1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
- 3.1 Race Results
- 3.2 Drivers' Championship
- 3.3 Constructors' Championship
- 4.1 Race Results
- 4.2 Drivers' Championship
- 4.3 Constructors' Championship
- 5.1 Race Results
- 5.2 Drivers' Championship
- 5.3 Constructors' Championship
- 6.1 Race Results
- 6.2 Drivers' Championship
- 6.3 Constructors' Championship
- 7.1 Race Results
- 7.2 Drivers' Championship
- 7.3 Constructors' Championship
The Motorcycle World Championship season in 1957 was the ninth in the history of the FIM motorcycle road racing World Championship.
In all solo classes were six and discharged five races in the sidecars.
Scoring
In the evaluation we chose the best four results in less than eight races held; were eight or more races held, the five best results obtained were included in the championship standings.
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The affair Board Liberati
At the start of the 500cc race at the Grand Prix of Belgium, there was a problem in the ignition at the four-cylinder Moto Guzzi Libero Liberati. The Gilera racing manager Roberto Pierso then asked the race director for permission to let Liberati start with the bike by Bob Brown. After consultation with the President of CSI agreed to this and Liberati started the # Browns. During the race laid MV Agusta and Norton protest against this decision. After Liberati had finished the race as the winner, he was therefore disqualified and declared the Norton pilot Jack board the winner. Now Gilera protested his hand against the disqualification and reached that this was revised in January 1958, and Libero Liberati again declared as the winner. For the championship standings but this decision was no longer relevant.
The end of an era
On September 26, 1957, the three Italian brands FB- Mondial, Gilera and Moto Guzzi announced their withdrawal from the Motorcycle World Championship. The reasons for the rising costs of simultaneous drop in sales, the former bad image of motor sport in Italy, and, by the ever faster and stronger machines, endangered safety of the drivers were called. Most drivers concerned were not informed of it directly, but learned the news from the media. The two other active Italian brands, MV Agusta and Ducati, however, emphasized their intention to continue to compete in the World Championship.
Mortality
- Roberto Colombo was born on July 6, 1957 in an accident in training for the 350 cc Grand Prix of Belgium killed.
- Fritz Hillebrand had an accident on August 24, 1957 at a little major race on the street circuit Deusto in Bilbao, Spain San Ignacio fatal. Manfred Grunwald was seriously injured and retired from racing back then, since the duo had already been decided as a world champion, Hillebrand won posthumously the title.
- The German team pilot Josef Knebel died in an accident in the race for the Grand Prix of the Netherlands.
500 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
350 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
250 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
125 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Teams ( 500 cc )
Race Results
Drivers' championship
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )