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