1957 World Sportscar Championship season

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1957 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1957 World Sportscar Championship season was the 5th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for sportscars that ran in many worldwide endurance events. It ran from January 20, 1957 to November 3, 1957, and was comprised of 7 races.

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[edit] Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 Argentina Buenos Aires 1000 Kilometres Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez January 20
2 United States (1912-1959) 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway March 23
3 Italy Mille Miglia Brescia May 12
4 Germany 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring May 26
5 France 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe June 22
June 23
6 Sweden 1000km Kristenstad Rabelöfsbanan August 11
7 1000km Caracas Caracas November 3

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded for the top 6 finishers, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

[edit] Races

Rnd Circuit Winning Team Results
Winning Drivers
1 Buenos Aires United States (1912-1959) #10 Scuderia Temple Buell Results
United States (1912-1959) Masten Gregory
Italy Eugenio Castellotti
Italy Luigi Musso
2 Sebring Italy #19 Officine Alfieri Maserati Results
France Jean Behra
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
3 Brescia Italy #535 Scuderia Ferrari Results
Italy Piero Taruffi
4 Nürburgring United Kingdom #14 David Brown Results
United Kingdom Tony Brooks
United Kingdom Noël Cunningham-Reid
5 La Sarthe United Kingdom #3 Ecurie Ecosse Results
United Kingdom Ivor Bueb
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
6 Rabelöfsbanan Italy #7 Officine Alfieri Maserati Results
France Jean Behra
United Kingdom Stirling Moss
7 Caracas Italy #14 Scuderia Ferrari Results
United Kingdom Peter Collins
United States (1912-1959) Phil Hill

[edit] Manufacturers Championship

Only the best 4 results out of the 7 race season counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 Italy Ferrari 8 3 8 6 2 6 8 30
2 Italy Maserati 6 8 3 2 8 1 25
3 United Kingdom Jaguar 3 4 8 2 17
4 United Kingdom Aston Martin 8 8
5 Germany Porsche 2 3 2 7
6 Italy O.S.C.A. 1 1

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