1957_British_Grand_Prix

1957 British Grand Prix
1957 British Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	20 July 1957
Official name	Grand Prix d'Europe incorporating the 10th RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.828 km (3.000 miles)
Distance	90 laps, 434.52 km (270.00 miles)
Weather	Overcast, dry.
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss;
Time	2:00.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss
Time	1:59.2
Podium
First	Stirling Moss; Tony Brooks;
Second	Luigi Musso;
Third	Mike Hawthorn;
	Lap leaders ;

1957 British Grand Prix

Motor car 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.

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The winning Vanwall, 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.

All but one of the Maserati 250Fs retired from the race.

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2:00.2	—
2	4	Jean Behra	Maserati	2:00.4	+0.2
3	20	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:00.4	+0.2
4	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2:00.6	+0.4
5	10	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:01.2	+1.0
6	22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	2:01.2	+1.0
7	6	Harry Schell	Maserati	2:01.4	+1.2
8	12	Peter Collins	Ferrari	2:01.8	+1.6
9	16	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2:03.2	+3.0
10	14	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	2:03.4	+3.2
11	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	2:05.4	+5.2
12	26	Les Leston	BRM	2:05.6	+5.4
13	34	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:07.0	+6.8
14	30	Horace Gould	Maserati	2:07.0	+6.8
15	36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2:07.4	+7.2
16	24	Jack Fairman	BRM	2:08.6	+8.4
17	28	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	2:12.6	+12.4
18	38	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	2:12.6	+12.4
19	32	Ivor Bueb	Maserati	2:15.4	+15.2
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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Tony Brooks Stirling Moss	Vanwall	90	3:06:37.8	3	4 5¹
2	14	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	90	+25.6	10	6
3	10	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	90	+42.8	5	4
4	16	Maurice Trintignant Peter Collins	Ferrari	88	+2 laps	9	3² 0²
5	36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	85	+5 laps	15	2
6	38	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	82	+8 laps	18
7	22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	82	+8 laps	6
8	32	Ivor Bueb	Maserati	71	+19 laps	19
Ret	34	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	74	Clutch	13
Ret	4	Jean Behra	Maserati	69	Clutch	2
Ret	12	Peter Collins	Ferrari	53	Water leak	8
Ret	18	Stirling Moss Tony Brooks	Vanwall	51	Engine	1
Ret	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	49	Engine	4
Ret	24	Jack Fairman	BRM	46	Engine	16
Ret	26	Les Leston	BRM	44	Engine	12
Ret	6	Harry Schell	Maserati	39	Water pump	7
Ret	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	35	Transmission	11
Ret	28	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	18	Gearbox	17
DNS	30	Horace Gould	Maserati		Accident	14
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1957_British_Grand_Prix

1957 British Grand Prix

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Additional information

Shared drives

Championship standings after the race

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