1957 German Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 West Germany German Circuit_Nürburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg Nürburgring layout 4 August 1957 1957 British Grand Prix 1957 Pescara Grand Prix XIX Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany Permanent road course 14.173 22.810 22 311.806 501.820 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 9:25.6 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 9:17.4 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati Argentina Mike Hawthorn Ferrari UK Peter Collins Ferrari UK GER The 1957 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 August 1957 at Nürburgring which due to its length with 9-minute lap times also was opened to Formula Two cars which were not eligible for World Championship points. It was race 6 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The 22 lap race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio, and is often cited as one of the greatest victories in racing history. It was Fangio's fourth victory out of the seven races in the season contested by Formula 1 cars - excluding the Indianapolis 500, in which only US drivers competed, using USAC Championship cars. Furthermore, due to the number of points he had accumulated in the season (34 to Luigi Musso's 16), his victory at the Nürburgring mathematically clinched Fangio's fifth World Championship title with two races to go – a record that stood until 2003 when Michael Schumacher won his sixth title to become the new record world champion. The race was also notable for being Fangio's 24th and last victory in F1; his career still stands as having the highest win percentage ever, with 46.15% of his 52 race entries being wins. Report Fangio had taken notice of the tyre and fuel-level selection of the Ferrari drivers, and realized they were probably going to run the entire race without a pit stop. Fangio decided he would use softer tyres, and only a half tank of fuel. This would allow the car to take corners faster, but also require a pit stop. Behra did the same, and was the first to come into the pits after lap 10.8:53 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8zfj7a He even left his car, to reduce the weight that had to get jacked up, and to wash his face. After the car was refuelled, the filler cap, opening forward from his head rest, was snapped off when Behra jumped back into the seat. With the cap retrieved and closed, Behra rejoined in 9th position. thumb|left|Fangio chases down Collins Fangio took his pit stop on lap 13, in first place, and 30 seconds ahead of Hawthorn and Collins. His stop was even more of a disaster than the preceding one of Behra. With Fangio out, the mechanic on the right removed his rear right Centrelock wheel quickly but let the winged nut roll under the car without noticing. He had the new tyre on while the left side mechanic was still hammering on the knock-off nut to open it. Finding the nut took nearly half a minute. Fangio left the pit lane in third place, and 48 seconds behind Collins who was in second place. But in his Maserati 250F he began to mount a charge. Over the next 10 laps, Fangio broke and rebroke the lap record 9 times (7 of the records were in successive laps) and he took 15.5 seconds off Hawthorn's lead in the first lap, then another 8.5 seconds in the next lap. Early in the 21st lap, Fangio went on the inside of the left corner at the ESSO Terrasse taking second place from Collins. Late in the 21st lap, during a left corner, Fangio cut past Hawthorn on the inside of the corner, with only his right tyres on the track and his left tyres on the grass. This probably took place at the left-right combination before the Breidscheid bridge, as Fangio said it was at a 90° left followed by an also tight right just before Breidscheid and Hawthorn recollected being overtaken at a right turning bend. Fangio probably overtook Hawthorn in the left turn and then closed the door going to the right turn, thus boxing Hawthorn in. Fangio maintained his lead, but not easily, as Hawthorn fought back, nearly overtaking Fangio at a few corners, but to no avail, and Fangio won the race with about 3 seconds of a lead. After the race, Fangio commented, "I have never driven that quickly before in my life and I don't think I will ever be able to do it again". Later on, Fangio was also quoted as saying: "Nürburgring was my favourite track. I fell totally in love with it and I believe that on that day in 1957 I finally managed to master it. It was as if I had screwed all the secrets out of it and got to know it once and for all... For two days I couldn't sleep, still making those leaps in the dark on those curves where I had never before had the courage to push things so far."Manishin Glenn B. The Early Years 29 March 2010 http://f1-grandprix.com/?page_id=272#ixzz1bkYqP82H 25 October 2011 Formula 2 thumb|Race start with eight red and green F1s leading. On the right two white Centro Sud Maserati, then the first F2s, a Cooper and two Porsche thumb|Mix of F1 and F2s in the middle of the field To increase participation and provide more action for the