1957 Formula One season

The 1957 Formula One season was the 8th of the championship. The champion was Juan Manuel Fangio in a close battle.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 13	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 19	Monaco	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Sam Hanks	Epperly-Offenhauser	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 7	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 20	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 4	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
7	Pescara Grand Prix	August 18	Pescara	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 8	Monza	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report

1957 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PSC	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	1*		1	Ret	1*	2	2	40 (46)
2	Stirling Moss	8*	Ret			1*† / Ret†	5	1*	1	25
3	Luigi Musso	Ret			2*	2	4	Ret	8	16
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ret	Ret† / Ret		4	3	2		6	13
5	Tony Brooks		2			1† / Ret†	9	Ret	7*	11
6	Masten Gregory		3				8	4	4	10
7	Harry Schell	4	Ret† / Ret		5	Ret	7	3	5† / Ret	10
8	Sam Hanks			1						8
9	Peter Collins	6† / Ret	Ret		3	Ret / 4†‡	3		12	8
10	Jim Rathmann			2*						7
11	Jean Behra	2			6	Ret	6	Ret	14	6
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans		4		Ret	7	Ret	5	13	5
13	Maurice Trintignant		5		Ret	4†				5
14	Wolfgang von Trips	6†	Ret†						3	4
15	Carlos Menditéguy	3	Ret		Ret	Ret				4
16	Jimmy Bryan			3						4
17	Paul Russo			4						3
18	Roy Salvadori		DNQ		Ret	5		Ret		2
19	Andy Linden			5						2
20	Giorgio Scarlatti		Ret†				10	6	5†	1
21	Alfonso de Portago	5†								1
22	José Froilán González	5†								1
23	Jack Brabham		6		7† / Ret	Ret		7		0
24	Johnny Boyd			6						0
25	Bob Gerard					6				0
26	Cesare Perdisa	6†								0
27	Joakim Bonnier	7				Ret		Ret	17	0
28	Marshall Teague			7						0
29	Mike MacDowel				7†					0
30	Ivor Bueb		Ret			8				0
31	Pat O'Connor			8						0
32	Paco Godia						Ret	Ret	9	0
33	Alessandro de Tomaso	9								0
34	Bob Veith			9						0
35	Luigi Piotti	10	DNQ					Ret	18	0
36	Horace Gould		Ret		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	10	0
37	Gene Hartley			10						0
38	Bruce Halford						11	Ret	15	0
39	Jack Turner			11						0
40	Ottorino Volonterio								11†	0
41	Andre Simon		DNQ						11†	0
42	Johnny Thomson			12						0
43	Bob Christie			13						0
44	Chuck Weyant			14						0
45	Tony Bettenhausen			15						0
46	Johnnie Parsons			16						0
47	Don Freeland			17						0
—	Ron Flockhart		Ret		Ret					0
—	Hans Herrmann		DNQ				Ret			0
—	Les Leston		DNQ			Ret				0
—	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret								0
—	Jimmy Reece			Ret						0
—	Don Edmunds			Ret						0
—	Johnnie Tolan			Ret						0
—	Al Herman			Ret						0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret						0
—	Eddie Sachs			Ret						0
—	Mike Magill			Ret						0
—	Eddie Johnson			Ret						0
—	Bill Cheesbourg			Ret						0
—	Al Keller			Ret						0
—	Jimmy Daywalt			Ret						0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret						0
—	Rodger Ward			Ret						0
—	Troy Ruttman			Ret						0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret						0
—	Elmer George			Ret						0
—	Herbert MacKay-Fraser				Ret					0
—	Jack Fairman					Ret				0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PSC	ITA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

1957 Formula One Season Media

Juan Manuel Fangio won his 5th and final Drivers' Championship, driving for the works Maserati team
Juan Manuel Fangio won his 5th and final Drivers' Championship at the age of 46 years and 41 days driving for Maserati