thumb|right|The winning [[Vanwall, VW5, before the start of the race. It was shared by Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss, who both played a part in scoring the constructor's first Formula One win.]]

thumb|right|All but one of the [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati 250Fs retired from the race.]]

The 1957 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the tenth British Grand Prix and it was race 5 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties in a Vanwall. It was the third and final time that a Grand Prix had been won by two drivers in a shared car. This race was also noted as the first occasion that a British constructor won a World Drivers' Championship race, and from this season onwards British constructors won races in every season until , except .

Classification

Qualifying

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"

|-

! Pos

! No

! Driver

! Constructor

! Time

! Gap

|-

!1

| 18

| Stirling Moss

| Vanwall

| 2:00.2

| align="center" |—

|-

!2

| 4

| Jean Behra

| Maserati

| 2:00.4

| +0.2

|-

!3

| 20

| Tony Brooks

| Vanwall

| 2:00.4

| +0.2

|-

!4

| 2

| Juan Manuel Fangio

| Maserati

| 2:00.6

| +0.4

|-

!5

| 10

| Mike Hawthorn

| Ferrari

| 2:01.2

| +1.0

|-

!6

| 22

| Stuart Lewis-Evans

| Vanwall

| 2:01.2

| +1.0

|-

!7

| 6

| Harry Schell

| Maserati

| 2:01.4

| +1.2

|-

!8

| 12

| Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 2:01.8

| +1.6

|-

!9

| 16

| Maurice Trintignant

| Ferrari

| 2:03.2

| +3.0

|-

!10

| 14

| Luigi Musso

| Ferrari

| 2:03.4

| +3.2

|-

!11

| 8

| Carlos Menditeguy

| Maserati

| 2:05.4

| +5.2

|-

!12

| 26

| Les Leston

| BRM

| 2:05.6

| +5.4

|-

!13

| 34

| Jack Brabham

| Cooper-Climax

| 2:07.0

| +6.8

|-

!14

| 30

| Horace Gould

| Maserati

| 2:07.0

| +6.8

|-

!15

| 36

| Roy Salvadori

| Cooper-Climax

| 2:07.4

| +7.2

|-

!16

| 24

| Jack Fairman

| BRM

| 2:08.6

| +8.4

|-

!17

| 28

| Jo Bonnier

| Maserati

| 2:12.6

| +12.4

|-

!18

| 38

| Bob Gerard

| Cooper-Bristol

| 2:12.6

| +12.4

|-

!19

| 32

| Ivor Bueb

| Maserati

| 2:15.4

| +15.2

|-

! colspan="6" | Source:

|}

Race

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

|-

! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points

|-

! 1

| 20

| Tony Brooks<br /> Stirling Moss

| Vanwall

| 90

| 3:06:37.8

| 3

| 4<br />5

|-

! 2

| 14

| Luigi Musso

| Ferrari

| 90

| +25.6

| 10

| 6

|-

! 3

| 10

| Mike Hawthorn

| Ferrari

| 90

| +42.8

| 5

| 4

|-

! 4

| 16

| Maurice Trintignant<br /> Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 88

| +2 laps

| 9

| 3<br />0

|-

! 5

| 36

| Roy Salvadori

| Cooper-Climax

| 85

| +5 laps

| 15

| 2

|-

! 6

| 38

| Bob Gerard

| Cooper-Bristol

| 82

| +8 laps

| 18

|

|-

! 7

| 22

| Stuart Lewis-Evans

| Vanwall

| 82

| +8 laps

| 6

|

|-

! 8

| 32

| Ivor Bueb

| Maserati

| 71

| +19 laps

| 19

|

|-

!

| 34

| Jack Brabham

| Cooper-Climax

| 74

| Clutch

| 13

|

|-

!

| 4

| Jean Behra

| Maserati

| 69

| Clutch

| 2

|

|-

!

| 12

| Peter Collins

| Ferrari

| 53

| Water leak

| 8

|

|-

!

| 18

| Stirling Moss<br /> Tony Brooks

| Vanwall

| 51

| Engine

| 1

|

|-

!

| 2

| Juan Manuel Fangio

| Maserati

| 49

| Engine

| 4

|

|-

!

| 24

| Jack Fairman

| BRM

| 46

| Engine

| 16

|

|-

!

| 26

| Les Leston

| BRM

| 44

| Engine

| 12

|

|-

!

| 6

| Harry Schell

| Maserati

| 39

| Water pump

| 7

|

|-

!

| 8

| Carlos Menditeguy

| Maserati

| 35

| Transmission

| 11

|

|-

!

| 28

| Jo Bonnier

| Maserati

| 18

| Gearbox

| 17

|

|-

!

| 30

| Horace Gould

| Maserati

|

| Accident

| 14

|

|-

!colspan="8"|

|}

;Notes

  • – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
  • – Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps

Notes

  • This was the 50th World Championship Formula One race for a Maserati.
  • It was the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap, and win and Grand Slam for Vanwall (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier) and the first World Championship pole position, fastest lap and win for a British constructor and for a car powered by a British engine.

Shared drives

  • Car #20: Tony Brooks (26 laps) and Stirling Moss (64 laps). They shared the 8 points for first place
  • Car #16: Maurice Trintignant (85 laps) and Peter Collins (3 laps). Trintignant received all 3 points for fourth place as it was determined that Collins did not drive a significant number of laps.
  • Car #18: Stirling Moss (25 laps) and Tony Brooks (26 laps).

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

|-

!

! Pos

! Driver

! Points

|-

|align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 1

| Juan Manuel Fangio

|align="left"| 25

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 2

| Luigi Musso

|align="left"| 13

|-

|align="left"| 10px 3

|align="center"| 3

| Tony Brooks

|align="left"| 10

|-

|align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 4

| Sam Hanks

|align="left"| 8

|-

|align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 5

| Jim Rathmann

|align="left"| 7

|-

!colspan=4|Source:

|}

References

  • Jenkinson, D. 1957. The 10th British Grand Prix. Motor Sport. XXXIII/8 (August 1957), pp.&nbsp;420–421, 424