1957 Italian Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Stirling Moss completed the 1957 season with another emphatic Vanwall victory in the Italian Grand Prix. After the British team swept the first three qualifying positions, Moss converted its speed into a win ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio and Wolfgang von Trips at Monza.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall
Pole time	1:42.400
Fastest lap	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
Fastest-lap time	1:43.700 on lap 74
First	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Second	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Third	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
6 September 1957	Friday timed practice	15:00–18:00
7 September 1957	Saturday final qualifying	15:00–18:00
8 September 1957	Race	Start time unconfirmed

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Juan Manuel Fangio arrived at round 8 leading the 1957 F1 World Championship on 40 points, with Stirling Moss on 17.

Race entries

The organisers returned to Monza‘s road circuit, leaving the banking unused. Maserati brought its V12 as well as the familiar six-cylinder cars, while Ferrari welcomed von Trips back after injury. Vanwall retained Moss, Brooks and Lewis-Evans, with a fourth car available as a spare.

Friday timed practice

Vanwall and Maserati traded ever-quicker laps as the afternoon cooled. Moss tried several cars before settling into a contest with Fangio, ultimately ending fastest at 1:42.7. Ferrari could not match their speed despite repeated efforts. Maserati‘s V12 remained less convincing than its six-cylinder car, and the British team’s pace made clear how difficult the home manufacturers’ task would be.

Saturday final qualifying

Ferrari rearranged cars and engines, while the heat caused fuel-vaporisation problems for Vanwall even in the pits. Lewis-Evans then produced two outstanding laps in the former spare, taking pole at 1:42.4 before coasting to a halt with a broken magneto shaft. The fault was repairable, and Vanwall retained a qualifying one-two-three ahead of Fangio. Behra made progress with the V12, but could not break their hold.

Qualifying Classification

The fastest lap across Friday and Saturday determined the grid. This year’s road-only layout differed from the combined circuit used for the previous two Italian Grands Prix.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Best Time
1	20	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	1:42.400
2	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1:42.7
3	22	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	1:42.9
4	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:43.1
5	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	1:43.9
6	4	Harry Schell	Maserati	1:45.1
7	30	Peter Collins	Ferrari	1:45.3
8	36	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1:45.5
9	32	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	1:45.7
10	34	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:46.1
11	26	Masten Gregory	Maserati	1:48.9
12	8	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati	1:49.2
13	24	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	1:49.7
14	16	Bruce Halford	Maserati	1:51.6
15	10	Paco Godia	Maserati	1:52.2
16	28	André Simon	Maserati	1:52.8
17	12	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	1:52.9
18	14	Horace Gould	Maserati	1:53.7

What happened in the 1957 Italian Grand Prix?

Moss led away as Behra’s V12 joined the Vanwalls and Fangio in a close opening battle. The contest gradually broke apart through pit stops and mechanical trouble: Lewis-Evans suffered a water leak, Brooks needed repairs, and Behra’s fuel and tyre requirements cost him time before overheating ended his race.

Moss increased his advantage over Fangio, who also had to stop for tyres. Ferrari lost Collins, while Hawthorn’s late fuel-system problem removed another contender for the podium. Schell took over Scarlatti’s Maserati after trouble with his own car, keeping their combined effort in the points.

Moss won ahead of Fangio and von Trips, with Gregory fourth and Schell and Scarlatti sharing fifth. Brooks set fastest lap despite finishing well down the order. Fangio had already secured the championship, but Moss’s late-season victories established Vanwall as a formidable rival for the following year.

After the race, Juan Manuel Fangio headed the drivers’ standings with 40 points, followed by Stirling Moss on 25.

1957 Italian Grand Prix race results

The 1957 Italian Grand Prix was held on 8 September 1957.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	18	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	87	2:35:03.9	8
2	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	87	+41.2 secs	6
3	36	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	85	+2 Laps	4
4	26	Masten Gregory	Maserati	84	+3 Laps	3
5	8	Giorgio Scarlatti / Harry Schell	Maserati	84	+3 Laps	1 / 1
6	34	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	83	+4 Laps	0
7	22	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	82	+5 Laps	1
8	32	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	82	+5 Laps	0
9	10	Paco Godia	Maserati	81	+6 Laps	0
10	14	Horace Gould	Maserati	78	+9 Laps	0
11	28	André Simon / Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	72	+15 Laps	0
Ret	30	Peter Collins	Ferrari	62	Engine	0
Ret	20	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	49	Engine	0
Ret	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	49	Overheating	0
Ret	16	Bruce Halford	Maserati	47	Engine	0
Ret	4	Harry Schell	Maserati	34	Oil Leak	0
Ret	24	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	31	Overheating	0
Ret	12	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	3	Engine	0

1 point for fastest lap

1957 Italian Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time
1	22	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	74	1:43.700

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. One championship point was awarded for fastest lap, divided equally when shared.

