The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 January 1957 at the Buenos Aires circuit. It was race 1 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers.
Race report Juan Manuel Fangio had left Ferrari for Maserati to attempt to win a fifth world championship with the help of their much modified 250Fs. Even without him, Ferrari had one of the strongest driver lineups in history, with Mike Hawthorn moving from BRM to join Peter Collins, Luigi Musso and Eugenio Castellotti.
Since the British teams were not present, Stirling Moss — who had signed for Vanwall — was part of the Maserati line-up with Jean Behra as third driver.
Fangio and Behra raced away into the distance as the rest of the field floundered. Moss's throttle linkage broke on the startline and he lost 10 laps having it fixed. The Ferraris were all suffering terribly with clutch problems, as both Collins and Musso burnt theirs out, while Hawthorn's was slipping badly.
Both Collins and Wolfgang von Trips took over Cesare Perdisa's Ferrari in an attempt to stop the Maseratis, but were powerless to stop them taking the first four places. Moss rejoined and set fastest lap on his way to 8th place.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 4 Stirling Moss Maserati 1:42.6—2 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 1:43.7 +1.13 6 Jean Behra Maserati 1:44.0 +1.44 14 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 1:44.2 +1.65 10 Peter Collins Ferrari 1:44.6 +2.06 12 Luigi Musso Ferrari 1:44.8 +2.27 16 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1:44.8 +2.28 8 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 1:45.1 +2.59 22 Harry Schell Maserati 1:46.4 +3.810 20 José Froilán González Ferrari 1:46.8 +4.211 18 Cesare Perdisa Ferrari 1:48.6 +6.012 26 Alejandro de Tomaso Ferrari 1:56.1 +13.513 24 Jo Bonnier Maserati 1:58.2 +15.614 28 Luigi Piotti Maserati 1:58.2 +15.6 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 100 3:00:55.9 2 8 2 6 Jean Behra Maserati 100 +18.3 secs 3 6 3 8 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 99 +1 Lap 8 4 4 22 Harry Schell Maserati 98 +2 Laps 9 3 5 20 Alfonso de Portago José Froilán González Ferrari 98 +2 Laps 10 11 6 18 Cesare Perdisa Peter Collins Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 98 +2 Laps 11 7 24 Jo Bonnier Maserati 95 +5 Laps 13 8 4 Stirling Moss Maserati 93 +7 Laps 1 1 9 26 Alejandro de Tomaso Ferrari 91 +9 Laps 12 10 28 Luigi Piotti Maserati 90 +10 Laps 14 14 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 75 Wheel 4 16 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 35 Clutch 7 12 Luigi Musso Ferrari 31 Clutch 6 10 Peter Collins Ferrari 26 Clutch 5 Notes – 1 point for fastest lap
Notes
This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Argentinian driver Alejandro de Tomaso.
Shared drives Car #20: Alfonso de Portago (49 laps) and José Froilán González (49 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place. Car #18: Cesare Perdisa (30 laps), Peter Collins (35 laps) and Wolfgang von Trips (33 laps).
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Juan Manuel Fangio 8 2 Jean Behra 6 3 Carlos Menditeguy 4 4 Harry Schell 3 5= Alfonso de Portago 1 5= José Froilán González 1 5= Stirling Moss 1Source:
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