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

1957 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 July 1957
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
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)
More 1957 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:21.500

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
2France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
3Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari
4USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriVanwall
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
8France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
9Argentina flag lazyload Carlos MenditeguyMaserati
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartBRM
12USA flag lazyload Herbert MacKay-FraserBRM
13Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike MacDowellCooper-Climax

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio25
2USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks8
3USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann7
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso7
5France flag lazyload Jean Behra6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks6
7USA flag lazyload Harry Schell5
8Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Menditeguy4
=USA flag lazyload Masten Gregory4
=USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins4
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Stuart Lewis-Evans3
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn3
15France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant2
=USA flag lazyload Andy Linden2
17Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez1
=Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago1
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss1

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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Rouen-les-Essarts circuit
  • 1957 World Championship season

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