1957 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	8th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (5th and last title)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio
Reigning constructors’ champion:	n/a
Races:	8
Winning drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (4) Stirling Moss (3) Sam Hanks (1) Tony Brooks (1)
Winning constructors:	Maserati (4) Vanwall (3) Epperly (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Sam Hanks Tony Brooks
First-time winners (constructor):	Epperly Vanwall
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	13 January	1957 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	19 May	1957 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1957 Indianapolis 500
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	07 July	1957 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Aintree	20 July	1957 British Grand Prix
6	Germany DT	Nurburgring	04 August	1957 German Grand Prix
7	Pescara	Pescara	18 August	1957 Pescara Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	08 September	1957 Italian Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
BRM (works team)	Jack Fairman	5
	Ron Flockhart	2, 4
	Les Leston	5
	Herbert MacKay-Fraser	4
	Roy Salvadori	2
Connaught (works team)	Ivor Bueb	2
Connaught (works team)	Stuart Lewis-Evans	2
Cooper (works team)	Jack Brabham	2, 4, 7
	Les Leston	2
	Mike MacDowel	4
	Roy Salvadori	5, 7
Cooper (privateers)	Jack Brabham	5
Cooper (privateers)	Bob Gerard	5
Ferrari (works team)	Eugenio Castellotti	1
	Peter Collins	1-2, 4-6, 8
	Alfonso de Portago	1
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	1
	Mike Hawthorn	1-2, 4-6, 8
	Luigi Musso	1, 4-8
	Cesare Perdisa	1
	Maurice Trintignant	2, 4-5
	Wolfgang von Trips	1-2, 8
Ferrari (privateer)	Alessandro de Tomaso	1
Maserati (works team)	Jean Behra	1, 4-8
	Juan Manuel Fangio	1-2, 4-8
	Hans Herrmann	2
	Carlos Menditeguy	1-2, 4-5
	Stirling Moss	1
	Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 6-8
	Harry Schell	2, 4-8
Maserati (privateers)	Jo Bonnier	1, 5, 7-8
	Ivor Bueb	5
	Francisco Godia	6-8
	Horace Gould	2, 4-8
	Masten Gregory	2, 6-8
	Bruce Halford	6-8
	Hans Herrmann	6
	Luigi Piotti	1-2, 7-8
	Harry Schell	1
	Andre Simon	2, 8
	Ottorino Volonterio	8
Vanwall (works team)	Tony Brooks	2, 5-8
	Stuart Lewis-Evans	4-8
	Stirling Moss	2, 5-8
	Roy Salvadori	4

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2	18.300s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	25.200s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	13	21.461s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	50.800s
5	Britain	Aintree	Tony Brooks Stirling Moss	Vanwall	3	25.600s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	3.100s
7	Pescara	Pescara	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2	3m 13.800s
8	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2	41.100s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Stirling Moss	Maserati	8	1.100s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	0.600s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Pat O’Connor	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	8	0.034s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	1.100s
5	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1	0.200s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	2.800s
7	Pescara	Pescara	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2	10.100s
8	Italy	Monza	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	DNF	0.300s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Stirling Moss	Maserati
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jim Rathmann	Epperly-Offenhauser
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Luigi Musso	Ferrari
5	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
7	Pescara	Pescara	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
8	Italy	Monza	Tony Brooks	Vanwall

Qualifying results

See: 1957 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared. Only the best five results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	FRA	GBR	DEU	PES	ITA	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	1		1	R	1	2	2	40 (46)
2	Stirling Moss	8	R			1/R	5	1	1	25
3	Luigi Musso	R			2	2	4	R	8	16
4	Mike Hawthorn	R	R/R		4	3	2		6	13
5	Tony Brooks		2			1/R	9	R	7	11
6	Masten Gregory		3				8	4	4	10
=	Harry Schell	4	R/R		5	R	7	3	5/R	10
8	Sam Hanks			1						8
=	Peter Collins	6/R	R		3	4/R	3		R	8
10	Jim Rathmann			2						7
11	Jean Behra	2			6	R	6	R	R	6
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans		4		R	7	R	5	R	5
=	Maurice Trintignant		5		R	4				5
14	Carlos Menditeguy	3	R		R	R				4
=	Jimmy Bryan			3						4
=	Wolfgang von Trips	6	R						3	4
17	Paul Russo			4						3
18	Andy Linden			5						2
=	Roy Salvadori		DNQ		R	5		R		2
20	Alfonso de Portago	5								1
=	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	5								1
=	Giorgio Scarlatti		R				10	6	5	1
	Jack Brabham		6		7/R	R		7
	Johnny Boyd			6
	Bob Gerard					6
	Cesare Perdisa	6
	Jo Bonnier	7				R		R	R
	Marshall Teague			7
	Mike MacDowel				7
	Ivor Bueb		R			8
	Pat O’Connor			8
	Francisco Godia						R	R	9
	Alessandro de Tomaso	9
	Bob Veith			9
	Horace Gould		R		R	DNS	R	R	10
	Luigi Piotti	10	DNQ					R	R
	Gene Hartley			10
	Bruce Halford						11	R	R
	Andre Simon		DNQ						11
	Ottorino Volonterio								11
	Jack Turner			11
	Johnny Thomson			12
	Bob Christie			13
	Chuck Weyant			14
	Tony Bettenhausen			15
	Johnnie Parsons			16
	Don Freeland			17
	Jimmy Reece			18^R
	Don Edmunds			19^R
	Johnnie Tolan			20^R
	Al Herman			21^R
	Fred Agabashian			22^R
	Eddie Sachs			23^R
	Mike Magill			24^R
	Eddie Johnson			25^R
	Bill Cheesbourg			26^R
	Al Keller			27^R
	Jimmy Daywalt			28^R
	Ed Elisian			29^R
	Rodger Ward			30^R
	Troy Ruttman			31^R
	Eddie Russo			32^R
	Elmer George			33^R
	Ron Flockhart		R		R
	Les Leston		DNQ			R
	Hans Herrmann		DNQ				R
	Eugenio Castellotti	R
	Herbert MacKay-Fraser				R
	Jack Fairman					R
	Edgar Barth (F2)						12
	Brian Naylor (F2)						13
	Carel Godin de Beaufort (F2)						14
	Tony Marsh (F2)						15
	Umberto Maglioli (F2)						R
	Paul England (F2)						R
	Dick Gibson (F2)						R
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	FRA	GBR	DEU	PES	ITA	Points

Notes

F2 drivers were ineligible to score points.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1957.

Season statistics

See: 1957 F1 World Championship Season Statistics