German GP 1957
German GP, 1957
With Vanwall having proved themselves to be competitive with victory at the British GP, there was much excitement as the Grand Prix teams gathered at the Nurburgring with Lancia-Ferrari and Maserati keen to get their revenge. The field was as normal with Lancia-Ferrari fielding Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins and Luigi Musso and Maserati running Juan-Manuel Fangio, Jean Behra and Harry Schell in their leading cars. The field was bolstered by Formula 2 machinery which included a trio of Porsches and various Cooper-Climaxes. Pole position went to Fangio with Hawthorn, Behra and Collins completing the front row. Then came Brooks, Schell and Moss. At the start Hawthorn and Collins went into a battle for the lead with Fangio and Behra giving chase. On the third lap Fangio passed Collins and was soon able to take the lead. Collins then passed Hawthorn and chased after Fangio but the Argentine driver edging gradually away. A slow mid-race pit stop dropped Fangio behind the two Lancia-Ferraris but he chased back hard, in one of the greatest drives in F1 history, and passed both Collins and Hawthorn on the penultimate lap. Fangio thus won his fifth World title.
| POS | NO | DRIVER | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIREMENT | QUAL POS |
| 1 | 1 | Juan-Manuel Fangio | Maserati 250F | 22 | 3h30m38.300s | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Mike Hawthorn | Lancia Ferrari 801 | 22 | 3h30m41.900s | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | Peter Collins | Lancia Ferrari 801 | 22 | 3h31m13.900s | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Luigi Musso | Lancia Ferrari 801 | 22 | 3h34m15.900s | 8 |
| 5 | 10 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall VW (57) | 22 | 3h35m15.800s | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | Jean Behra | Maserati 250F | 22 | 3h35m16.800s | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Harry Schell | Maserati 250F | 22 | 3h37m25.800s | 6 |
| 8 | 16 | Masten Gregory | Maserati 250F | 21 | 10 | |
| 9 | 11 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall VW (57) | 21 | 5 | |
| 10 | 4 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati 250F | 21 | 13 | |
| 11 | 15 | Bruce Halford | Maserati 250F | 21 | 16 | |
| 12 | 21 | Edgar Barth | Porsche RS550 | 21 | *f2 | 12 |
| 13 | 28 | Brian Naylor | Cooper-Climax T43 | 20 | *f2 | 17 |
| 14 | 27 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche RS550 | 20 | *f2 | 20 |
| 15 | 25 | Tony Marsh | Cooper-Climax T43 | 17 | *f2 | 22 |
| r | 17 | Hans Herrmann | Maserati 250F | 14 | Engine | 11 |
| r | 20 | Umberto Maglioli | Porsche RS550 | 13 | *f2, Engine | 15 |
| r | 18 | Francisco Godia-Sales | Maserati 250F | 11 | Steering | 21 |
| r | 23 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax T43 | 11 | *f2, Suspension | 14 |
| r | 12 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall VW (57) | 10 | Gearbox | 9 |
| r | 24 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax T43 | 6 | *f2, Transmission | 18 |
| r | 26 | Paul England | Cooper-Climax T41 | 4 | *f2, Distributor | 23 |
| r | 29 | Dick Gibson | Cooper-Climax T43 | 3 | *f2, Steering | 24 |
| r | 19 | Horace Gould | Maserati 250F | 1 | Transmission | 19 |