1957 Formula One season

The 1957 Formula One season included the 8th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 13, 1957, and ended on September 8 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.

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 in action, 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

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 13	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 19	Monaco	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 7	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 20	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
7	Pescara Grand Prix	August 18	Pescara	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report

1957 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 FRA GBR GER PSC 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 12 8 10 Jim Rathmann 2* 7 11 Jean Behra 2 6 Ret 6 Ret 14 6 12 Stuart Lewis-Evans 4 Ret 7 Ret 5 13 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 23 Jack Brabham 6 7† / Ret Ret 7 0 24 Johnny Boyd 6 0 25 Bob Gerard 6 0 26 Cesare Perdisa 6† 0 27 Joakim Bonnier 7 Ret Ret 17 0 28 Marshall Teague 7 0 29 Mike MacDowel 7† 0 30 Ivor Bueb Ret 8 0 31 Pat O'Connor 8 0 32 Paco Godia Ret Ret 9 0 33 Alessandro de Tomaso 9 0 34 Bob Veith 9 0 35 Luigi Piotti 10 DNQ Ret 18 0 36 Horace Gould Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 10 0 37 Gene Hartley 10 0 38 Bruce Halford 11 Ret 15 0 39 Jack Turner 11 0 40 Ottorino Volonterio 11† 0 41 André Simon DNQ 11† 0 42 Johnny Thomson 12 0 43 Bob Christie 13 0 44 Chuck Weyant 14 0 45 Tony Bettenhausen 15 0 46 Johnnie Parsons 16 0 47 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 PSC ITA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• * Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
• † 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

Other Formula One races also held in 1957, which did not count towards the World Championship.

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

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