	1
					Jo Bonnier	1, 7–8
					Masten Gregory	2, 6–8
					André Simon	2
					Hans Herrmann	6
	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 625 2.5 L4		Alejandro de Tomaso	1
Luigi Piotti	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Luigi Piotti	1–2, 7–8
Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4	D	Ron Flockhart	2, 4
					Roy Salvadori	2
					Herbert MacKay-Fraser	4
					Jack Fairman	5
					Les Leston	5
Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Alta	B	Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Stuart Lewis-Evans	2
Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Alta	B	Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Ivor Bueb	2
Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	T43	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	A D	Jack Brabham	2, 4, 7
					Les Leston	2
					Mike MacDowel	4
					Roy Salvadori	5, 7
		T43	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Roy Salvadori	6
Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4	P	Stirling Moss	2, 5–8
					Tony Brooks	2, 5–8
					Stuart Lewis-Evans	4–8
					Roy Salvadori	4
H.H. Gould	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Horace Gould	2, 4–8
Jo Bonnier	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Jo Bonnier	5
Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Ivor Bueb	5
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	T43	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	D	Jack Brabham	5
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	T43	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Jack Brabham	6
Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	T44	Bristol BS2 2.2 L6	D	Bob Gerard	5
Bruce Halford	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	D	Bruce Halford	6–8
Dr Ing F. Porsche KG	Porsche	RS550	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	?	Umberto Maglioli	6
Dr Ing F. Porsche KG	Porsche	RS550	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	?	Edgar Barth	6
Ridgeway Management	Cooper-Climax	T43 T41	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Tony Marsh	6
Ridgeway Management	Cooper-Climax	T43 T41	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Paul England	6
Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	RS550	Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4	D	Carel Godin de Beaufort	6
J.B. Naylor	Cooper-Climax	T43	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Brian Naylor	6
Dick Gibson	Cooper-Climax	T43	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Dick Gibson	6
Francesco Godia Sales	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Paco Godia	6–8
Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	Ottorino Volonterio	8
Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	P	André Simon	8

Pink background denotes F2 entrants to the German Grand Prix

1957 World Championship of Drivers – final standings

Championship points were awarded on an 8–6–4–3–2 basis for the first five placings in each race. An additional point was awarded for the fastest race lap.

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	1		1	Ret	1	2	(2)	40 (46)
2	Stirling Moss	8	Ret			1† / Ret†	5	1	1	25
3	Luigi Musso	Ret			2	2	4	Ret	8	16
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ret	Ret† / Ret		4	3	2		6	13
5	Tony Brooks		2			1† / Ret†	9	Ret	7	11
6	Masten Gregory		3				8	4	4	10
7	Harry Schell	4	Ret† / Ret		5	Ret	7	3	5† / Ret	10
8	Sam Hanks			1						8
9	Peter Collins	6† / Ret	Ret		3	Ret / 4†‡	3		Ret	8
10	Jim Rathmann			2						7
11	Jean Behra	2			6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans		4		Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	5
13	Maurice Trintignant		5		Ret	4†				5
14	Wolfgang von Trips	6†	Ret†						3	4
15	Carlos Menditeguy	3	Ret		Ret	Ret				4
16	Jimmy Bryan			3						4
17	Paul Russo			4						3
18	Roy Salvadori		DNQ		Ret	5		Ret		2
19	Andy Linden			5						2
20	Giorgio Scarlatti		Ret†				10	6	5†	1
21	Alfonso de Portago	5†								1
22	José Froilán González	5†								1
—	Jack Brabham		6		7† / Ret	Ret		7		0
—	Johnny Boyd			6						0
—	Bob Gerard					6				0
—	Cesare Perdisa	6†								0
—	Joakim Bonnier	7				Ret		Ret	Ret	0
—	Marshall Teague			7						0
—	Mike MacDowel				7†					0
—	Ivor Bueb		Ret			8				0
—	Pat O'Connor			8						0
—	Paco Godia						Ret	Ret	9	0
—	Alejandro de Tomaso	9								0
—	Bob Veith			9						0
—	Luigi Piotti	10	DNQ					Ret	Ret	0
—	Horace Gould		Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10	0
—	Gene Hartley			10						0
—	Bruce Halford						11	Ret	Ret	0
—	Jack Turner			11						0
—	Ottorino Volonterio								11†	0
—	André Simon		DNQ						11†	0
—	Johnny Thomson			12						0
—	Bob Christie			13						0
—	Chuck Weyant			14						0
—	Tony Bettenhausen			15						0
—	Johnnie Parsons			16						0
—	Don Freeland			17						0
—	Ron Flockhart		Ret		Ret					0
—	Hans Herrmann		DNQ				Ret			0
—	Les Leston		DNQ			Ret				0
—	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret								0
—	Jimmy Reece			Ret						0
—	Don Edmunds			Ret						0
—	Johnnie Tolan			Ret						0
—	Al Herman			Ret						0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret						0
—	Eddie Sachs			Ret						0
—	Mike Magill			Ret						0
—	Eddie Johnson			Ret						0
—	Bill Cheesbourg			Ret						0
—	Al Keller			Ret						0
—	Jimmy Daywalt			Ret						0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret						0
—	Rodger Ward			Ret						0
—	Troy Ruttman			Ret						0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret						0
—	Elmer George			Ret						0
—	Herbert MacKay-Fraser				Ret					0
—	Jack Fairman					Ret				0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)

Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
Bold indicates pole position
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
‡ Too few laps driven to receive points
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

The following Formula One races, also held in 1957, did not count towards the World Championship of Drivers.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
VII Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	7 April	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XVII Pau Grand Prix	Pau	22 April	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
V Glover Trophy	Goodwood	22 April	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Connaught-Alta	Report
X Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	28 April	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
II Grand Prix de Reims	Reims	14 July	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
V Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	28 July	Jean Behra	BRM	Report
IX BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	14 September	Jean Behra	BRM	Report
V Gran Premio di Modena	Modena	22 September	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
VI Grand Prix de Maroc	Ain-Diab	27 October	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report

Notes and references

↑ 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 118–119
↑ "Grand Prix Cancelled". Autosport. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

1957 World Championship images at www.f1-photo.com

Formula One seasons

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