1957 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 1957 Italian Grand Prix.

1957 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Argentine	Maserati	40
2	Stirling Moss	British	Maserati / Vanwall	25
3	Luigi Musso	Italian	Ferrari	16
4	Mike Hawthorn	British	Ferrari	13
5	Tony Brooks	British	Vanwall	11
6	Masten Gregory	American	Maserati	10
7	Harry Schell	American	Maserati	10
8	Sam Hanks	American	Epperly	8
9	Peter Collins	British	Ferrari	8
10	Jim Rathmann	American	Epperly	7
11	Jean Behra	French	Maserati	6
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans	British	Connaught / Vanwall	5
13	Maurice Trintignant	French	Ferrari	5
14	Wolfgang von Trips	German	Ferrari	4
15	Carlos Menditeguy	Argentine	Maserati	4
16	Jimmy Bryan	American	Kuzma	4
17	Paul Russo	American	Kurtis Kraft	3
18	Roy Salvadori	British	BRM / Vanwall / Cooper	2
19	Andy Linden	American	Kurtis Kraft	2
20	Giorgio Scarlatti	Italian	Maserati	1
21	José Froilán González	Argentine	Ferrari	1
22	Alfonso de Portago	Spanish	Ferrari	1
—	Jack Brabham	Australian	Cooper	0
—	Cesare Perdisa	Italian	Ferrari	0
—	Johnny Boyd	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Bob Gerard	British	Cooper	0
—	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	Maserati	0
—	Marshall Teague	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Mike MacDowel	British	Cooper	0
—	Ivor Bueb	British	Connaught / Maserati	0
—	Pat O'Connor	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Paco Godia	Spanish	Maserati	0
—	Alessandro de Tomaso	Argentine	Ferrari	0
—	Bob Veith	American	Phillips	0
—	Horace Gould	British	Maserati	0
—	Luigi Piotti	Italian	Maserati	0
—	Gene Hartley	American	Lesovsky	0
—	Bruce Halford	British	Maserati	0
—	Jack Turner	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	André Simon	French	Maserati	0
—	Ottorino Volonterio	Swiss	Maserati	0
—	Johnny Thomson	American	Kuzma	0
—	Edgar Barth	German	Porsche	0
—	Bob Christie	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Brian Naylor	British	Cooper	0
—	Chuck Weyant	American	Kuzma	0
—	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	Porsche	0
—	Tony Bettenhausen	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Tony Marsh	British	Cooper	0
—	Johnnie Parsons	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Don Freeland	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Ron Flockhart	British	BRM	0
—	Eugenio Castellotti	Italian	Ferrari	0
—	Herbert MacKay-Fraser	American	BRM	0
—	Jack Fairman	British	BRM	0
—	Les Leston	British	Cooper / BRM	0
—	Hans Herrmann	German	Maserati	0
—	Umberto Maglioli	Italian	Porsche	0
—	Jimmy Reece	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Don Edmunds	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Johnnie Tolan	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Al Herman	American	Dunn	0
—	Fred Agabashian	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Paul England	Australian	Cooper	0
—	Eddie Sachs	American	Kuzma	0
—	Dick Gibson	British	Cooper	0
—	Mike Magill	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Eddie Johnson	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Bill Cheesbourg	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Al Keller	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Jimmy Daywalt	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Ed Elisian	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Rodger Ward	American	Lesovsky	0
—	Troy Ruttman	American	Watson	0
—	Eddie Russo	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Elmer George	American	Kurtis Kraft	0

There was no constructors’ championship in this season; the manufacturers’ competition began in 1958.

Drivers counted their best 5 results. The first five places earned 8–6–4–3–2 points, with one further point for fastest lap, shared equally when necessary. Points from shared drives were divided between the eligible drivers; individual allocations are shown in driver order.

1957 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	1957 Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires	13 January
2	1957 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	19 May
3	1957 Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	30 May
4	1957 French Grand Prix	Rouen-les-Essarts, Rouen	7 July
5	1957 British Grand Prix	Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Liverpool	20 July
6	1957 German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	4 August
7	1957 Pescara Grand Prix	Pescara Circuit, Pescara	18 August
8	1957 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	8 September