1957 Moroccan Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1957 Formula One season
Race details
Date 27 October 1957
Official name VI Grand Prix de Maroc
Location Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca
Course Public roads with permanent infrastructure
Course length 7.651 km (4.754 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 420.79 km (261.47 miles)
Pole position
Driver Vanwall
Time 2:23.3
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Time 2:25.6
Podium
First Maserati
Second Vanwall
Third BRM

The 1957 Moroccan Grand Prix (officially named the VI Grand Prix de Maroc) was a non-championship Formula One motor race held in 1957, with no points going towards the World Championship. It was held over 55 laps of the 7.651 km Ain-Diab Circuit on 27 October 1957.

This race was won by French driver Jean Behra in a Maserati 250F winning by 30.1 seconds, from British driver Stuart Lewis-Evans in a Vanwall VW5 in second place, and another French driver Maurice Trintignant finishing third in a BRM P25.

The race coincided with an outbreak of Asian flu amongst the Grand Prix community which explains the absence of Stirling Moss and the lacklustre performance of Fangio.

Classification

Grid

Pos.No.DriverConstructorTime
1 22 United Kingdom Tony BrooksVanwall 2:23.3
2 8 France Jean BehraMaserati 2:23.5
3 24 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall 2:26.2
4 2 United Kingdom Peter CollinsFerrari 2:27.2
5 6 Argentina Juan Manuel FangioMaserati 2:27.3
6 4 United Kingdom Mike HawthornFerrari 2:29.0
7 10 United States Harry SchellMaserati 2:29.1
8 26 France Maurice TrintignantBRM 2:29.1
9 18 Australia Jack BrabhamCooper 2:29.4
10 28 United Kingdom Ron FlockhartBRM 2:30.1
11 14 Spain Chico GodiaMaserati 2:32.0
12 16 United Kingdom Roy SalvadoriCooper 2:32.8
13 12 Italy Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati 2:36.1
14 30 France Jean LucasMaserati 2:38.1

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/Ret.Grid
1 8France Jean BehraMaserati 55 2:18:23.0 2
2 24United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall 55 2:18:53.1 3
3 26France Maurice TrintignantBRM 55 2:19:49.4 8
4 6Argentina Juan Manuel FangioMaserati 55 2:20:23.8 5
5 10United States Harry SchellMaserati 54 +1 lap 7
6 14Spain Chico GodiaMaserati 54 +1 lap 11
7 12Italy Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati 52 +3 laps 13
DNF 30France Jean LucasMaserati 50 accident 14
DNF 28United Kingdom Ron FlockhartBRM 25 throttle 10
DNF 2United Kingdom Peter CollinsFerrari 16 accident 4
DNF 16United Kingdom Roy SalvadoriCooper 14 axle 12
DNF 22United Kingdom Tony BrooksVanwall 12 electrics 1
DNF 4United Kingdom Mike HawthornFerrari 8 illness 6
DSQ 18Australia Jack BrabhamCooper 8 oil 9
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