1957 Pescara Grand Prix
1957 Pescara Grand Prix | |||
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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 |
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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. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race, which was the only Formula One World Championship race at the track, was held at the longest ever circuit to stage a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix:[1] the track is 25.8 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.
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The event took place exceptionally due to the sudden cancellation of the Belgium and the Dutch Grand Prix. The temporary public road circuit used for this race was located near the town of Pescara. The Pescara circuit was renowned at the time as one of the most difficult and dangerous routes for motor racing; it became popular because of the automobile race Coppa Acerbo, held there since 1924.
The circuit was so dangerous 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, coupled with safety fears following the Mille Miglia accident.[citation needed] However, he was persuaded by Luigi Musso to enter a single Ferrari 801 as Musso wanted to secure the Italian drivers' championship[2] (he would then retire on lap 10 with a split oil tank).[2] Furthermore, approval to run at the circuit was reluctantly granted by ANAS after eleven people had been killed in an accident during the Mille Miglia race just three months before.
A unique incident occurred when Jack Brabham's F2 Cooper was running short of fuel far from the pits and he pulled into a roadside petrol station and topped up.
The race drew a crowd in excess of 200,000 spectators.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 18 | 2:59:22.7 | 2 | 91 |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Maserati | 18 | +3:13.9 | 1 | 6 |
3 | 6 | ![]() |
Maserati | 18 | +6:46.8 | 5 | 4 |
4 | 14 | ![]() |
Maserati | 18 | +8:16.5 | 7 | 3 |
5 | 30 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 17 | +1 lap | 8 | 2 |
6 | 8 | ![]() |
Maserati | 17 | +1 lap | 10 | |
7 | 24 | ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 15 | +3 laps | 16 | |
Ret | 34 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 9 | Oil leak | 3 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Maserati | 9 | Engine | 12 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Maserati | 9 | Transmission | 14 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Maserati | 7 | Overheating | 9 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
Maserati | 3 | Oil leak | 4 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 1 | Engine | 6 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
Maserati | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Maserati | 0 | Engine | 13 | |
Source:[3]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
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 was a Formula 2 car with a 1.5-litre engine and Pescara was a "power" circuit.
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
40 |
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2 | ![]() |
17 |
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3 | ![]() |
16 |
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4 | ![]() |
13 |
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5 | ![]() |
10 |
Source:[4] |
- Note: only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ "Pescara Circuit". Circuits of the past. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ a b Jenkinson, Denis (April 1993). "A Famous Vanwall victory". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 31. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "1957 Pescara Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Pescara 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.