1957 British Grand Prix
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| 1957 British Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Vanwall | ||
| Time | 2:00.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | United Kingdom Stirling Moss | Vanwall | |
| Time | 1:59.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Vanwall | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
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.
Classification
[edit ]Qualifying
[edit ]Race
[edit ]- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
- ^2 – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps
Notes
[edit ]- This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati.
- It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win and Grand Slam for Vanwall (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier) and the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap and win for a British constructor and for a car powered by a British engine.
Shared drives
[edit ]- Car #20: Tony Brooks (26 laps) and Stirling Moss (64 laps). They shared the 8 points for first place
- Car #16: Maurice Trintignant (85 laps) and Peter Collins (3 laps). Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps.
- Car #18: Stirling Moss (25 laps) and Tony Brooks (26 laps).
Championship standings after the race
[edit ]- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio | 25 | |
| 1 | 2 | Italy Luigi Musso | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | United Kingdom Tony Brooks | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | United States Sam Hanks | 8 |
| 1 | 5 | United States Jim Rathmann | 7 |
| Source: [4] | |||
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit ]- ^ "1957 British GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "1957 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Grand Prix Results: British GP, 1957". GrandPrix.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Britain 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
External links
[edit ]- Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp. 420–421, 424
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