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

1957 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 20 July 1957
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks & United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall
CircuitAintree, 90 laps
Round5 of 8
Race numbers

The 1957 British Grand Prix was the

  • 61st World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Aintree
More 1957 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
Vanwall903hr 06m 37.800s
  • 4
  • 5 FL
2+8Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari90+25.600s6
3+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari90+42.800s4
4+5
  • France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins
Ferrari88+2 laps
  • 3
  •  
5+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax85+5 laps2
6+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)82+8 laps 
7-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall82+8 laps 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax (privateer)74DNF 
8+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ivor BuebMaserati (privateer)71+19 laps 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati69DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari53DNF 
R 
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
Vanwall51DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati49DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanBRM46DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Les LestonBRM44DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati39DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Carlos MenditeguyMaserati35DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMaserati (privateer)18DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)   

Notes

  • Jean Behra ended lap 69 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:00.200

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossVanwall
2France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksVanwall
4Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall
7USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
9France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
10Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari
11Argentina flag lazyload Carlos MenditeguyMaserati
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Les LestonBRM
13Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax
15  
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanBRM
17Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierMaserati (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Ivor BuebMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1957 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio25
2Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso13
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks10
4USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks8
5USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann7
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn7
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss6
8France flag lazyload Jean Behra6
9USA flag lazyload Harry Schell5
=France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant5
11Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Menditeguy4
=USA flag lazyload Masten Gregory4
=USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins4
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Stuart Lewis-Evans3
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo3
17USA flag lazyload Andy Linden2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori2
19Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez1
=Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Bob Gerard, Les Leston
Wins
4th for Stirling Moss (first for Vanwall), 1st for Tony Brooks (19th different winner, 4th British driver)
1st for Vanwall (9th different winner)
Podiums
10th for Mike Hawthorn (5th driver to score ten podiums, 1st British driver), 9th for Stirling Moss (first for Vanwall), 5th for Luigi Musso, 2nd for Tony Brooks
78th & 79th for Ferrari, 2nd for Vanwall
Poles
4th for Stirling Moss (first for Vanwall)
1st for Vanwall (9th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
8th for Stirling Moss (first for Vanwall)
1st for Vanwall (9th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
16th for Stirling Moss, 6th for Jean Behra, 1st for Tony Brooks (38th different front row starter, 5th British driver)
Points finishes
1st for Roy Salvadori (89th different point scorer, 15th British driver)
Pole & win
2nd for Stirling Moss (first since 1955; first for Vanwall)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Stirling Moss (first since 1955 and last until 1959; only hat-trick for Vanwall)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Aintree circuit
  • 1957 World Championship season

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