1957 Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco Grand Prix 1957 was held on 19 May 1957 the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the second race of the Formula 1 season 1957.
- 3.1 Start -up
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
Reports
Background
After the first race of the season, the Grand Prix of Argentina in 1957 only attended the two Italian top teams Ferrari and Maserati, various British teams were at the Monaco Grand Prix with BRM, Vanwall, Connaught and Cooper Car Company there. The field of riders increased from 14 drivers in the season opener on 21 drivers who were registered for the Grand Prix of Monaco.
In preparation for the Grand Prix Ferrari was hit by several tragic events. Eugenio Castellotti and Alfonso de Portago died in accidents and therefore Cesare Perdisa ended his career. For the fatally injured Ferrari driver team owner Enzo Ferrari was strongly criticized and it was followed by court proceedings which are involved in these events. Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn remained in the team, Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips rose from the replacement driver to take regular driver and got his own car. In addition, they picked Maurice Trintignant back into the team. In the months between the first and second race of the season five is not the World Cup belonging races took place. Collins won two of these races, the Grand Prix of Syracuse and the Grand Prize of Napoli for Ferrari. When Pau Grand Prix Jean Behra was successful in the Maserati, the Glover Trophy at Goodwood Stuart Lewis -Evans decided at the Connaught for themselves and Fangio won at another Grand Prix in Argentina, which took place after the official Grand Prix of Argentina. Ferrari set for Collins and Hawthorn still give a year-old car Ferrari Ferrari D50 or D50a had the new car Ferrari 801 but even as a test in use. The car received an improved engine and oriented themselves more strongly in the design of the Ferrari 555 Supersqualo. The front was accordingly changed to the form of the 1955 car, disappeared the side boxes to the Ferrari D50 as an identifying mark. Maserati sat still on his compared to last year, only slightly modified Maserati 250F, only Juan Manuel Fangio also experimented with a new engine. After the change of Stirling Moss to Vanwall Maserati presented for this Grand Prix Giorgio Scarlatti, Carlos Menditeguy, Harry Schell and Hans Herrmann car available. Herrmann came after two year break into Formula 1, stepping in subsequent years, however, only isolated to race.
B.R.M. returned after several Grand Prix also break into Formula 1 back and went with the BRM P25 for Ron Flockhart and Roy Salvadori at the start. Connaught Connaught put two Type B for Stuart Lewis -Evans and Ivor Bueb one, both drivers drove their first race in Formula 1 Vanwall also went for the first time in the Formula 1 season in 1957, starting with the driver line-up Moss and Tony Brooks. We continued to develop the car last year and put the new Vanwall VW57 for the entire season.
Cooper brought the newly developed Cooper T43 was first used. The car was the only one in the field with mid-engine and one year later the first victory of such a car in Formula 1 history and revolutionized in the 1959 and 1960 Formula 1 as Motor Climax engines were used, especially before in the 60s the most successful engines were. In the first race of this important car of the future three -time world champion Jack Brabham and Les Leston were at the start.
For the Monaco Grand Prix several drivers were again reported with private Maserati 250F. The Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati set up two of these for André Simon and Masten Gregory. For the Americans Gregory this Grand Prix was the Formula 1 debut. In addition, Horace Gould and Luigi Piotti competed with their own teams and private cars.
In the drivers' standings Fangio led before Behra and Menditeguy, with Fangio, Moss and Trintignant took the three former winners of the race, Maserati and Ferrari were once each successful in the previous two years.
Training
The training for the Grand Prix of Monaco in 1957 was determined by the top drivers of the respective top teams. Fangio decided the duel between him, Collins and Moss for himself and reached the pole position with a time of 1:42,7. He was half a second faster than second placed Ferrari driver Collins. For Maserati, it was the second pole position in the second race of the Formula 1 season 1957. Compared to the first race of the season Ferrari decreased with the new Ferrari 801 the distance to Maserati significantly. Vanwalls VW57 also convinced in the first training, Moss reached the front row in third position, behind teammate Brooks qualified in fourth place, alongside Ferrari driver Hawthorn, which, however, still drove the car from last year.
For the third row is Menditeguy -skilled Schell and Graf Berghe von Trips, who participated for the first time at a training session. In his two previous races he took over only in the race the car of a team mate. The top 10 was completed by debutant Gregory, this was the best position of a driver with private car.
