1957 Formula One season

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 championship race of the season with the exception of the Indianapolis 500, with 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, is regarded as a particularly notable drive.

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
					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
		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
					Edgar Barth	6
Ridgeway Management	Cooper-Climax	T43 T41	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Tony Marsh	6
					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
					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 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) 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

External links

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