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Grand Prix d'Europe
10th R.A.C. British Grand Prix

20 Jul 1957Aintree434.520 km (4828 m x 90 Laps)

 Pole Position: Stirling Moss, Vanwall VW1, 2:00.2 (144.6 km/h) Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss, Vanwall VW4, 1:59.2 (145.8 km/h lap 55) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 20 Tony Brooks/ 26 laps Stirling Moss Vanwall VW4 3:06:37.8 139.7 km/h 64 laps 2 14 Luigi Musso Ferrari 801 3:07:03.4 139.4 km/h 3 10 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 801 3:07:20.6 139.2 km/h 4 16 Maurice Trintignant/ 85 laps Peter Collins Ferrari 801 -2 Laps 3 laps 5 36 Roy Salvadori Cooper T43-Climax -5 Laps 6 38 Bob Gerard Cooper T44-Bristol -8 Laps 7 22 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall VW5 -8 Laps 8 32 Ivor Bueb Maserati 250F -19 Laps Did Not Finish: 34 Jack Brabham Cooper T43-Climax 74 Clutch 4 Jean Behra Maserati 250F 69 Clutch 12 Peter Collins Ferrari 801 53 Water leak 18 Stirling Moss/ 25 laps Tony Brooks Vanwall VW1 51 Engine 26 laps 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 250F 49 Engine 24 Jack Fairman BRM P25 46 Engine 26 Les Leston BRM P25 44 Engine 6 Harry Schell Maserati 250F 39 Water pump 8 Carlos Menditéguy Maserati 250F 35 Transmission 28 Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F 18 Gearbox Did Not Start: 30 Horace Gould Maserati 250F Accident/Injury Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 18 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW1 1-22 22 4 Jean Behra Maserati 250F 23-69 47 20 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW4 70-90 21 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 18 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW1 2:00.2 144.6 Vandervell Products Ltd 2 4 Jean Behra Maserati 250F 2:00.4 144.4 Officine Alfieri Maserati 3 20 Tony Brooks Vanwall VW4 2:00.4 144.4 Vandervell Products Ltd 4 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 250F 2:00.6 144.1 Officine Alfieri Maserati 5 10 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 801 2:01.2 143.4 Scuderia Ferrari 6 22 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall VW5 2:01.2 143.4 Vandervell Products Ltd 7 6 Harry Schell Maserati 250F 2:01.4 143.2 Officine Alfieri Maserati 8 12 Peter Collins Ferrari 801 2:01.8 142.7 Scuderia Ferrari 9 16 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 801 2:03.2 141.1 Scuderia Ferrari 10 14 Luigi Musso Ferrari 801 2:03.4 140.8 Scuderia Ferrari 11 8 Carlos Menditéguy Maserati 250F 2:05.4 138.6 Officine Alfieri Maserati 12 26 Les Leston BRM P25 2:05.6 138.4 Owen Racing Organisation 13 34 Jack Brabham Cooper T43-Climax 2:07.0 136.9 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 14 30 Horace Gould Maserati 250F 2:07.0 136.9 H.H. Gould 15 36 Roy Salvadori Cooper T43-Climax 2:07.4 136.4 Cooper Car Co 16 24 Jack Fairman BRM P25 2:08.6 135.2 Owen Racing Organisation 17 28 Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F 2:12.6 131.1 Jo Bonnier 18 38 Bob Gerard Cooper T44-Bristol 2:12.6 131.1 Bob Gerard 19 32 Ivor Bueb Maserati 250F 2:15.4 128.4 Gilby Engineering
Starting Grid:
18 Stirling Moss
Vanwall VW1
2:00.2
4 Jean Behra
Maserati 250F
2:00.4
20 Tony Brooks
Vanwall VW4
2:00.4
2 Juan Manuel Fangio
Maserati 250F
2:00.6
10 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari 801
2:01.2
22 Stuart Lewis-Evans
Vanwall VW5
2:01.2
6 Harry Schell
Maserati 250F
2:01.4
12 Peter Collins
Ferrari 801
2:01.8
16 Maurice Trintignant
Ferrari 801
2:03.2
14 Luigi Musso
Ferrari 801
2:03.4
8 Carlos Menditéguy
Maserati 250F
2:05.4
26 Les Leston
BRM P25
2:05.6
34 Jack Brabham
Cooper T43-Climax
2:07.0
30 Horace Gould
Maserati 250F
2:07.0
36 Roy Salvadori
Cooper T43-Climax
2:07.4
24 Jack Fairman
BRM P25
2:08.6
28 Jo Bonnier
Maserati 250F
2:12.6
38 Bob Gerard
Cooper T44-Bristol
2:12.6
32 Ivor Bueb
Maserati 250F
2:15.4
Notes:
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    Having missed the French Grand Prix both Vanwall drivers were back in action at Aintree and it was Stirling Moss who set the fastest time in practice with Tony Brooks third on the grid behind the Maserati of Jean Behra. Stuart Lewis-Evans appeared in a third Vanwall but he was only sixth on the grid.

    Juan Manuel Fangio qualified his Maserati fourth with team mates Harry Schell seventh and Carlos Menditéguy 11th. The Lancia Ferraris of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins were fifth and eighth with Maurice Trintignant and Luigi Musso ninth and 10th in similar cars. BRM had two cars but Les Leston was only 12th and Jack Fairman was 16th. Roy Salvadori reappeared in one of the two Cooper-Climaxes entered, the other being driven by Jack Brabham.

    At the start of the race Behra took off into the lead with Moss in hot pursuit and it was the Englishman who emerged ahead at the end of the lap, to the delight of the partisan crowd. Brooks was third with Hawthorn fourth and Collins fifth. There were four British drivers in the top five positions. They came Schell, Musso and Fangio. Moss was able to build up his lead but then the car began to sound rough and he pitted. Behra took the lead with Brooks behind him but the second Vanwall driver was soon called into the pits to give his car to Moss who rejoined in ninth position. he began to work his way through the field. Behra remained ahead with Hawthorn unable to challenge him. Then came Lewis-Evans and Collins. Moss was quickly back up to fifth. The field was thinned out by a series of mechanical failures including Fangio and Collins. Moss caught Lewis-Evans but then on lap 69 the whole race changed when Behra's clutch exploded. Hawthorn ran over some of the wreckage and suffered a puncture. Lewis-Evans took the lead but was passed almost immediately by Moss. The dream of a Vanwall 1-2 was punctured when Lewis-Evans suffered a broken throttle linkage which dropped him to seventh place. Moss duly won the race, claiming the first World Championship victory for a British car. Musso was second with Hawthorn third.