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Home / Seasons / 1957 F1 World Championship Season / 1957 Argentine Grand Prix

1957 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 January 1957
Winner
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Maserati
Pole position
  • Stirling Moss
  • Maserati
Fastest lap
  • Stirling Moss
  • Maserati
CircuitBuenos Aires, 100 laps
Round1 of 8
Race numbers

The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 57th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Buenos Aires
More 1957 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1956 Italian Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati1003hr 00m 55.900s8
2+1(FRA) Jean BehraMaserati100+18.300s6
3+5(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyMaserati99+1 lap4
4+5(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)98+2 laps3
5+5
  • (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • (ESP) Alfonso de Portago
Ferrari98+2 laps
  • 1
  • 1
6+5
  • (ITA) Cesare Perdisa
  • (GBR) Peter Collins
  • (DEU) Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari98+2 laps 
7+6(SWE) Jo BonnierMaserati (privateer)95+5 laps 
8-7(GBR) Stirling MossMaserati93+7 laps1 FL
9+3(ARG) Alessandro de TomasoFerrari (privateer)91+9 laps 
10+4(ITA) Luigi PiottiMaserati (privateer)90+10 laps 
R (ITA) Eugenio CastellottiFerrari75DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari35DNF 
R (ITA) Luigi MussoFerrari31DNF 
R (GBR) Peter CollinsFerrari26DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:42.600

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Stirling MossMaserati
2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
3(FRA) Jean BehraMaserati
4(ITA) Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
5(GBR) Peter CollinsFerrari
6(ITA) Luigi MussoFerrari
7(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
8(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyMaserati
9(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)
10(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
11(ITA) Cesare PerdisaFerrari
12(ARG) Alessandro de TomasoFerrari (privateer)
13(SWE) Jo BonnierMaserati (privateer)
14(ITA) Luigi PiottiMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio8
2(FRA) Jean Behra6
3(ARG) Carlos Menditeguy4
4(USA) Harry Schell3
5(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez1
=(ESP) Alfonso de Portago1
7(GBR) Stirling Moss1

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Alessandro de Tomaso
Wolfgang von Trips
Last start
Eugenio Castellotti
Alfonso de Portago
Cesare Perdisa
Milestone race start
50th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
21st for Juan Manuel Fangio
6th for Maserati
Race 1-2
1st and only for Maserati (5th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
30th for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to score 30 podiums, 1st Argentine driver)
8th for Jean Behra (last for Maserati)
1st and only for Carlos Menditeguy (51st different podium finisher, 4th Argentine driver)
28th, 29th & 30th for Maserati (2nd constructor to score 30 podiums)
Poles
3rd for Stirling Moss (last for Maserati)
5th for Maserati
1-2 start
1st for Maserati (5th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
7th for Stirling Moss (last for Maserati)
12th for Maserati
Front row starts
42nd for Juan Manuel Fangio
14th for Stirling Moss (last for Maserati)
7th and last for Eugenio Castellotti
4th for Jean Behra
Points finishes
19th and last for Jose Froilan Gonzalez
2nd and last for Alfonso de Portago

See also

  • Argentine Grand Prix
  • Buenos Aires circuit
  • 1957 World Championship season

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