The 1957 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the tenth British Grand Prix and it was race 5 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties in a Vanwall. It was the third and final time that a Grand Prix had been won by two drivers in a shared car. This race was also noted as the first occasion that a British constructor won a World Drivers' Championship race, and from this season onwards British constructors won races in every season until , except .
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 18 Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:00.2—2 4 Jean Behra Maserati 2:00.4 +0.23 20 Tony Brooks Vanwall 2:00.4 +0.24 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:00.6 +0.45 10 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:01.2 +1.06 22 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 2:01.2 +1.07 6 Harry Schell Maserati 2:01.4 +1.28 12 Peter Collins Ferrari 2:01.8 +1.69 16 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 2:03.2 +3.010 14 Luigi Musso Ferrari 2:03.4 +3.211 8 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 2:05.4 +5.212 26 Les Leston BRM 2:05.6 +5.413 34 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:07.0 +6.814 30 Horace Gould Maserati 2:07.0 +6.815 36 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2:07.4 +7.216 24 Jack Fairman BRM 2:08.6 +8.417 28 Jo Bonnier Maserati 2:12.6 +12.418 38 Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 2:12.6 +12.419 32 Ivor Bueb Maserati 2:15.4 +15.2 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 Tony Brooks Stirling Moss Vanwall 90 3:06:37.8 3 45 2 14 Luigi Musso Ferrari 90 +25.6 10 6 3 10 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 90 +42.8 5 4 4 16 Maurice Trintignant Peter Collins Ferrari 88 +2 laps 9 30 5 36 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 85 +5 laps 15 2 6 38 Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 82 +8 laps 18 7 22 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 82 +8 laps 6 8 32 Ivor Bueb Maserati 71 +19 laps 19 34 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 74 Clutch 13 4 Jean Behra Maserati 69 Clutch 2 12 Peter Collins Ferrari 53 Water leak 8 18 Stirling Moss Tony Brooks Vanwall 51 Engine 1 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 49 Engine 4 24 Jack Fairman BRM 46 Engine 16 26 Les Leston BRM 44 Engine 12 6 Harry Schell Maserati 39 Water pump 7 8 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 35 Transmission 11 28 Jo Bonnier Maserati 18 Gearbox 17 30 Horace Gould Maserati Accident 14 Notes – Includes 1 point for fastest lap – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps
Notes
This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati. It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win and Grand Slam for Vanwall (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier) and the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap and win for a British constructor and for a car powered by a British engine.
Shared drives Car #20: Tony Brooks (26 laps) and Stirling Moss (64 laps). They shared the 8 points for first place Car #16: Maurice Trintignant (85 laps) and Peter Collins (3 laps). Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps. Car #18: Stirling Moss (25 laps) and Tony Brooks (26 laps).
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Juan Manuel Fangio 25 1 2 Luigi Musso 13 3 3 Tony Brooks 10 2 4 Sam Hanks 8 1 5 Jim Rathmann 7Source:
References
External links Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp. 420–421, 424