1957 French Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 7 July 1957 |
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| Circuit | Rouen-les-Essarts, 77 laps |
| Round | 4 of 8 |
| Race numbers | The 1957 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 77 | 3hr 07m 46.400s | 8 | |
| 2 | +1 |  Luigi Musso | Ferrari | 77 | +50.800s | 7 FL |
| 3 | +2 |  Peter Collins | Ferrari | 77 | +2m 06.000s | 4 |
| 4 | +3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 76 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | -1 |  Harry Schell | Maserati | 70 | +7 laps | 2 |
| 6 | -4 |  Jean Behra | Maserati | 70 | +7 laps | |
| 7 | +8 | Cooper-Climax | 68 | +9 laps | ||
| R | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall | 30 | DNF | ||
| R | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati | 30 | DNF | ||
| R | Roy Salvadori | Vanwall | 25 | DNF | ||
| R | Herbert MacKay-Fraser | BRM | 24 | DNF | ||
| R | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 23 | DNF | ||
| R | Horace Gould | Maserati (privateer) | 4 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 4 | DNF | ||
| R | Ron Flockhart | BRM | 2 | DNF | ||
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:21.500
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
| 2 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 3 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 4 | Harry Schell | Maserati |
| 5 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | Vanwall |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 9 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati |
| 10 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall |
| 11 | Ron Flockhart | BRM |
| 12 | Herbert MacKay-Fraser | BRM |
| 13 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 14 | Horace Gould | Maserati (privateer) |
| 15 | Mike MacDowell | Cooper-Climax |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1957 French Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 25 |
| 2 | Sam Hanks | 8 |
| 3 | Jim Rathmann | 7 |
| = | Luigi Musso | 7 |
| 5 | Jean Behra | 6 |
| = | Tony Brooks | 6 |
| 7 | Harry Schell | 5 |
| 8 | Carlos Menditeguy | 4 |
| = | Masten Gregory | 4 |
| = | Jimmy Bryan | 4 |
| = | Peter Collins | 4 |
| 12 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | 3 |
| = | Paul Russo | 3 |
| = | Mike Hawthorn | 3 |
| 15 | Maurice Trintignant | 2 |
| = | Andy Linden | 2 |
| 17 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 1 |
| = |  Alfonso de Portago | 1 |
| 19 | Stirling Moss | 1 |
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