1957 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| 1957 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 19 May 1957 | ||
| Official name | XV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||
| Distance | 105 laps, 330.225 km (205.17 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Time | 1:42.7 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | |
| Time | 1:45.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Vanwall | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1957 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 May 1957 at Monaco. It was race 2 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers.
Race report
Despite a hesitant start, Moss led away on the first lap from Collins, Fangio, and Hawthorn. On lap 4 coming out of the tunnel, there was mayhem. Moss went straight through the chicane, sending debris from the wrecked barrier crashing onto the circuit.[1] Collins crashed through the quayside barriers trying to avoid it.[2] Fangio and Brooks slowed to make their way through the carnage. Brooks' effort was for nought, being hit by Mike Hawthorn's Ferrari, which lost a wheel.[3] Fangio took the lead from Brooks' damaged car and held it to the chequered flag.
On lap 96, with nine laps to go,[4] von Trips lost a certain third place when his engine blew up. Brabham inherited it, but he in turn lost the place when the engine in his Cooper T43-Climax[5] cut out at Casino five laps from the end.[6] He coasted to the harbour and pushed the car home for 6th place.[7]
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati | 105 | 3:10:12.8 | 1 | 91 |
| 2 | 20 |  Tony Brooks
|
Vanwall | 105 | +25.2 secs | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 |  Masten Gregory
|
Maserati | 103 | +2 Laps | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Connaught-Alta | 102 | +3 Laps | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 |  Maurice Trintignant
|
Ferrari | 100 | +5 Laps | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 |  Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax | 100 | +5 Laps | 15 | |
| Ret | 24 |  Wolfgang von Trips Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari | 95 | Engine | 9 | |
| Ret | 34 |  Giorgio Scarlatti Harry Schell
|
Maserati | 64 | Oil Leak | 14 | |
| Ret | 6 | Ron Flockhart
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BRM | 60 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 36 | Carlos Menditeguy
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Maserati | 51 | Spun Off | 7 | |
| Ret | 12 | Ivor Bueb
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Connaught-Alta | 47 | Fuel Leak | 16 | |
| Ret | 38 | Harry Schell
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Maserati | 23 | Suspension | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Horace Gould
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Maserati | 10 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 26 | Peter Collins
|
Ferrari | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 18 | Stirling Moss
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Vanwall | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 28 | Mike Hawthorn
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Ferrari | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
| DNQ | 8 | Roy Salvadori
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BRM | ||||
| DNQ | 40 | Hans Herrmann
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Maserati | ||||
| DNQ | 4 | André Simon
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Maserati | ||||
| DNQ | 42 | Luigi Piotti
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Maserati | ||||
| DNQ | 16 | Les Leston
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Cooper-Climax | ||||
Source:[8]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Notes
- Lap Leaders: Stirling Moss 4 laps (1-4); Juan Manuel Fangio 101 laps (5-105).
- Shared Drives:
- Car #24: Wolfgang von Trips (92 laps) and Mike Hawthorn (3 laps).
- Car #34: Giorgio Scarlatti (42 laps) and Harry Schell (22 laps).
- Grand Prix debut for: Ivor Bueb, Masten Gregory, and Stuart Lewis-Evans.
- Career Firsts: Tony Brooks and Masten Gregory (points and podium); Stuart Lewis-Evans (points); Vanwall (podium).
- First podium finish for an American in Formula One (excluding Indianapolis 500) (Masten Gregory).
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
17 |
|
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2 | Jean Behra
|
6 |
 14
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3 | Tony Brooks
|
6 |
 1
|
4 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
4 |
| 12
|
5 |  Masten Gregory
|
4 |
| Source: [9] | |||
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ Kettlewell, p.1383.
- ^ "1957 Monaco Grand Prix". YouTube. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "1957 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Monaco 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
External links
- Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974.