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1957 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitRouen-les-Essarts, 77 laps
Round4 of 8
Race numbers

The 1957 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 60th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Rouen-les-Essarts (first since 1952 and last until 1962)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati773hr 07m 46.400s8
2+1(ITA) Luigi MussoFerrari77+50.800s7 FL
3+2(GBR) Peter CollinsFerrari77+2m 06.000s4
4+3(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari76+1 lap3
5-1(USA) Harry SchellMaserati70+7 laps2
6-4(FRA) Jean BehraMaserati70+7 laps 
7+8Cooper-Climax68+9 laps 
R (GBR) Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall30DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos MenditeguyMaserati30DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriVanwall25DNF 
R (USA) Herbert MacKay-FraserBRM24DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantFerrari23DNF 
R (GBR) Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)4DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax4DNF 
R (GBR) Ron FlockhartBRM2DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:21.500

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
2(FRA) Jean BehraMaserati
3(ITA) Luigi MussoFerrari
4(USA) Harry SchellMaserati
5(GBR) Peter CollinsFerrari
6(GBR) Roy SalvadoriVanwall
7(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
8(FRA) Maurice TrintignantFerrari
9(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyMaserati
10(GBR) Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall
11(GBR) Ron FlockhartBRM
12(USA) Herbert Mackay-FraserBRM
13(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
14(GBR) Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)
15(GBR) Mike MacDowellCooper-Climax

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio25
2(USA) Sam Hanks8
3(USA) Jim Rathmann7
=(ITA) Luigi Musso7
5(FRA) Jean Behra6
=(GBR) Tony Brooks6
7(USA) Harry Schell5
8(ARG) Carlos Menditeguy4
=(USA) Masten Gregory4
=(USA) Jimmy Bryan4
=(GBR) Peter Collins4
12(GBR) Stuart Lewis-Evans3
=(USA) Paul Russo3
=(GBR) Mike Hawthorn3
15(FRA) Maurice Trintignant2
=(USA) Andy Linden2
17(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez1
=(ESP) Alfonso de Portago1
19(GBR) Stirling Moss1

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mike MacDowel (only start)
Herbert MacKay-Fraser (only start)
Wins
23rd for Juan Manuel Fangio
8th for Maserati
Podiums
32nd for Juan Manuel Fangio
6th for Peter Collins
4th for Luigi Musso
76th & 77th for Ferrari
33rd for Maserati
Poles
26th for Juan Manuel Fangio
7th for Maserati
1-2 start
2nd and last for Maserati
Fastest laps
1st and only for Luigi Musso (20th different fastest lap setter, 5th Italian driver; last Italian driver to set a fastest until 1961)
20th for Ferrari (1st constructor to set 20 fastest laps)
Front row starts
44th for Juan Manuel Fangio
5th for Jean Behra
3rd for Luigi Musso
Pole & win
14th for Juan Manuel Fangio