1957 Pescara Grand Prix
| 1957 Pescara Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 8 in the 1957 Formula One season | |||
 | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 18 August 1957 | ||
| Official name | XXV Circuito di Pescara | ||
| Location | Pescara Circuit | ||
| Course | Temporary racing facility | ||
| Course length | 25.8 km (16.032 miles) | ||
| Distance | 18 laps, 464.4 km (288.576 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Time | 9:44.6 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Stirling Moss | Vanwall | |
| Time | 9:44.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Vanwall | ||
| Second | Maserati | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 18 August 1957, at the Pescara Circuit near Pescara in Italy. The race was the seventh, and penultimate round of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship. The race, which was the only Formula One World Championship race at the track, is best remembered for being held at the longest ever circuit to stage a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix. The track is 25 km/16 miles long and is now part of the SR16bis on the coast of Pescara. It was also the first of the two consecutive Italian races, and after the subsequent race at Monza was complete, it became the first time that two Formula One World Championship races had been held in the same country in the same year.
The temporary public road circuit used for this race was located near the picturesque town of Pescara. It was extremely dangerous; so much so that Enzo Ferrari, a man not known for compassion for his drivers, did not send his team to the race out of fear for his drivers' safety.[citation needed] However, he was persuaded by Luigi Musso to enter a single Ferrari 801 as Musso wanted to secure the Italian drivers' championship.[1] Musso retired on lap 10 with a split oil tank.[1]
The race drew a crowd in excess of 200,000 spectators.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Stirling Moss
|
Vanwall | 18 | 2:59:22.7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Maserati | 18 | +3:13.9 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati | 18 | +6:46.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Masten Gregory
|
Maserati | 18 | +8:16.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 30 | Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
Vanwall | 17 | +1 lap | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 |  Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Maserati | 17 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 7 | 24 |  Jack Brabham
|
Cooper-Climax | 15 | +3 laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 34 | Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari | 9 | Oil leak | 3 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Paco Godia
|
Maserati | 9 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati | 9 | Transmission | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Maserati | 7 | Overheating | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati | 3 | Oil leak | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Roy Salvadori
|
Cooper-Climax | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 28 | Tony Brooks
|
Vanwall | 1 | Engine | 6 | |
| Ret | 18 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 12 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati | 0 | Engine | 13 | |
Source:[2]
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Notes
- This was a race where some drivers qualified 20 seconds ahead of others. The biggest difference was pole sitter Juan Manuel Fangio's time of 9:44.6 compared to Jack Brabham's time of 11:35.2, almost 2 minutes off Fangio's time. This was because many of the drivers on the grid had never driven at Pescara before. Also, Brabham's Cooper only had a 2-litre engine and Pescara was a "power" circuit.
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
40 |
 4
|
2 | Stirling Moss
|
17 |
 1
|
3 | Luigi Musso
|
16 |
| 1
|
4 | Mike Hawthorn
|
13 |
| 1
|
5 | Tony Brooks
|
10 |
- Note: only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ a b Jenkinson, Denis (April 1993). "A Famous Vanwall victory". Motor Sport (magazine). p. 317.
- ^ "1957 Pescara Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.