1957 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 7 July 1957 | ||||
Official name | XLIII Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||||
Location | Rouen-Les-Essarts, Grand-Couronne, France | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 6.542 km (4.065 miles) | ||||
Distance | 77 laps, 503.734 km (313.005 miles) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Maserati | ||||
Time | 2:21.5 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
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Time | 2:22.4 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Maserati | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1957 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 July 1957 at Rouen-Les-Essarts. It was race 4 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Maserati | 2:21.5 | — |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
Maserati | 2:22.6 | +1.1 |
3 | 10 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 2:22.7 | +1.2 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
Maserati | 2:23.2 | +1.7 |
5 | 12 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 2:23.3 | +1.8 |
6 | 20 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 2:25.1 | +3.6 |
7 | 14 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 2:25.6 | +4.1 |
8 | 16 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 2:25.9 | +4.4 |
9 | 8 | ![]() |
Maserati | 2:26.1 | +4.6 |
10 | 18 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 2:27.6 | +6.1 |
11 | 26 | ![]() |
BRM | 2:27.8 | +6.3 |
12 | 28 | ![]() |
BRM | 2:29.9 | +8.4 |
13 | 22 | ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 2:30.9 | +9.4 |
14 | 30 | ![]() |
Maserati | 2:35.0 | +13.5 |
15 | 24 | ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 2:38.6 | +17.1 |
Source:[1] |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | ![]() |
Maserati | 77 | 3:07:46.4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 10 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 77 | +50.8 secs | 3 | 71 |
3 | 12 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 77 | +2:06.0 | 5 | 4 |
4 | 14 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 76 | +1 Lap | 7 | 3 |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Maserati | 70 | +7 Laps | 4 | 2 |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
Maserati | 69 | +8 Laps | 2 | |
7 | 24 | ![]() ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 68 | +9 Laps | 15 | |
Ret | 8 | ![]() |
Maserati | 30 | Engine | 9 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 30 | Steering | 10 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Vanwall | 25 | Engine | 6 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() |
BRM | 24 | Transmission | 12 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 23 | Electrical | 8 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Cooper-Climax | 4 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 30 | ![]() |
Maserati | 4 | Halfshaft | 14 | |
Ret | 26 | ![]() |
BRM | 2 | Accident | 11 | |
Source:[2]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Notes
[edit]- This was the first Formula One World Championship race for American driver Herbert MacKay-Fraser and British driver Mike MacDowel.
Shared drive
[edit]- Car #24: Mike MacDowel (30 laps) and Jack Brabham (38 laps).
Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
25 |
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2 | ![]() |
8 |
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3 | ![]() |
7 |
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4 | ![]() |
7 |
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5 | ![]() |
6 |
Source: [3] |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit]- ^ "1957 ACF GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "1957 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "France 1957 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.