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The 1957 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 August 1957 at Nürburgring. It was the sixth round of the 1957 World Drivers' Championship. The 22 lap race was won by Juan Manuel Fangio, and is often cited as one of the greatest victories in racing history. Fangio's 4th victory out of 6 races in the season combined with the amount of points he had in the season won him his 5th World Championship title.

Fangio had taken notice of the tire 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 tires, and only a half tank of fuel. This would allow the car to take corners faster, but also require a pit stop. Fangio took his pit stop on lap 13, in 1st place, and 30 seconds ahead of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins.

The pit stop was a disaster, the pit crew had trouble removing one of the wheels. Fangio left the pit lane in 3rd place, and 48 seconds behind Collins who was in 2nd place. 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 a mind-boggling 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 2nd 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 tires on the track and his left tires on the grass. 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.

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".

To increase participation, the organizers opened the field to 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 don’t consider these starts in career stats.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 22 3:30:38.3 1 9
2 8 25px UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 22 +3.6 secs 2 6
3 7 25px UK Peter Collins Ferrari 22 +35.6 secs 4 4
4 6 25px Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 22 +3:37.6 8 3
5 10 25px UK Stirling Moss Vanwall 22 +4:37.2 7 2
6 2 25px France Jean Behra Maserati 22 +4:38.5 3
7 3 25px United States Harry Schell Maserati 22 +6:47.5 6
8 16 25px United States Masten Gregory Maserati 21 +1 Lap 10
9 11 25px UK Tony Brooks Vanwall 21 +1 Lap 5
10 4 25px Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 21 +1 Lap 13
11 15 25px UK Bruce Halford Maserati 21 +1 Lap 16
12 21 25px Germany Edgar Barth Porsche 21 +1 Lap 12
13 28 25px UK Brian Naylor Cooper-Climax 20 +2 Laps 17
14 27 25px Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 20 +2 Laps 20
15 25 25px UK Tony Marsh Cooper-Climax 17 +5 Laps 22
Ret 17 25px Germany Hans Herrmann Maserati 14 Chassis 11
Ret 20 25px Italy Umberto Maglioli Porsche 13 Engine 15
Ret 23 25px UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 11 Suspension 14
Ret 18 25px Template:Country alias Spain 1945 Paco Godia Maserati 11 Steering 21
Ret 12 25px UK Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 10 Gearbox 9
Ret 24 25px Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 6 Transmission 18
Ret 26 25px Australia Paul England Cooper-Climax 4 Distributor 23
Ret 29 25px UK Dick Gibson Cooper-Climax 3 Steering 24
Ret 19 25px UK Horace Gould Maserati 2 Axle 19

Notes[]

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos Driver Points
1 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 34
2 25px Italy Luigi Musso 16
3 25px UK Mike Hawthorn 13
4 25px UK Tony Brooks 10
5 25px USA Sam Hanks 8
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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