spectators, the organizers opened the field to 1500cc Formula 2 cars. The two races were run at the same time but the Formula 2 entries (shown in yellow) were not eligible for World Championship points and some sources do not consider these starts in career stats. While all F1 cars still had the engine in front, with the driver sitting above or next to the drivetrain, all the F2 entrants already used the Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout that would dominate F1 from 1959 onwards. F2 regulations allowed closed bodywork, thus three Porsche 550A sportscars were entered from which only passenger seat and spare wheel were removed. The best F2 was the Porsche of Edgar Barth who qualified and finished 12th, ahead of several 2500cc F1, and ahead of no less than six Cooper T43-Climax, including future World Champion Jack Brabham. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 9:25.6—2 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 9:28.4 +2.83 2 France Jean Behra Maserati 9:30.5 +4.94 7 UK Peter Collins Ferrari 9:34.7 +9.15 11 UK Tony Brooks Vanwall 9:36.1 +10.56 3 United States 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 9:39.2 +13.67 10 UK Stirling Moss Vanwall 9:41.2 +15.68 6 Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 9:43.1 +17.59 12 UK Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 9:45.0 +19.410 16 United States 1912 Masten Gregory Maserati 9:51.5 +25.911 17 Germany Hans Herrmann Maserati 10:00.0 +34.412 21 West Germany Edgar Barth Porsche 10:02.2 +36.613 4 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 10:04.9 +39.314 23 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 10:06.0 +40.415 20 Italy Umberto Maglioli Porsche 10:08.9 +43.316 15 UK Bruce Halford Maserati 10:14.5 +48.917 28 UK Brian Naylor Cooper-Climax 10:15.0 +49.418 24 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 10:18.8 +53.219 19 UK Horace Gould Maserati 10:20.8 +55.220 27 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 10:25.9 +1:00.321 18 Spain 1945 Paco Godia Maserati 10:32.3 +1:06.722 25 UK Tony Marsh Cooper-Climax 10:48.2 +1:22.623 26 Australia Paul England Cooper-Climax 11:08.4 +1:42.824 29 UK Dick Gibson Cooper-Climax 11:46.4 +2:20.8 Source:http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1957&gp=German%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1957 German GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 23 July 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 22 3:30:38.3 1 91 1 2 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 22 +3.6 secs 2 6 3 7 UK Peter Collins Ferrari 22 +35.6 secs 4 4 4 6 Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 22 +3:37.6 8 3 5 10 UK Stirling Moss Vanwall 22 +4:37.2 7 2 6 2 France Jean Behra Maserati 22 +4:38.5 3 7 3 United States 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 22 +6:47.5 6 8 16 United States 1912 Masten Gregory Maserati 21 +1 Lap 10 9 11 UK Tony Brooks Vanwall 21 +1 Lap 5 10 4 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 21 +1 Lap 13 11 15 UK Bruce Halford Maserati 21 +1 Lap 16 12 21 West Germany Edgar Barth Porsche 21 +1 Lap 12 13 28 UK Brian Naylor Cooper-Climax 20 +2 Laps 17 14 27 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 20 +2 Laps 20 15 25 UK Tony Marsh Cooper-Climax 17 +5 Laps 22 Ret Retired 17 Germany Hans Herrmann Maserati 14 Chassis 11 Ret Retired 20 Italy Umberto Maglioli Porsche 13 Engine 15 Ret Retired 23 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 11 Suspension 14 Ret Retired 18 Spain 1945 Paco Godia Maserati 11 Steering 21 Ret Retired 12 UK Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 10 Gearbox 9 Ret Retired 24 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 6 Transmission 18 Ret Retired 26 Australia Paul England Cooper-Climax 4 Distributor 23 Ret Retired 29 UK Dick Gibson Cooper-Climax 3 Steering 24 Ret Retired 19 UK Horace Gould Maserati 1 Axle 19 Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1957/675/ 1957 German Grand Prix formula1.com 9 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218115103/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1957/675/ 18 February 2014 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Notes Due to F2 cars being allowed to participate, this was the Formula One World Championship debut for British drivers Brian Naylor, Tony Marsh and Dick Gibson, Dutch driver Carel Godin de Beaufort and Australian driver Paul England. Due to F2 cars being allowed to participate, this was the Formula One World Championship debut for German manufacturer Porsche (both as a constructor and as an engine supplier). Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 34 10px 2 Italy Luigi Musso 16 10px 3 3 UK Mike Hawthorn 13 10px 1 4 UK Tony Brooks 10 10px 1 5 USA 1912 Sam Hanks 8Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1957/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1957 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References 30em External links German Grand Prix 1957 1957 British Grand Prix 1957 Pescara Grand Prix 1956 German Grand Prix 1958 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix German Grand Prix