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The 1957 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 20 July 1957 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was the tenth British Grand Prix and it was race 5 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race was won by Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, who shared driving duties in a Vanwall. It was the third and final time ...
1950–1957, 1960: 1951 British Grand Prix: 1954 British Grand Prix France: Maurice Trintignant: 2 1950–1964: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix: 1958 Monaco Grand Prix Germany: Wolfgang von Trips: 2 1956–1961: 1961 Dutch Grand Prix: 1961 British Grand Prix Mexico: Pedro Rodríguez: 2 1963–1971: 1967 South African Grand Prix: 1970 Belgian Grand Prix ...
After introducing their first own chassis in the 1956 British Grand Prix, British Racing Motors entered three races in 1957, ahead of their first full-time season in 1958. Gordini withdrew from Formula One after 1956. Many of their drivers, most notably Robert Manzon, had been involved with the team for multiple years but would quit the sport ...
The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor racing event organised in the United Kingdom by Motorsport UK. First held by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1926 , the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 and has been a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship every year since 1950 .
1950 British Grand Prix: 1951 Spanish Grand Prix: 14 Maserati Italy: 9 1950–1960: 1953 Italian Grand Prix: 1957 German Grand Prix: Vanwall ‡ United Kingdom: 9 1954–1960: 1957 British Grand Prix: 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix: Matra ‡ France: 9 1967–1972: 1968 Dutch Grand Prix: 1969 Italian Grand Prix: Ligier/Talbot Ligier [c] [7] France: 9 ...
The 1950 British Grand Prix was the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix. [23] Not included in this list are non-championship Grands Prix held to Formula One regulations from 1946 to 1983 and as part of each of the British Formula One Championship and the South African Formula One Championship .
In his first race, the 1956 British Grand Prix, he was involved in a serious crash, being thrown from the car and breaking his jaw. At the 1957 British Grand Prix Brooks was in second place when he was called into the pits. He stepped out of the car and gave it to teammate Stirling Moss whose own car had developed technical problems.
The following is an overview of the events of 1957 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.