1957 Monaco Grand Prix

  1957 Monaco Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 8 in the 1957 Formula One season
Date	19 May 1957
Official name	XV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco
Course	Street Circuit 3.145 km (1.954 mi)
Distance	105 laps, 330.225 km (205.17 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	1:42.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	1:45.6
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
Third	Masten Gregory	Maserati

The 1957 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 May 1957 at Monaco. It was the second round of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship.

Race report

Despite a hesitant start, Moss led away on the first lap from Collins, Fangio, and Hawthorn. On lap 4 coming out of the tunnel, there was mayhem. Moss went straight through the chicane, sending debris from the wrecked barrier crashing onto the circuit.^[1] Collins crashed through the quayside barriers trying to avoid it.^[2] Fangio and Brooks slowed to make their way through the carnage. Brooks' effort was for nought, being hit by Mike Hawthorn's Ferrari, which lost a wheel.^[3] Fangio took the lead from Brooks' damaged car and held it to the checkered flag.

On lap 96, with nine laps to go,^[4] von Trips lost a certain third place when his engine blew up. Brabham inherited it, but he in turn lost the place when the engine in his Cooper T43-Climax^[5] cut out at Casino five laps from the end.^[6] He coasted to the harbour and pushed the car home for 6th place.^{[citation needed]}

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	105	3:10:12.8	1	9
2	20	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	105	+25.2 secs	4	6
3	2	Masten Gregory	Maserati	103	+2 Laps	10	4
4	10	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Connaught-Alta	102	+3 Laps	13	3
5	30	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	100	+5 Laps	6	2
6	14	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	100	+5 Laps	15
Ret	24	Wolfgang von Trips Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	95	Engine	9
Ret	34	Giorgio Scarlatti Harry Schell	Maserati	64	Oil Leak	14
Ret	6	Ron Flockhart	BRM	60	Engine	11
Ret	36	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	51	Spun Off	7
Ret	12	Ivor Bueb	Connaught-Alta	47	Fuel Leak	16
Ret	38	Harry Schell	Maserati	23	Suspension	8
Ret	22	Horace Gould	Maserati	10	Accident	12
Ret	26	Peter Collins	Ferrari	4	Accident	2
Ret	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	4	Accident	3
Ret	28	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	4	Accident	5
DNQ	8	Roy Salvadori	BRM
DNQ	40	Hans Herrmann	Maserati
DNQ	4	André Simon	Maserati
DNQ	42	Luigi Piotti	Maserati
DNQ	16	Les Leston	Cooper-Climax

Notes

• Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 1:42.7
• Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio - 1:45.6
• Lap Leaders: Stirling Moss 4 laps (1-4); Juan Manuel Fangio 101 laps (5-105).
• Shared Drives:
  • Car #24: Wolfgang von Trips (92 laps) and Mike Hawthorn (3 laps).
  • Car #34: Giorgio Scarlatti (42 laps) and Harry Schell (22 laps).
• Grand Prix debut for: Ivor Bueb, Masten Gregory, and Stuart Lewis-Evans.
• Career Firsts: Tony Brooks and Masten Gregory (points and podium); Stuart Lewis-Evans (points); Vanwall (podium).
• First podium finish for an American in Formula One (excluding Indianapolis 500) (Masten Gregory).

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	17
	2	Jean Behra	6
14	3	Tony Brooks	6
1	4	Carlos Menditeguy	4
12	5	Masten Gregory	4

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Sources

• Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.