Era 01 · Front-engined · season 8

1957

Maserati won 4 races out of 8, and the world title went to Juan Manuel Fangio.

The title was decided in round 6 – German Grand Prix.

In 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio drove for Maserati and won four races. The most famous was his win at the Nürburgring: after a long pit stop he clawed back the gap to the Ferraris of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, passed them both and sealed his fifth title with that victory.

The British Vanwall team took their first wins: Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, taking turns at the wheel of the same car, won the British Grand Prix at Aintree, and Moss also won the Pescara and Italian Grands Prix. Fangio did two more races in 1958 and then retired.

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Drivers’ standings · championship points
01Juan Manuel FangioMaserati40
02Stirling MossVanwall25
03Luigi MussoFerrari16
04Mike HawthornFerrari13
05Tony BrooksVanwall11
06Masten GregoryMaserati10
07Harry SchellMaserati10
08Sam HanksEpperly8
09Peter CollinsFerrari8
10Jim RathmannEpperly7
11Jean BehraMaserati6
12Maurice TrintignantFerrari5
12Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall5
14Carlos MenditéguyMaserati4
14Jimmy BryanKuzma4
14Wolfgang von TripsFerrari4
17Paul RussoKurtis Kraft3
18Andy LindenKurtis Kraft2
18Roy SalvadoriCooper2
20Alfonso de PortagoFerrari1
20José Froilán GonzálezFerrari1
20Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati1
Constructors’ championship

The constructors’ championship only began in 1958.

The season’s 8 races

Fangio 4Moss 2Brooks 1Hanks 1