1957 Pau Grand Prix

Summary

The 1957 Pau Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One race held at Pau on 22 April 1957. The 110-lap race was won by Maserati driver Jean Behra after starting from pole position. His teammate Harry Schell finished second and Connaught driver Ivor Bueb came in third.

1957 Pau Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1957 Formula One season
Race details
Date 22 April 1957
Official name XVII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Street Circuit
Course length 2.769 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 110 laps, 304.590 km (189.263 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 1:35.7
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean Behra Maserati
Time 1:35.9
Podium
First Maserati
Second Maserati
Third Connaught

Classification edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   Jean Behra Maserati 110 3:00:18.7 1
2 20   Harry Schell Maserati 108 + 2 laps 2
3 18   Ivor Bueb Connaught 107 + 3 laps 5
4 22   Masten Gregory Maserati 106 + 4 laps 3
5 16   Les Leston Connaught 106 + 4 laps 6
6 8   Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 104 + 6 laps 9
7 12   André Guelfi Gordini 103 + 7 laps 10
8 26   Horace Gould Maserati 96 + 14 laps 12
Ret 6   Luigi Piotti
  Paco Godia
Maserati 0 Piston 14
Ret 10   André Simon Gordini 36 Magneto 11
Ret 28   Maurice Trintignant
  Marc Rozier
Ferrari 30 Engine 4
Ret 14   Rene Bourely Maserati 10 Driver illness 13
Ret 24   Bruce Halford Maserati 10 Transmission 8
Ret 4   Paco Godia Maserati 4 Accident 7
DNS 32   Georges Burgraff Gordini Non-starter
DNQ 30   Lucien Barthe Maserati


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