For security reasons, were admitted to the race only 16 cars, resulting in five drivers not qualified. The BRM driver Salvadori did not qualify for the race, while his team-mate Flockhart scored eleventh place on the grid. In Connaught both drivers achieved in their respective first Formula 1 race qualifying, Cooper managed only Brabham on the grid 15 The other driver, whose time was not enough to take part in races were thus the Maserati factory driver Herrmann, Simon and Piotti with private Maserati, and Leston Cooper.
Race
Moss managed the best start from the front row and after the first corner he passed Collins and Fangio and resulted in the Vanwall at the race. In round two Collins Fangio outdated and was right behind Moss, which he, however, was fatal. Moss lost in round four after exiting the tunnel, the control of his car and collided with the track barrier, which then spread out on the track. The following Collins tried the rubble of the destroyed Moss cars and track barrier and dodge collided with the wall on the other side of the track. Fangio and Brooks arrived at the accident site, slowing sharply from to slowly drive through the chicane. Hawthorn saw the slow vehicles and accident scene too late in front of him and ran into the back of Brooks. Brooks Vanwall was damaged in this episode crash, but he was able to continue the race. For Hawthorn, who lost a wheel, and Moss and Collins the race, however, was terminated, all three top riders left in this accident from. Fangio then took the lead on the race ahead of Brooks.
After the track was cleaned and allowed to be driven again at full speed, Brooks was five seconds behind Fangio and was not effectively reduce this advantage in the situation with his damaged car. Graf Berghe von Trips was at this stage of the race in third position and dueled with the two Maserati drivers Menditeguy and Schell. He went from this duel emerged as the winner after Menditeguy had to perform an early tire change after he had driven too hard over a curb. Schell, who was advancing a position at number four retired on lap 22 with suspension damage.
Brabham worked in the meantime with his Cooper several forward positions and moved by Schell's failure to fourth place before. The prospect of a first placement points for the team was given because Trintignant, who was behind Brabham, coincided with technical problems further back.
In the following rounds Fangio and Brooks rode at the head of a ungefährdetes race, while behind Menditeguy made up for several positions. He overtook Trintignant and Brabham and inherited third place after Hawthorn took the car from Graf Berghe von Trips. Hawthorn gave the car then after only three laps back.
On lap 46 Bueb difference with a defective fuel tank, in round 50 to Menditeguy turned off the track on lap 59 and suffered Flockhart engine damage. For B.R.M. was thus finished the race and Graf Berghe von Trips was back on the podium in third position. Harry Schell who had in the meantime taken over the car from Scarlatti retired on lap 64 with an oil leak, making a total of only seven riders were still in the race. Ten laps to the Ferrari of Graf Berghe von Trips was struck by an engine failure, which meant that he collided with a wall. However, he was still considered for the classification. Thus Brabham inherited position three, the first podium finish for Cooper was prevented by a defective fuel pump on his car. He stopped a few meters before the finish line stand and pushed his car the rest of the way to the finish. This action, which was still a regular compliant in 1957 Brabham reached position six. This was no points placement, but the first goal arrival of a Coopers.
Fangio drove the Grand Prix of Monaco in 1957 and an unchallenged dominant victory. It was the third win in a row Maserati and Fangio won after the season opener and the second round of the Formula 1 season 1957. Both Fangio and Maserati, this was the last victory at the Grand Prix of Monaco. At 25 seconds behind Fangio Brooks reached the finish in the damaged Vanwall in second. For him and his team, it was the first podium in Formula 1 The same also succeeded Gregory Scuderia Centro Sud for. For the team it was the single best result in its history, for Gregory, the first podium finish in his debut race. In addition, Gregory was the first driver from the United States, the 500 made it off the Indianapolis podium. Another debutant, Lewis Evans reached in Connaught Place four, Trintignant Ferrari completed the points. In the drivers' standings Fangio extended his lead by the non-participation of Jean Behra at the Grand Prix at eleven points out, Brooks was involved in two of eight races with Behra in second place with six points. In fourth and fifth Menditeguy and Gregory were with four points each.
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Standings after the race
The first five of the race were 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 points. The driver with the fastest lap of the race also received 1 point. It included only the five best results from the eight races.