French Grand Prix

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Sun 7th July 1957 Local
Sun 7th July 1957 2:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1957

Round
Round 4

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Location

Rouen-Les-Essarts

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The 1957 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 July 1957 at Rouen-Les-Essarts. It was race 4 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers.
After trying for many years, the Automobile Club Normand at last succeeded in wresting the French Grand Prix away from the Automobile Club du Champagne, and this year’s race was held on the wonderful natural road circuit of Rouen-Les Essarts. This circuit is without question the finest in France and approaches the Spa circuit for the ultimate in Grand Prix courses.
In the past it has only been lack of organising finance that has prevented the French Federation letting the Grand Prix of their country be run at Rouen, but this year the problem was solved and the French Grand Prix became a Grand Prix in the true sense of the words, rather than a flat-out blind as happens at Reims.

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1 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 3:07:46.4
2 Luigi Musso Ferrari +50.8 secs
3 Peter Collins Ferrari +2:06.0
4 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari +1 Lap
5 Harry Schell Maserati +7 Laps
6 Jean Behra Maserati +8 Laps
7 Mike MacDowel - Jack Brabham (shared car) Cooper-Climax +9 Laps

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